If the issue only occurs on Joomla 6.1.3, it's not an issue for Kunena 7.1, since that Joomla version is no longer supported. Please update to the latest Joomla version and let us know whether the table is still missing. If it is, we'll gladly look into it.

Pinkeltje wrote:

Still unable to reproduce. Table is created on my testsite with Joomla 6.1.4.

 

That’s why I wanted to give Joomla 6.1.3 a go, but that option was taken away from me.
 

It’s only in Configuration/BBCode/BBCode Settings that I’ve entered ‘de-DE’ for the language code for the eBay widget.
 Otherwise, I’m not aware of any ‘de-de’ entry.
 That’s what you mean, isn’t it?
 

Still unable to reproduce. Table is created on my testsite with Joomla 6.1.4.
 
Off-topic: concerning your configuration report
Wondering why you add -de-de to aliasses. As far as I can see your site is only in German. It doesn't affect functionality, just a remark.

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Hello,

Can-you please provide your Kunena configuration report ?

For me, the upgrade from Kunena 7.0.9 to the new BETA4 version worked, with the relevant messages appearing.
 In the Kunena dashboard, the ‘Mails Queue’ feature was created, but the corresponding database table was not.

@Gindi:
If you want to make your own modifications, that's of course up to you. But please don't report bugs here that aren't actual bugs, but the result of your own tinkering. Doing so wastes the valuable time of volunteers who try to help users and reproduce genuine bugs. And this isn't the first time you've come here with a problem you caused yourself.

If you think it would be useful to have Kunena's database tables show up under System/Maintenance/Database, it would be better to open a well-substantiated feature request on GitHub, so the developers can judge whether it makes sense to implement this in a future version.

For me, the entry has been present in _schemas since Joomla 4, and it has come in handy on a few occasions in the past. After spending the last few days searching in vain for a misspelling that might be causing the database error, I’ve now focused on the system itself and found what I was looking for.
 As a test, I replaced the character ` with the character ´ in the very first line of the file “7.1.0-Alpha1-DEV.sql”.
The error message now read: “The table ‘jom6_kunena_notifications_mailsqueue(‘” does not exist. (From file: “7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql”.) to a modified message: “The table ‘\“jom6_kunena_notifications_mailsqueue\”’ does not exist. (From file: “7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql”.)” The single quote was missing.
 The database error appears to lie in this file. I undid the changes and added a space after the top line.
 After that, no further database errors were displayed.
 I then added the space to all test versions and no longer receive any error messages.
  

Kunena doesn't register itself in Joomla's #__schemas table by default, so normally System/Maintenance/Database shows nothing for Kunena at all (tested on several environments, including one that's been running for 14 years). So that warning showing up on your site is odd.

Could you check your database's #__schemas table for a leftover/outdated row for com_kunena? If there is one, that's likely the cause - you can just delete it.

I’m not quite sure what you’re trying to say.
 As for the database error, I described it in post #235310 on the first page.
 System/Maintenance/Database/Extensions:Database/Kunena
 WarningThere are tables that are not up to date.
 I get this error in every BETA version.
  

Still unable to reproduce (PHP 8.4.1)
 

After experiencing a problem yesterday morning where the ‘#__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue’ table wasn’t loading in B4, although it was working by the evening, I created four new test versions with Kunena 7.0.9 today.
 I then changed the collation in the database for all four versions from utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci to utf8mb4_unicode_ci.
 I then cleared the browser cache and restarted the computer.
 After that, I installed BETA versions 1 to 4 in the four test installations, and the “#__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue” table was installed in all four of them.
 However, the database error stating that the table was not installed persists in all four test installations.
 My PHP version is 8.4.24
  

Which php version are-you using ?

I'am thinking to add a requirement check in case of user is using php 8.3.0 and mariadb 11.5 or above it will advise to update to Php 8.4.0

I have now repeated both tests using 7.1 BETA4-DEV_2026-09-20, and the result was that the table was not created in the database in either test. 

On the side of php the new collation added by Mariadb should be supported too by mysqlnd extensions. I have found some changes related to this in Php to fix since Php 8.4.0RC1 :  github.com/php/php-src/commit/e9c5f0504c...5ff65f59b1a99d64a7ae and something related :  jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-32975

It seems now that MariaDB doesn't like mix of collations on tables :  github.com/matomo-org/matomo/issues/22536

Unable to reproduce. MariaDB 11.4.4
 

I’ve made another attempt because I read online that, from version 11.4.2 onwards, MariaDB has changed the default collation from `unicode.ci` to `uca1400_ai_ci`.
 I set up a test version of Kunena 7.0.9 and changed the entire collation in the database to `utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci`.
 I then installed Kunena 7.1 BETA4-DEV_2026-09-19.

