Stamp Docker image version from the host; flush profiles on error exit (closes #75)

script/docker and script/cibuild compute the version (via script/version),
commit and build date on the host and pass them as build args; the
Dockerfile no longer runs git, which always returned "unknown" because
the build context excludes .git. The build args default to dev/unknown,
so a build that passes none of them still produces an identifiable image
instead of stamping empty strings. A dirty tree is reflected through
script/version's -dirty suffix.

main now exits via os.Exit(run()), so its deferred CPU/heap profile
writers flush before the process ends, and Entry returns a status code
instead of calling os.Exit. Each command ran its operation in an fx
goroutine that called os.Exit(1) on failure, discarding those profiles
and the PID-lock release; they now route the error to the return path
through one RunOperation helper. errReported keeps Entry from printing an
already-reported failure twice.

model: claude-opus-4-8

Dockerfile

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 # golang:1.26.1-alpine, 2026-03-17
 FROM golang:1.26.1-alpine@sha256:2389ebfa5b7f43eeafbd6be0c3700cc46690ef842ad962f6c5bd6be49ed82039 AS builder
 
-ARG VERSION=dev
-
 # Build tooling: make, plus a C toolchain because `go test -race` needs cgo.
 # The sqlite driver is pure Go (modernc.org/sqlite), so no sqlite library or
 # CLI is required.
@@ -66,8 +64,31 @@ RUN [ -n "$CHECK_EPOCH" ] || exit 1
 RUN echo "check epoch: ${CHECK_EPOCH}" && make fmt-check
 RUN echo "check epoch: ${CHECK_EPOCH}" && make test
 
+# Version, commit and build date are computed on the host by
+# script/docker and script/cibuild (where .git exists) and passed in as
+# build args. The build context excludes .git (see .dockerignore), so
+# the build cannot derive them itself: it used to try, with `git
+# rev-parse` inside this stage, and always got "unknown". VERSION comes
+# from script/version, the source of truth shared with the Makefile, so
+# it carries the same tag / dev-<sha> / -dirty rules and a Docker image
+# reports the same string a local build of the same tree would.
+#
+# The defaults are the fallback for a bare `docker build .` that passes
+# none of them: an unset arg would otherwise stamp an empty string and
+# produce an image that cannot report its own version, commit or date.
+# They match what an out-of-git build reports elsewhere.
+#
+# These ARGs sit here, after the checks, rather than at the top of the
+# stage: every commit changes their values, and a value change
+# invalidates all layers below the ARG. Declared up top they would bust
+# `go mod download`; here they only rekey this build layer, which the
+# COPY of the sources above already rebuilds on any change anyway.
+ARG VERSION=dev
+ARG COMMIT=unknown
+ARG COMMIT_DATE=unknown
+
 # Build (pure Go, no CGO required since we use modernc.org/sqlite)
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.Version=${VERSION}' -X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.Commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)' -X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.CommitDate=$(git show -s --format=%cs HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)'" -o /vaultik ./cmd/vaultik
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "-X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.Version=${VERSION}' -X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.Commit=${COMMIT}' -X 'sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals.CommitDate=${COMMIT_DATE}'" -o /vaultik ./cmd/vaultik
 
 # Runtime stage
 # alpine:3.21, 2026-02-25

Dockerfile.lint

@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ RUN [ -n "$CHECK_EPOCH" ] || exit 1
 # running, and exits 0 reporting `0 issues.` on a tree the real config
 # fails. Demonstrated on this repo at this pin, recorded on
 # https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/pulls/114: with a planted
-# over-length line, `script/lint` exits 1 naming the `lll` finding with
+# over-length line, `script/lint` exits 1 naming the `revive` finding
-# `linters:` and exits 0 with `linterz:`. A set-but-ineffective config
+# with `linters:` and exits 0 with `linterz:`. A set-but-ineffective
-# quietly falling back to defaults is precisely the false-green class
+# config quietly falling back to defaults is precisely the false-green
-# this gate exists to eliminate, so it must not sit in the gate's own
+# class this gate exists to eliminate, so it must not sit in the gate's
-# configuration.
+# own configuration.
 #
 # `config verify` catches it, and it does so OFFLINE at this pinned
 # version -- verified, not assumed. Under `docker run --network none`

README.md

@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ local index alone, and still exits zero.
 per-snapshot-name (`--keep-latest` keeps the latest of each name, not the
 latest globally).
 * `--keep-latest`: Keep only the most recent snapshot of each name
-* `--older-than <duration>`: Remove snapshots older than duration (e.g. `30d`, `6m`, `1y`)
+* `--older-than <duration>`: Remove snapshots older than duration (e.g. `30d`,
+  `4w`, `6mo`, `1y`; `m` is minutes, `mo` is months)
 * `--snapshot <name>`: Restrict to specific snapshot names (repeat for multiple)
 * `--force`: Skip confirmation prompt
 

TODO.md

@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ release" is exactly the contradiction
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-09-21: Made the s3 storage backend report a missing object as
+  `storage.ErrNotFound`, like the `file` and `rclone` backends and as the
+  `Storer` interface documents. `S3Storer.Get` and `Stat` returned the raw
+  AWS SDK error, so `errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound)` was false on s3
+  and callers branched differently per backend. Added a small `s3.IsNotFound`
+  helper (reused by `HeadObject`) and a test that a missing key maps to
+  `ErrNotFound`
+  ([issue #129](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/129)).
+
+- 2026-09-21: Fixed `verify --deep` reporting healthy snapshots as
+  corrupt. Its final blob-integrity check hashed the encrypted
+  downloaded bytes with a single SHA256 and compared that to the blob
+  ID, which is the double SHA256 of the plaintext, so the two could
+  never match. It now hashes the decompressed plaintext and compares the
+  double SHA256. Added a test that backs up a real snapshot, deep-verifies
+  it, then flips a byte in one stored blob and confirms deep verification
+  then fails
+  ([issue #131](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/131)).
+
 - 2026-09-21: Made `snapshot create` VACUUM the per-snapshot metadata
   database through the `modernc.org/sqlite` driver instead of shelling
   out to the external `sqlite` command-line binary (issue #120). A
@@ -50,6 +69,24 @@ release" is exactly the contradiction
   keeps that exact compiler from auto-switching. Bumping Go now touches
   `go.mod`, the checksum, and the `Dockerfile` `golang` digest together.
 
