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It is strange. We setup this website like others on the same server, and only this cannot run with the following error

Cron Daemon <[email protected]>
6:10 PM (5 minutes ago)
to me

InvalidArgumentException {#621
#message: "A router name must be set in console application."
#code: 0
#file: "./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Application/ConsoleApplication.php"
#line: 484
trace: {
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Application/ConsoleApplication.php:484 {
Joomla\CMS\Application\ConsoleApplication::getRouter($name = null, array $options = [])
› if (empty($name)) {
› throw new \InvalidArgumentException('A router name must be set in console application.');

It seems that the error has a Chinese Character and maybe that is the reason?

I tried to uninstall Akeeba Backup Pro and re-installed with the latest version, the run the wizard again but still no luck. It seems working for running it at the backend, but not working when run via cron job:

/usr/bin/php /home/customer/www/example.com/public_html/cli/joomla.php akeeba:backup:take --profile=2

      Joomla\CMS\Application\ConsoleApplication::getRouter($name = null, array $options = [])

      鈥?if (empty($name)) {

      鈥?    throw new \InvalidArgumentException('A router name must be set in console application.');

      鈥?}

Hi Nicholas,

Thank you for your always fast and informative reply! The support from you is always helpful and this really give people faith about everything your team developed.

This is the full email I got whenever the cron job is run:

InvalidArgumentException {#621
#message: "A router name must be set in console application."
#code: 0
#file: "./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Application/ConsoleApplication.php"
#line: 484
trace: {
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Application/ConsoleApplication.php:484 {
Joomla\CMS\Application\ConsoleApplication::getRouter($name = null, array $options = [])
鈥?if (empty($name)) {
鈥? throw new \InvalidArgumentException('A router name must be set in console application.');
鈥?}
}
./www/example.com/public_html/plugins/system/jmap/jmap.php:1284 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Extension/ExtensionManagerTrait.php:242 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Extension/ExtensionManagerTrait.php:160 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Extension/ExtensionManagerTrait.php:99 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Plugin/PluginHelper.php:232 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Plugin/PluginHelper.php:192 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/libraries/src/Application/ConsoleApplication.php:252 { 鈥
./www/example.com/public_html/cli/joomla.php:77 { 鈥
}
}

Do you need anything else to find the cause?

Thank you.

Actually your reply was so helpful that, I already resolved the problem!

A line said "jmap" has the problem. That must be jSiteMap. So I disabled it, updated that plugin and run the cron job again. Problem solved!

You are always great! Have never seen a support better than you!

This actually makes me thought about one of your comment about Joomla 4. The Joomla team had never talked to developers like you and changed how the cron job was run. I believe they put everything together, rather than let the cron job to directly run for each application. Now if any one of them failed, it could affect the others, although we never set a cron job for it. 

I think it is a problem in the long run, because you never know when a plugin could fail the cron job for other extensions. Like jSiteMap, it was always running fine, but maybe a specific version caused the problem. 

Anyway, thanks again!

Thanks a lot for the detailed and clear instructions!