Including my 1Password 8 data in local backups

Hi 1P_Dave,

That being said, our database schema does change from time to time and you'll need a version of 1Password that uses the same schema as the old database from your backup in order to open and unlock that old copy of the database and view your passwords.

Is it possible to read the database without your client? If I make a backup now, can I write a program that decrypts the data a few years from now, assuming that I still have my password and secret key? Or does that require data that's stored somewhere else?

When using 1Password 8 your items are already encrypted and backed up to your 1Password account in the cloud in redundant and secure copies: 1Password backups

I don't see how you can call that a backup, from what you say the only full copies are stored in your cloud.

Additionally, the old database may not include uncached documents/files such as a picture attached to one of your items in 1Password that you haven't yet viewed using 1Password on your Mac.

Is there a way to automatically export all my 1Password data in a local folder, which I can then back up, in a format that I can read later? Say, with the 1Password CLI?

I subscribed to 1Password because it used to be easy to back the whole vault up locally. You used to publish the spec of your local database so we could read it later. If full, local backups become hard to do, I will unsubscribe. You have to understand that depending on one company for data that important isn't reasonable.