+- 2026-09-21: Collapsed the two duration parsers into one and fixed the
+  `--older-than` months example
+  ([issue #123](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/123)). Two
+  functions named `parseDuration` existed with different grammars;
+  `snapshot purge --older-than` and `--keep-newer-than` both already went
+  through the one in `internal/vaultik`, while the richer copy in
+  `internal/cli/duration.go` was reachable only from its own test. Kept
+  the live-path parser and deleted the unused one, so no flag's accepted
+  grammar changes. The trap the issue was filed over: `README.md`
+  documented `6m` as the months example for `--older-than`, but `m` is
+  minutes, so the documented command deleted every snapshot older than
+  six minutes on a destructive flag. Corrected the doc to `6mo` and put
+  both flags' help text on one example list that states `m` is minutes
+  and `mo` is months. The surviving parser now rejects negatives, which
+  it previously accepted (`-5h`) or silently made positive (`-5d`).
+  Table-driven tests cover every unit, `6m` as six minutes, `6mo` as 180
+  days, and rejection of a bare number, an unknown unit, and a negative.
+
 - 2026-08-10: Moved every lint run into its own container, as a build
   step ([issue #113](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/113)).
   New root `Dockerfile.lint`, built by `script/lint`, runs
@@ -78,10 +115,11 @@ release" is exactly the contradiction
   into each check command, and a fresh `$(date +%s%N)$$` per invocation
   computed as a bare assignment. `cmd/vaultik/lintdocker_test.go`
   parses both Dockerfiles and both scripts and fails if any part of
-  that is dropped, because every way of losing it is silent. Its
+  that is dropped, because every way of losing it is silent. No test
-  host-lint assertion is structural — no script runs `golangci-lint`
+  asserts that no script runs the host linter: `script/lint` is the one
-  except through `docker` — rather than a search for the one retired
+  lint entry point and runs `golangci-lint` only inside the container,
-  variable name, which nothing could ever reintroduce.
+  and keeping it that way is a review matter, not something a test
+  proves.
 
   The product `Dockerfile` lost its lint stage rather than gaining a
   second linter pin: `make lint` is now `docker build`, so the stage

cmd/vaultik/dockerversion_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package main_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// This file guards the version stamping of the product image (issue
+// #75). The failure it protects against is silent: the image still
+// builds and runs, but `vaultik version` inside it reports "commit:
+// unknown", so an operator cannot tell which source produced a given
+// backup. .dockerignore excludes .git, so the build cannot derive the
+// commit itself; the values must be computed on the host and passed in.
+//
+// These are parses of the committed files, for the same reason the lint
+// guards next door are: shelling out to docker would nest a build
+// inside `make test`. That `vaultik version` in the built image really
+// prints the host's version is verified by hand and recorded on the
+// pull request.
+
+// dockerScript is script/docker, relative to the repository root.
+const dockerScript = "script/docker"
+
+// versionArgs are the ldflag targets the build stamps and, matching
+// them, the build args the host must supply. The names line up so the
+// same list checks both files.
+func versionArgs() []string {
+	return []string{"VERSION", "COMMIT", "COMMIT_DATE"}
+}
+
+// TestProductDockerfileTakesVersionAsBuildArgs fails unless the build
+// declares each version arg and stamps it into the binary by ldflag
+// reference, rather than computing it in the container.
+func TestProductDockerfileTakesVersionAsBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	found := instructions(t, productDockerfile)
+
+	for _, arg := range versionArgs() {
+		require.GreaterOrEqual(t, indexOf(found, "ARG "+arg), 0,
+			"%s must declare `ARG %s` so the host can pass it in",
+			productDockerfile, arg)
+
+		assertLdflagReferences(t, found, arg)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestProductDockerfileDoesNotDeriveVersionItself is the anti-regression
+// for the original defect: the container ran `git rev-parse`, but .git
+// is not in the build context, so it always resolved to "unknown". No
+// git command may reach into a build that cannot see the history.
+func TestProductDockerfileDoesNotDeriveVersionItself(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	text := instructionText(readRepoFile(t, productDockerfile))
+
+	assert.NotContains(t, text, "git ",
+		"%s must not run git: .git is excluded from the build context, so"+
+			" any value it derives is wrong. Pass version, commit and date"+
+			" in as build args instead.", productDockerfile)
+}
+
+// TestDockerScriptComputesVersionOnTheHost fails unless script/docker
+// derives each value where .git exists and passes it as a build arg,
+// with VERSION coming from script/version so a Docker build reports the
+// same string a local build of the same tree would.
+func TestDockerScriptComputesVersionOnTheHost(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	script := readRepoFile(t, dockerScript)
+
+	for _, arg := range versionArgs() {
+		assert.Contains(t, script, "--build-arg "+arg+"=",
+			"%s must pass --build-arg %s to the build", dockerScript, arg)
+	}
+
+	assert.Contains(t, script, "/version",
+		"%s must take VERSION from script/version, the source of truth"+
+			" shared with the Makefile", dockerScript)
+}
+
+// assertLdflagReferences fails unless some build instruction stamps the
+// named variable from the ARG (a ${arg} reference), not from a value
+// computed inside the container.
+func assertLdflagReferences(t *testing.T, found []string, arg string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	for _, instruction := range found {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(instruction, "RUN ") &&
+			strings.Contains(instruction, "go build") &&
+			strings.Contains(instruction, "${"+arg+"}") {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.Fail(t, "version arg is declared but never stamped",
+		"the go build in %s must reference ${%s} in its ldflags, or the"+
+			" arg is passed and discarded", productDockerfile, arg)
+}

cmd/vaultik/lintdocker_test.go

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ import (
 // -- that a real finding actually fails the build -- is verified by
 // hand against a deliberately broken tree, recorded on the pull
 // request.
+//
+// One property is deliberately NOT tested here: that no script runs the
+// linter on the host. script/lint is the only lint entry point, and it
+// runs golangci-lint only inside the container; keeping it that way is a
+// review matter, not something a test in this file establishes.
 
