Tried to convert DB to 4byte and failed

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Nextcloud version 16.0.1:
Operating system and version _4.15.0-50-generic #54-Ubuntu _:
Apache or nginx version Apache/2.4.29:
PHP version 7.2 with Zend OPcache v7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1:

The issue you are facing:
Tried to convert datebase to 4bytes

After : sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:repair

getting :

Nextcloud is in maintenance mode - no apps have been loaded

  • Repair MySQL collation
    • Change row format for oc_addressbooks …
    • Change collation for oc_addressbooks …

In AbstractMySQLDriver.php line 125:

An exception occurred while executing ‘ALTER TABLE oc_addressbooks CONVER
T TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;’:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was t
oo long; max key length is 767 bytes

In PDOStatement.php line 143:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was t
oo long; max key length is 767 bytes

In PDOStatement.php line 141:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was t
oo long; max key length is 767 bytes

maintenance:repair [–include-expensive]

DB is MySQL - MariaDB 5.5 57 remote on QNAP

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