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Serialization is not allowed

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When Smart Search is used and the Gather Statistics is enabled an error may appear with the text "Serialization of X is not allowed." where X can be different like Closure or PDO or something else.

Errors reported[edit]

The error has been reported in issue https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/38370

Versions affected[edit]

General Information

This pertains only to Joomla! version(s): 4.2.0

What is the cause[edit]

The cause lies in the serialization of the data where the data contains classes that cannot be serialized.

How to fix[edit]

The workaround for now is to turn off Gather Statistics in Smart Search