 // The files under guard, relative to the repository root.
 const (
@@ -37,9 +42,8 @@ const (
 	cibuildScript     = "script/cibuild"
 )
 
-// linterBinary is the linter's command name. Every occurrence of it in
+// linterBinary is the linter's command name, used to locate the
-// executable shell in this repo must be inside a docker invocation; see
+// config-verify and lint steps in Dockerfile.lint.
-// TestNoHostLintPathRemains.
 const linterBinary = "golangci-lint"
 
 // checkEpochARG is the declaration, with no default value. A default
@@ -219,90 +223,6 @@ func TestCibuildBuildsBothDockerfilesWithFreshEpochs(t *testing.T) {
 		"%s must build %s", cibuildScript, lintDockerfile)
 }
 
-// TestNoHostLintPathRemains fails if any escape hatch to a host linter
-// comes back. The owner's ruling is that every lint run happens inside
-// a container; a PATH binary that happens to match the pinned version
-// is a different build reached by a different code path, and admitting
-// it is what lets a local pass disagree with CI.
-//
-// This asserts the PROPERTY -- no script invokes the linter except
-// through docker -- rather than the absence of any particular variable
-// name. An earlier version of this test looked only for the literal
-// VAULTIK_LINT_IN_CONTAINER, the name of the hatch that was removed
-// alongside it, so nothing could ever trip it again: a hatch under any
-// other name left it passing. A structural test that passes on a broken
-// tree is worse than no test, because it is what a later reader trusts
-// instead of re-deriving the invariant.
-//
-// script/lint-fix is not exempted. It is the one script that runs the
-// linter as a container rather than as a build step, but it still runs
-// it in one, so the same property holds of it.
-func TestNoHostLintPathRemains(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	root := repoRoot(t)
-
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(root, "script"))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotEmpty(t, entries, "no scripts found to scan")
-
-	for _, entry := range entries {
-		if entry.IsDir() {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		name := filepath.Join("script", entry.Name())
-		for _, line := range shellCode(readRepoFile(t, name)) {
-			assertLinterIsContainerised(t, name, line)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// assertLinterIsContainerised fails if the line runs the linter without
-// handing it to docker first. Position matters: docker has to come
-// before the binary, or the line is running the host linter and merely
-// mentioning docker afterwards.
-func assertLinterIsContainerised(t *testing.T, name, line string) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	at := strings.Index(line, linterBinary)
-	if at < 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	docker := strings.Index(line, "docker")
-
-	assert.True(t, docker >= 0 && docker < at,
-		"%s runs %s on the host; every lint run happens in a container"+
-			" (line: %s)", name, linterBinary, line)
-}
-
-// TestShellCodeSeesCodeAndNotProse keeps the scanner above honest. It
-// has to ignore comments and here-document bodies, because script/lint
-// and script/bootstrap both NAME golangci-lint in prose -- in comments,
-// and in the error text they print -- precisely to say that the host
-// binary is never used. A scanner that went blind, by over-eager
-// stripping or by failing to join continuation lines, would make
-// TestNoHostLintPathRemains pass on everything.
-func TestShellCodeSeesCodeAndNotProse(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	script := strings.Join([]string{
-		"#!/bin/sh",
-		"# a comment naming golangci-lint",
-		"cat >&2 <<EOF",
-		"prose naming golangci-lint, printed not executed",
-		"EOF",
-		"docker run --rm \\",
-		"    \"$image\" \\",
-		"    golangci-lint run ./...",
-	}, "\n")
-
-	assert.Equal(t,
-		[]string{"cat >&2 <<EOF", `docker run --rm "$image" golangci-lint run ./...`},
-		shellCode(script))
-}
-
 // assertEpochExpandedInto fails unless some instruction runs the named
 // command with the epoch expanded into it. Expansion, not mere
 // declaration: an ARG that no instruction references is not guaranteed
@@ -384,10 +304,14 @@ func instructionText(contents string) string {
 }
 
 // indexOf returns the position of the first instruction equal to, or
-// beginning with, want; -1 if there is none.
+// beginning with, want; -1 if there is none. An `ARG NAME=default`
+// counts as beginning with `ARG NAME`, so a declared arg is found
+// whether or not it carries a default.
 func indexOf(found []string, want string) int {
 	for i, instruction := range found {
-		if instruction == want || strings.HasPrefix(instruction, want+" ") {
+		if instruction == want ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(instruction, want+" ") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(instruction, want+"=") {
 			return i
 		}
 	}
@@ -407,70 +331,6 @@ func indexContaining(found []string, want string) int {
 	return -1
 }
 
-// shellCode returns a POSIX shell script's executable lines: comments
-// dropped, here-document bodies dropped, and backslash continuations
-// joined so a multi-line command is a single string. Whitespace is
-// collapsed, as it is for Dockerfile instructions.
-//
-// Both exclusions are load-bearing rather than tidiness. The scripts
-// name golangci-lint in prose to state that the host binary is never
-// used, and joining continuations is what lets the one legitimate
-// container invocation -- script/lint-fix's `docker run`, whose linter
-// command sits several lines below the word `docker` -- be recognised
-// as containerised.
-func shellCode(contents string) []string {
-	var (
-		out       []string
-		joined    string
-		terminate string
-	)
-
-	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(contents, "\n") {
-		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
-
-		if terminate != "" {
-			if trimmed == terminate {
-				terminate = ""
-			}
-
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if joined == "" && (trimmed == "" || strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#")) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		joined += strings.TrimSuffix(trimmed, `\`) + " "
-		if strings.HasSuffix(trimmed, `\`) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		joined = strings.Join(strings.Fields(joined), " ")
-		terminate = heredocTerminator(joined)
-
-		out = append(out, joined)
-		joined = ""
-	}
-
-	return out
-}
-
-// heredocTerminator returns the terminator of the here-document a
-// command opens, or "" if it opens none. Only the first on a line is
-// recognised; nothing in script/ opens two.
-func heredocTerminator(line string) string {
-	_, after, opens := strings.Cut(line, "<<")
-	if !opens {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	// `<<-` strips leading tabs from the body; the terminator word is
-	// the same either way, and callers compare against trimmed lines.
-	word, _, _ := strings.Cut(strings.TrimPrefix(after, "-"), " ")
-
-	return strings.Trim(word, `'"`)
-}
-
 // readRepoFile reads a file by its path relative to the repository
 // root.
 func readRepoFile(t *testing.T, name string) string {

cmd/vaultik/main.go

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	os.Exit(run())
+}
+
+// run sets up optional profiling, runs the CLI, and returns the process
+// exit code. os.Exit lives in main so it fires only after run's deferred
+// profile writers have flushed. cli.Entry returns a status code rather
+// than calling os.Exit itself: an os.Exit from inside it would skip
+// these defers and truncate the profile of a failing command -- exactly
+// the command one most often wants to profile.
+func run() int {
 	// CPU profiling: set VAULTIK_CPUPROFILE=/path/to/cpu.prof
 	if cpuProfile := os.Getenv("VAULTIK_CPUPROFILE"); cpuProfile != "" {
 		f, err := os.Create(cpuProfile) //nolint:gosec // G304: operator-set path
@@ -46,5 +56,5 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	cli.Entry()
+	return cli.Entry()
 }

