Acronis True Image: local backups are not available for recovery if "metadata" file appears in the backup destination

This article describes an issue that occurred in October 2019. Provided instructions may not be applicable to situations, when the described behavior started later, because there could be a different cause.

Symptom

One or more files with "metadata" extension appeared in the folder where previously only .tib files were present. Backups created after first "metadata" file appeared are not available in Version list for recovery.