In the database, the table `__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue` was created, but with the collation set to `unicode_ci`
 I then repeated the same test, but this time without changing the collation in Kunena 7.0.9, and on this occasion the table `__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue` was not created in the database.
 Strange!
 Incidentally, database error messages were present in both tests.
 I’ll test again straight away with 7.1 BETA4-DEV_2026-09-20.
  

I created a new build : update.kunena.org/nightlybuilds/pkg_kune...4-DEV_2026-09-20.zip

If I select on this link i get a NOT FOUND message.
 

I have removed the step ALPHA1 and moved it in BETA1 : update.kunena.org/nightlybuilds/pkg_kune...DEV_2026-09-19_2.zip

For the collation utf8mb4_xxx is correct

I have tried on MariaDB 11.8.9, the updgrade from K7.0.9 to K7.1.0 there are has been no errors and the table #__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue has been right created

I have just installed today’s latest version, Kunena 7.0.9.The installation was successful, apart from the database errors.
 The Kunena dashboard shows ‘Mails Queue’ with 75 items.
 

However, there is no corresponding table for this in the database.
 

In phpMyAdmin, different collations are displayed for the databases.
 

My database version:
  I’ve noticed that the collation ‘utf8mb4_uca1400_ai_ci’ appears very frequently in version 7.1.
 Could this be causing some errors?

I have just tried to upgrade from Kunena 7.0.9 to Kunena 7.1.0-BETA4-DEV, i get :

 

In my commit yerstayday, it was missing the file 7.1.0-BETA1-DEV.sql :   update.kunena.org/nightlybuilds/pkg_kune...4-DEV_2026-09-19.zip

Are-you on mariadb or mysql ? And on which version ?

I have now deleted all Kunena entries and the database records in the BETA4 test version.
 I then reinstalled the Kunena 7.0.9 backup and used it to install the file pkg_kunena_v7.1.0-BETA4_DEV_2026-09-18_2.zip.
 The two database errors occurred again, but this time the file ‘__kunena_notifications_mailsqueue’ was not installed.
 Previously, it had been installed in BETA1, BETA2, BETA3 and BETA4.
  

I have tried in phpmyadmin the query present in 7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql but i have no issue

I have added sql files for BETA1, BETA2 and BETA3 : update.kunena.org/nightlybuilds/pkg_kune...DEV_2026-09-18_2.zip

I created four Kunena 7.0.9 installations for testing purposes.
 I then installed the test versions Kunena 7.1 BETA1, BETA2, BETA3 and BETA4 on these installations.
 The error “Unknown column ‘status’ in ‘SET’” only occurred in the BETA3 version.
 The database error “jom6_kunena_notifications_mailsqueue(” does not exist. (From file: “7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql”) has been present since version BETA1
 Actually, the closing single quote ‘ should be before the parenthesis, not after it.
 I’ve unzipped the entire installation programme and searched through it, but haven’t found the relevant section.
 Perhaps two characters before the parenthesis have been swapped somewhere – ´ and `?
 

Gindi wrote:

When installing Kunena 7.1 Beta 3 over Kunena 7.0.9, I get an error message.

 

Kunena 7.1 Beta 3 is installed and has been working without any errors so far.


 

Hello,

I have made a fix for that, you can try with the beta4 developpement build :  update.kunena.org/nightlybuilds/pkg_kune...4-DEV_2026-09-18.zip

Contrary to my last report, I discovered using phpMyAdmin that the message ““jom6_kunena_notifications_mailsqueue(”” does not exist. (From file: “7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql”) is incorrect. The table does in fact exist.
 I then deleted the contents of the backup directory and the database, installed the backup using Kunena 7.0.9, and then installed Kunena 7.1 BETA 3.
 The installation error reappeared, as did the two database errors. One of the database errors could be resolved using “repair”, but the missing table could not.
 When I took a closer look at the error message, I noticed that there is an opening bracket after “_mailsqueue(” in the message, which is probably the reason for the error message. 

I’ve found another database error:2 Probleme

• Die Datenbankschemaversion (6.0.0-RC1-DEV) passt nicht zur Manifest-Version (7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV).
• Die Tabelle „'jom6_kunena_notifications_mailsqueue('“ existiert nicht. (Von Datei: „7.1.0-ALPHA1-DEV.sql“.)
• 34 Datenbankänderungen wurden überprüft.
• 5 Datenbankänderungen hatten keinen Einfluss auf die Struktur der Datenbanktabellen und wurden deshalb übersprungen.

Thanks to have tested it, i will take a look in this issue tomorrow

When installing Kunena 7.1 Beta 3 over Kunena 7.0.9, I get an error message.

 

Kunena 7.1 Beta 3 is installed and has been working without any errors so far.

 

Hello,

Thanks for the report i have just fixed it

Can you please have a look at xml. Auto update is not working..
update.kunena.org/6.4/pkg_kunena_languages.xml
When checking I discovered that downloadurl is not correct: Because download url uses pkg, there is (of course), no error. But after I updated both package and languages, I discovered that update for language kept coming back.