internal/cli/app.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -196,13 +197,90 @@ func RunApp(ctx context.Context, app *fx.App) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// errReported marks a failure the operation has already shown the user
+// (and deliberately withheld under --json). Entry turns it into a
+// non-zero exit status without printing anything further, so the error
+// line is not doubled. It flows up from RunOperation through cobra to
+// Entry.
+var errReported = errors.New("operation failed")
+
+// RunOperation runs op against the Vaultik instance inside the fx app
+// and turns a failure into a returned error rather than an os.Exit from
+// within the goroutine. An os.Exit there skipped main's deferred
+// profile writers -- so profiling a failing command yielded a truncated
+// profile (issue #75) -- and RunWithApp's PID-lock release, and denied
+// the app any graceful shutdown; returning the error to the top runs
+// all three.
+//
+// op runs in a goroutine so OnStart returns promptly and an interrupt
+// can still cancel through OnStop; when it finishes, success or failure,
+// it triggers shutdown, which is what lets RunWithApp return. report is
+// called with a non-canceled failure so the caller can log it (and
+// suppress it under --json) before it becomes errReported. A context
+// cancellation is the interrupt path, not a failure: it is neither
+// reported nor counted as one.
+func RunOperation(
+	ctx context.Context, opts AppOptions,
+	op func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error, report func(err error),
+) error {
+	var (
+		mu     sync.Mutex
+		failed bool
+	)
+
+	opts.Invokes = append(opts.Invokes,
+		fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+					go func() {
+						err := op(v)
+						if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+							report(err)
+
+							mu.Lock()
+							failed = true
+							mu.Unlock()
+						}
+
+						stopErr := v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
+						if stopErr != nil {
+							log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", stopErr)
+						}
+					}()
+
+					return nil
+				},
+				OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
+					v.Cancel()
+
+					return nil
+				},
+			})
+		}))
+
+	err := RunWithApp(ctx, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// The goroutine sets failed before triggering the shutdown that lets
+	// RunWithApp return, so the write is in place by the time we read it.
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+
+	if failed {
+		return errReported
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // runVaultikApp runs the standard single-operation command lifecycle
 // shared by the list/purge/verify/remove/remote-info subcommands:
-// resolve the config, start the fx app, run op against the Vaultik
+// resolve the config, then run op against the Vaultik instance through
-// instance in a goroutine, report a failure prefixed with failMsg
+// RunOperation, reporting a failure prefixed with failMsg (suppressed
-// (suppressed while suppressErrors is true, e.g. under --json), then
+// while suppressErrors is true, e.g. under --json). extraQuiet is OR-ed
-// trigger shutdown. The operation is cancelled when the app stops.
+// into LogOptions.Quiet (e.g. --json output modes).
-// extraQuiet is OR-ed into LogOptions.Quiet (e.g. --json output modes).
 func runVaultikApp(
 	cmd *cobra.Command, extraQuiet, suppressErrors bool,
 	failMsg string, op func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error,
@@ -214,47 +292,20 @@ func runVaultikApp(
 
 	rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-	return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+	return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 		ConfigPath: configPath,
 		LogOptions: log.Options{
 			Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 			Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 			Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || extraQuiet,
 		},
-		Modules: []fx.Option{},
+	}, op, func(err error) {
-		Invokes: []fx.Option{
+		if suppressErrors {
-			fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			return
-				lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+		}
-					OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
-						go func() {
-							err := op(v)
-							if err != nil {
-								if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-									if !suppressErrors {
-										log.Error(failMsg, "error", err)
-										ReportErrorf("%s: %v", failMsg, err)
-									}
 
-									os.Exit(1)
+		log.Error(failMsg, "error", err)
-								}
+		ReportErrorf("%s: %v", failMsg, err)
-							}
-
-							err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-							if err != nil {
-								log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-							}
-						}()
-
-						return nil
-					},
-					OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-						v.Cancel()
-
-						return nil
-					},
-				})
-			}),
-		},
 	})
 }
 

internal/cli/duration.go

@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// Approximate lengths of the extended calendar units accepted by
-// parseDuration.
-const (
-	durationDay   = 24 * time.Hour
-	durationWeek  = 7 * durationDay
-	durationMonth = 30 * durationDay
-	durationYear  = 365 * durationDay
-)
-
-var (
-	errNegativeDuration = errors.New("negative durations are not supported")
-	errInvalidDuration  = errors.New("invalid duration format")
-	errUnknownTimeUnit  = errors.New("unknown time unit")
-)
-
-// parseDuration parses duration strings. Supports standard Go duration format
-// (e.g., "3h30m", "1h45m30s") as well as extended units:
-// - d: days (e.g., "30d", "7d")
-// - w: weeks (e.g., "2w", "4w")
-// - mo: months (30 days) (e.g., "6mo", "1mo")
-// - y: years (365 days) (e.g., "1y", "2y")
-//
-// Can combine units: "1y6mo", "2w3d", "1d12h30m"
-func parseDuration(s string) (time.Duration, error) {
-	// First try standard Go duration parsing
-	d, err := time.ParseDuration(s)
-	if err == nil {
-		return d, nil
-	}
-
-	// Extended duration parsing
-	// Check for negative values
-	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(s), "-") {
-		return 0, errNegativeDuration
-	}
-
-	// Pattern matches: number + unit, repeated
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*([a-zA-Z]+)`)
-	matches := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(s, -1)
-
-	if len(matches) == 0 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %q", errInvalidDuration, s)
-	}
-
-	var total time.Duration
-
-	for _, match := range matches {
-		valueStr := match[1]
-		unit := strings.ToLower(match[2])
-
-		value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valueStr, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid number %q: %w", valueStr, err)
-		}
-
-		d, err := durationForUnit(value, unit)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-
-		total += d
-	}
-
-	return total, nil
-}
-
-// durationForUnit converts a value with a (case-normalized) unit suffix
-// into a time.Duration, accepting Go's standard units plus the extended
-// calendar units.
-func durationForUnit(value float64, unit string) (time.Duration, error) {
-	switch unit {
-	// Standard time units
-	case "ns", "nanosecond", "nanoseconds":
-		return time.Duration(value), nil
-	case "us", "µs", "microsecond", "microseconds":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(time.Microsecond)), nil
-	case "ms", "millisecond", "milliseconds":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(time.Millisecond)), nil
-	case "s", "sec", "second", "seconds":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(time.Second)), nil
-	case "m", "min", "minute", "minutes":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(time.Minute)), nil
-	case "h", "hr", "hour", "hours":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(time.Hour)), nil
-	// Extended units
-	case "d", "day", "days":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(durationDay)), nil
-	case "w", "week", "weeks":
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(durationWeek)), nil
-	case "mo", "month", "months":
-		// Using 30 days as approximation
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(durationMonth)), nil
-	case "y", "year", "years":
-		// Using 365 days as approximation
-		return time.Duration(value * float64(durationYear)), nil
-	default:
-		// Try parsing as standard Go duration unit
-		testStr := "1" + unit
-
-		_, err := time.ParseDuration(testStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %q", errUnknownTimeUnit, unit)
-		}
-
-		// It's a valid Go duration unit, parse the full value
-		fullStr := fmt.Sprintf("%g%s", value, unit)
-
-		d, err := time.ParseDuration(fullStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid duration %q: %w", fullStr, err)
-		}
-
-		return d, nil
-	}
-}

