How do I fix the error ‘Fatal error: Maximum function nesting level of ‘100’ reached, aborting!’?

If you get the following error: Fatal error: Maximum function nesting level of '100' reached, aborting! in core:archive console output or in the Matomo (Piwik) UI, you can solve this problem by editing the Xdebug PHP extension settings in php.ini or xdebug.ini and add the following: xdebug.max_nesting_level=500. After making the change, restart your web server.

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