Recurring auto-backup of internal database, why?

[SamDonche]

You can turn off of change the frequency at which these auto-backups are created by editing: localdb.autobackup.count in the file gateway.xml.

See also this post:

Turn off auto backup of config.idb

Looks like I was wrong back in 2021. You need to set the autobackup count (localdb.autobackup.count) to 0 to prevent the creation of autobackups; the context.startup.useautobackups setting only tells the system not to use autobackups. https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.24/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/gateway/localdb/sqlite/SQLiteDBManager.html#autoBackupsEnabled