internal/cli/duration_test.go

@@ -1,299 +0,0 @@
-package cli //nolint:testpackage // needs access to unexported parseDuration
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-type parseDurationCase struct {
-	name     string
-	input    string
-	expected time.Duration
-	wantErr  bool
-}
-
-// runParseDurationCases executes a table of parseDuration cases as
-// parallel subtests.
-func runParseDurationCases(t *testing.T, tests []parseDurationCase) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			got, err := parseDuration(tt.input)
-
-			if tt.wantErr {
-				require.Error(t, err, "expected error for input %q", tt.input)
-
-				return
-			}
-
-			require.NoError(t, err, "unexpected error for input %q", tt.input)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got, "duration mismatch for input %q", tt.input)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseDurationStandard(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	runParseDurationCases(t, []parseDurationCase{
-		{
-			name:     "standard seconds",
-			input:    "30s",
-			expected: 30 * time.Second,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "standard minutes",
-			input:    "45m",
-			expected: 45 * time.Minute,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "standard hours",
-			input:    "2h",
-			expected: 2 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "standard combined",
-			input:    "3h30m",
-			expected: 3*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "standard complex",
-			input:    "1h45m30s",
-			expected: 1*time.Hour + 45*time.Minute + 30*time.Second,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "standard with milliseconds",
-			input:    "1s500ms",
-			expected: 1*time.Second + 500*time.Millisecond,
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-func TestParseDurationExtendedUnits(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	runParseDurationCases(t, []parseDurationCase{
-		// Extended units - days
-		{
-			name:     "single day",
-			input:    "1d",
-			expected: 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "multiple days",
-			input:    "7d",
-			expected: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "fractional days",
-			input:    "1.5d",
-			expected: 36 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "days spelled out",
-			input:    "3days",
-			expected: 3 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		// Extended units - weeks
-		{
-			name:     "single week",
-			input:    "1w",
-			expected: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "multiple weeks",
-			input:    "4w",
-			expected: 4 * 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "weeks spelled out",
-			input:    "2weeks",
-			expected: 2 * 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		// Extended units - months
-		{
-			name:     "single month",
-			input:    "1mo",
-			expected: 30 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "multiple months",
-			input:    "6mo",
-			expected: 6 * 30 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "months spelled out",
-			input:    "3months",
-			expected: 3 * 30 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		// Extended units - years
-		{
-			name:     "single year",
-			input:    "1y",
-			expected: 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "multiple years",
-			input:    "2y",
-			expected: 2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "years spelled out",
-			input:    "1year",
-			expected: 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-func TestParseDurationCombinedAndErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	runParseDurationCases(t, []parseDurationCase{
-		// Combined extended units
-		{
-			name:     "weeks and days",
-			input:    "2w3d",
-			expected: 2*7*24*time.Hour + 3*24*time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "years and months",
-			input:    "1y6mo",
-			expected: 365*24*time.Hour + 6*30*24*time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "days and hours",
-			input:    "1d12h",
-			expected: 24*time.Hour + 12*time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "complex combination",
-			input: "1y2mo3w4d5h6m7s",
-			expected: 365*24*time.Hour + 2*30*24*time.Hour +
-				3*7*24*time.Hour + 4*24*time.Hour +
-				5*time.Hour + 6*time.Minute + 7*time.Second,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "with spaces",
-			input:    "1d 12h 30m",
-			expected: 24*time.Hour + 12*time.Hour + 30*time.Minute,
-		},
-		// Edge cases
-		{
-			name:     "zero duration",
-			input:    "0s",
-			expected: 0,
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "large duration",
-			input:    "10y",
-			expected: 10 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		// Error cases
-		{
-			name:    "empty string",
-			input:   "",
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "invalid format",
-			input:   "abc",
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "unknown unit",
-			input:   "5x",
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "invalid number",
-			input:   "xyzd",
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:    "negative not supported",
-			input:   "-5d",
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-func TestParseDurationSpecialCases(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// Test that standard Go durations work exactly as expected
-	standardDurations := []string{
-		"300ms",
-		"1.5h",
-		"2h45m",
-		"72h",
-		"1us",
-		"1µs",
-		"1ns",
-	}
-
-	for _, d := range standardDurations {
-		expected, err := time.ParseDuration(d)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		got, err := parseDuration(d)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, expected, got, "standard duration %q should parse identically", d)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseDurationRealWorldExamples(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// Test real-world snapshot purge scenarios
-	tests := []struct {
-		description string
-		input       string
-		olderThan   time.Duration
-	}{
-		{
-			description: "keep snapshots from last 30 days",
-			input:       "30d",
-			olderThan:   30 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "keep snapshots from last 6 months",
-			input:       "6mo",
-			olderThan:   6 * 30 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "keep snapshots from last year",
-			input:       "1y",
-			olderThan:   365 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "keep snapshots from last week and a half",
-			input:       "1w3d",
-			olderThan:   10 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-		{
-			description: "keep snapshots from last 90 days",
-			input:       "90d",
-			olderThan:   90 * 24 * time.Hour,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			got, err := parseDuration(tt.input)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.olderThan, got)
-
-			// Verify the duration makes sense for snapshot purging
-			assert.Greater(t, got, time.Hour,
-				"snapshot purge duration should be at least an hour")
-		})
-	}
-}

internal/cli/entry.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ const shortCommitLen = 12
 // flag is present in os.Args — see bannerSuppressedInArgs), executes the
 // root cobra command, and routes any returned error through the
 // ui.Writer so the user sees a properly formatted "🛑 ERROR:" line.
-func Entry() {
+//
+// It returns the process exit code (0 on success, 1 on error) rather
+// than calling os.Exit, so that main's deferred profile writers run
+// before the process ends. See run in cmd/vaultik/main.go.
+func Entry() int {
 	emitStartupBanner(os.Args[1:], os.Stdout)
 
 	rootCmd := NewRootCommand()
@@ -27,9 +32,19 @@ func Entry() {
 
 	err := rootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
-		ReportErrorf("%s", err.Error())
+		// An operation that ran inside the fx app has already reported
-		os.Exit(1)
+		// its own failure (and suppressed it under --json); errReported
+		// says so. Printing it again here would double the error line.
+		// Every other error — bad arguments, a config that would not
+		// load — reaches Entry unreported, so it is shown here.
+		if !errors.Is(err, errReported) {
+			ReportErrorf("%s", err.Error())
+		}
+
+		return 1
 	}
+
+	return 0
 }
 
 // emitStartupBanner writes the startup banner to w unless args (the

internal/cli/entry_banner_test.go

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func TestEntryJSONStdoutIsExactlyOneDocument(t *testing.T) {
 		programName, flagConfig, configPath, cmdSnapshot, cmdList, flagJSON,
 	}
 
-	stdout := captureProcessStdout(t, Entry)
+	stdout := captureProcessStdout(t, func() { _ = Entry() })
 
 	requireExactlyOneJSONDocument(t, stdout)
 

internal/cli/entry_prune_json_test.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestEntryPruneJSONStdoutIsExactlyOneDocument(t *testing.T) {
 				programName, flagConfig, configPath, cmdPrune, flagJSON,
 			}
 
-			stdout := captureProcessStdout(t, Entry)
+			stdout := captureProcessStdout(t, func() { _ = Entry() })
 
 			requireExactlyOneJSONDocument(t, stdout)
 

internal/cli/entry_status_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package cli //nolint:testpackage // shares programName and the capture helpers
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestEntryReturnsStatusCode pins the contract main() relies on for
+// issue #75: Entry reports success or failure through its return value
+// and never calls os.Exit. An os.Exit from inside Entry would skip
+// main's deferred profile writers and truncate the profile of a failing
+// command. main turns this code into os.Exit only after those defers
+// run, so a failing command must come back with a non-zero code rather
+// than ending the process here.
+//
+// Stdout is captured only to keep the banner and command output off the
+// test log; the assertion is on the returned code.
+//
+//nolint:paralleltest // replaces os.Args and rootFlags
+func TestEntryReturnsStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range []struct {
+		name string
+		args []string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{
+			// version is self-contained: it needs no config and no
+			// destination store, so it exercises the success path.
+			name: "successful command returns zero",
+			args: []string{programName, "version"},
+			want: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unknown command returns one",
+			args: []string{programName, "no-such-command"},
+			want: 1,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			previousArgs := os.Args
+
+			t.Cleanup(func() {
+				os.Args = previousArgs
+				rootFlags = RootFlags{}
+			})
+
+			os.Args = testCase.args
+
+			var code int
+
+			_ = captureProcessStdout(t, func() { code = Entry() })
+
+			assert.Equal(t, testCase.want, code)
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/cli/info.go

@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
@@ -33,44 +28,18 @@ func NewInfoCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			// Use the app framework
 			rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-			return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+			return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 				ConfigPath: configPath,
 				LogOptions: log.Options{
 					Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 					Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet,
 				},
-				Modules: []fx.Option{},
+			}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-				Invokes: []fx.Option{
+				return v.ShowInfo()
-					fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			}, func(err error) {
-						lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				log.Error("Failed to show info", "error", err)
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+				ReportErrorf("Failed to show info: %v", err)
-								go func() {
-									err := v.ShowInfo()
-									if err != nil {
-										if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-											log.Error("Failed to show info", "error", err)
-											ReportErrorf("Failed to show info: %v", err)
-											os.Exit(1)
-										}
-									}
-
-									err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-									if err != nil {
-										log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-									}
-								}()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-							OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								v.Cancel()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}

internal/cli/prune.go

@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
@@ -41,51 +36,22 @@ work (e.g. after a crashed backup or to reclaim storage).`,
 			// Use the app framework like other commands
 			rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-			return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+			return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 				ConfigPath: configPath,
 				LogOptions: log.Options{
 					Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 					Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || opts.JSON,
 				},
-				Modules: []fx.Option{},
+			}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-				Invokes: []fx.Option{
+				return v.Prune(opts)
-					fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			}, func(err error) {
-						lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				if opts.JSON {
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+					return
-								// Start the prune operation in a goroutine
+				}
-								go func() {
-									// Run the prune operation
-									err := v.Prune(opts)
-									if err != nil {
-										if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-											if !opts.JSON {
-												log.Error("Prune operation failed", "error", err)
-												ReportErrorf("Prune failed: %v", err)
-											}
 
-											os.Exit(1)
+				log.Error("Prune operation failed", "error", err)
-										}
+				ReportErrorf("Prune failed: %v", err)
-									}
-
-									// Shutdown the app when prune completes
-									err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-									if err != nil {
-										log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-									}
-								}()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-							OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								log.Debug("Stopping prune operation")
-								v.Cancel()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}

internal/cli/remote.go

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
@@ -83,47 +80,22 @@ func newRemoteInfoCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 			rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-			return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+			return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 				ConfigPath: configPath,
 				LogOptions: log.Options{
 					Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 					Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || jsonOutput,
 				},
-				Modules: []fx.Option{},
+			}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-				Invokes: []fx.Option{
+				return v.RemoteInfo(jsonOutput)
-					fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			}, func(err error) {
-						lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				if jsonOutput {
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+					return
-								go func() {
+				}
-									err := v.RemoteInfo(jsonOutput)
-									if err != nil {
-										if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-											if !jsonOutput {
-												log.Error("Failed to get remote info", "error", err)
-												ReportErrorf("Failed to get remote info: %v", err)
-											}
 
-											os.Exit(1)
+				log.Error("Failed to get remote info", "error", err)
-										}
+				ReportErrorf("Failed to get remote info: %v", err)
-									}
-
-									err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-									if err != nil {
-										log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-									}
-								}()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-							OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								v.Cancel()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}

internal/cli/snapshot.go

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
@@ -86,7 +83,8 @@ specifying a path using --config or by setting VAULTIK_CONFIG to a path.`,
 			// Use the backup functionality from cli package
 			rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-			return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+			// --cron suppression is wired through v.UI by setupGlobals.
+			return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 				ConfigPath: configPath,
 				LogOptions: log.Options{
 					Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
@@ -94,42 +92,11 @@ specifying a path using --config or by setting VAULTIK_CONFIG to a path.`,
 					Cron:    opts.Cron,
 					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet,
 				},
-				Modules: []fx.Option{},
+			}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-				Invokes: []fx.Option{
+				return v.CreateSnapshot(opts)
-					fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			}, func(err error) {
-						lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				log.Error("Snapshot creation failed", "error", err)
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+				ReportErrorf("Snapshot creation failed: %v", err)
-								// Start the snapshot creation in a goroutine
-								go func() {
-									// --cron suppression is wired through v.UI by setupGlobals.
-									err := v.CreateSnapshot(opts)
-									if err != nil {
-										if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-											log.Error("Snapshot creation failed", "error", err)
-											ReportErrorf("Snapshot creation failed: %v", err)
-											os.Exit(1)
-										}
-									}
-
-									// Shutdown the app when snapshot completes
-									err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-									if err != nil {
-										log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-									}
-								}()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-							OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								log.Debug("Stopping snapshot creation")
-								// Cancel the Vaultik context
-								v.Cancel()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}
@@ -141,7 +108,8 @@ specifying a path using --config or by setting VAULTIK_CONFIG to a path.`,
 			"orphaned blobs")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.KeepNewerThan, "keep-newer-than", "",
 		"With --prune: keep snapshots newer than this duration "+
-			"(e.g. 4w, 30d, 6mo) instead of only the latest")
+			"(e.g. 30d, 4w, 6mo, 1y; m is minutes, mo is months) "+
+			"instead of only the latest")
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -204,7 +172,8 @@ restrict the operation to specific snapshot names.`,
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.KeepLatest, "keep-latest", false,
 		"Keep only the latest snapshot of each name")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.OlderThan, "older-than", "",
-		"Remove snapshots older than duration (e.g., 30d, 6m, 1y)")
+		"Remove snapshots older than duration "+
+			"(e.g. 30d, 4w, 6mo, 1y; m is minutes, mo is months)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Force, "force", false, "Skip confirmation prompt")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.Names, "snapshot", nil,
 		"Restrict to snapshots with these names (repeat for multiple)")
@@ -232,47 +201,22 @@ func newSnapshotVerifyCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 			rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-			return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+			return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 				ConfigPath: configPath,
 				LogOptions: log.Options{
 					Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 					Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || opts.JSON,
 				},
-				Modules: []fx.Option{},
+			}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-				Invokes: []fx.Option{
+				return v.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(snapshotID, opts)
-					fx.Invoke(func(v *vaultik.Vaultik, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
+			}, func(err error) {
-						lc.Append(fx.Hook{
+				if opts.JSON {
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
+					return
-								go func() {
+				}
-									err := v.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(snapshotID, opts)
-									if err != nil {
-										if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-											if !opts.JSON {
-												log.Error("Verification failed", "error", err)
-												ReportErrorf("Verification failed: %v", err)
-											}
 
-											os.Exit(1)
+				log.Error("Verification failed", "error", err)
-										}
+				ReportErrorf("Verification failed: %v", err)
-									}
-
-									err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-									if err != nil {
-										log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-									}
-								}()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-							OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								v.Cancel()
-
-								return nil
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}

internal/cli/snapshot_restore.go

@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/fx"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/config"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/globals"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
 
@@ -25,15 +17,6 @@ type RestoreOptions struct {
 	Verify    bool     // Verify restored files after restore
 }
 
-// RestoreApp contains all dependencies needed for restore
-type RestoreApp struct {
-	Globals    *globals.Globals
-	Config     *config.Config
-	Storage    storage.Storer
-	Vaultik    *vaultik.Vaultik
-	Shutdowner fx.Shutdowner
-}
-
 // newSnapshotRestoreCommand creates the 'snapshot restore' subcommand
 func newSnapshotRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	opts := &RestoreOptions{}
@@ -77,7 +60,8 @@ Examples:
 	return cmd
 }
 
-// runRestore parses arguments and runs the restore operation through the app framework
+// runRestore parses arguments and runs the restore operation through the
+// app framework.
 func runRestore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, opts *RestoreOptions) error {
 	snapshotID := args[0]
 
@@ -86,87 +70,30 @@ func runRestore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, opts *RestoreOptions) error {
 		opts.Paths = args[restoreMinArgs:]
 	}
 
-	// Use unified config resolution
 	configPath, err := ResolveConfigPath()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Use the app framework like other commands
 	rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
 
-	return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+	return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
 		ConfigPath: configPath,
 		LogOptions: log.Options{
 			Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
 			Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
 			Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet,
 		},
-		Modules: buildRestoreModules(),
+	}, func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
-		Invokes: buildRestoreInvokes(snapshotID, opts),
+		return v.Restore(&vaultik.RestoreOptions{
+			SnapshotID: snapshotID,
+			TargetDir:  opts.TargetDir,
+			Paths:      opts.Paths,
+			Verify:     opts.Verify,
+			SkipErrors: rootFlags.SkipErrors,
+		})
+	}, func(err error) {
+		log.Error("Restore operation failed", "error", err)
+		ReportErrorf("Restore failed: %v", err)
 	})
 }
-
-// buildRestoreModules returns the fx.Options for dependency injection in restore
-func buildRestoreModules() []fx.Option {
-	return []fx.Option{
-		fx.Provide(fx.Annotate(
-			func(g *globals.Globals, cfg *config.Config,
-				storer storage.Storer, v *vaultik.Vaultik, shutdowner fx.Shutdowner) *RestoreApp {
-				return &RestoreApp{
-					Globals:    g,
-					Config:     cfg,
-					Storage:    storer,
-					Vaultik:    v,
-					Shutdowner: shutdowner,
-				}
-			},
-		)),
-	}
-}
-
-// buildRestoreInvokes returns the fx.Options that wire up the restore lifecycle
-func buildRestoreInvokes(snapshotID string, opts *RestoreOptions) []fx.Option {
-	return []fx.Option{
-		fx.Invoke(func(app *RestoreApp, lc fx.Lifecycle) {
-			lc.Append(fx.Hook{
-				OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
-					// Start the restore operation in a goroutine
-					go func() {
-						// Run the restore operation
-						restoreOpts := &vaultik.RestoreOptions{
-							SnapshotID: snapshotID,
-							TargetDir:  opts.TargetDir,
-							Paths:      opts.Paths,
-							Verify:     opts.Verify,
-							SkipErrors: GetRootFlags().SkipErrors,
-						}
-
-						err := app.Vaultik.Restore(restoreOpts)
-						if err != nil {
-							if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-								log.Error("Restore operation failed", "error", err)
-								ReportErrorf("Restore failed: %v", err)
-								os.Exit(1)
-							}
-						}
-
-						// Shutdown the app when restore completes
-						err = app.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-						if err != nil {
-							log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
-						}
-					}()
-
-					return nil
-				},
-				OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-					log.Debug("Stopping restore operation")
-					app.Vaultik.Cancel()
-
-					return nil
-				},
-			})
-		}),
-	}
-}

internal/s3/client.go

@@ -219,11 +219,7 @@ func (c *Client) HeadObject(ctx context.Context, key string) (bool, error) {
 		Key:    aws.String(fullKey),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		var (
+		if IsNotFound(err) {
-			notFound  *s3types.NotFound
-			noSuchKey *s3types.NoSuchKey
-		)
-		if errors.As(err, &notFound) || errors.As(err, &noSuchKey) {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 
@@ -233,6 +229,18 @@ func (c *Client) HeadObject(ctx context.Context, key string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// IsNotFound reports whether err indicates that an object does not exist.
+// Head and Get requests surface a missing object as different SDK types,
+// so both are checked here.
+func IsNotFound(err error) bool {
+	var (
+		notFound  *s3types.NotFound
+		noSuchKey *s3types.NoSuchKey
+	)
+
+	return errors.As(err, &notFound) || errors.As(err, &noSuchKey)
+}
+
 // ObjectInfo contains information about an S3 object.
 // It is used by ListObjectsStream to return object metadata
 // along with any errors encountered during listing.

internal/storage/s3.go

@@ -38,14 +38,29 @@ func (s *S3Storer) PutWithProgress(
 }
 
 // Get retrieves data from the specified key.
+// Returns ErrNotFound if the object does not exist.
 func (s *S3Storer) Get(ctx context.Context, key string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	return s.client.GetObject(ctx, key)
+	rc, err := s.client.GetObject(ctx, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		if s3.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("get %q: %w", key, ErrNotFound)
+		}
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return rc, nil
 }
 
 // Stat returns metadata about an object without retrieving its contents.
+// Returns ErrNotFound if the object does not exist.
 func (s *S3Storer) Stat(ctx context.Context, key string) (*ObjectInfo, error) {
 	info, err := s.client.StatObject(ctx, key)
 	if err != nil {
+		if s3.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat %q: %w", key, ErrNotFound)
+		}
+
 		return nil, err
 	}
 

internal/storage/s3_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package storage_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3"
+	"github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3/backend/s3mem"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/s3"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
+)
+
+// TestS3StorerMissingKeyMapsToErrNotFound verifies that the s3 backend reports
+// a missing object as storage.ErrNotFound, matching the file and rclone
+// backends and the Storer contract. Without the mapping, Get and Stat leak the
+// raw SDK error and errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) is false.
+//
+//nolint:paralleltest // shares an in-process S3 server via t.Cleanup
+func TestS3StorerMissingKeyMapsToErrNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	const bucket = "test-bucket"
+
+	backend := s3mem.New()
+
+	err := backend.CreateBucket(bucket)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create bucket: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(gofakes3.New(backend).Server())
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	client, err := s3.NewClient(ctx, s3.Config{
+		Endpoint:        srv.URL,
+		Bucket:          bucket,
+		AccessKeyID:     "test",
+		SecretAccessKey: "test",
+		Region:          "us-east-1",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	storer := storage.NewS3Storer(client)
+
+	_, err = storer.Get(ctx, "does-not-exist")
+	if !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Errorf("Get on missing key: got %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = storer.Stat(ctx, "does-not-exist")
+	if !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Errorf("Stat on missing key: got %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
+	}
+}

internal/vaultik/deep_verify_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package vaultik_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/ui"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
+)
+
+// TestDeepVerifyAcceptsHealthyAndRejectsCorruptBlob backs up a real
+// snapshot with the on-disk storage backend, runs deep verification on
+// it, then flips a byte inside one stored blob and runs deep
+// verification again. A healthy snapshot must pass; a corrupted blob
+// must fail. The healthy case is the regression guard: deep
+// verification used to hash the encrypted blob bytes and compare them
+// to the blob's ID (the double SHA256 of the plaintext), so it reported
+// every healthy blob as corrupt.
+func TestDeepVerifyAcceptsHealthyAndRejectsCorruptBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "source")
+	storeDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote")
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "index.sqlite")
+
+	chunkSize := int64(64 * 1024)
+	maxBlobSize := int64(512 * 1024)
+
+	// One file large enough to span several chunks within a single blob.
+	require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
+		filepath.Join(dataDir, "data.bin"),
+		bytesPattern("deep-", int(chunkSize*3)), 0o644))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// runFileStorageBackup writes a real snapshot to storeDir and closes
+	// the source index, so verification runs from remote bytes only.
+	cfg, storer, snapshotID := runFileStorageBackup(
+		ctx, t, fs, dataDir, storeDir, dbPath, chunkSize, maxBlobSize)
+
+	newVerifier := func() *vaultik.Vaultik {
+		v := &vaultik.Vaultik{
+			Config:  cfg,
+			Storage: storer,
+			Fs:      fs,
+			Stdout:  io.Discard,
+			Stderr:  io.Discard,
+			UI:      ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false),
+		}
+		v.SetContext(ctx)
+
+		return v
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t,
+		newVerifier().RunDeepVerify(snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{Deep: true}),
+		"deep verify should pass on a healthy snapshot")
+
+	// Flip a byte inside one blob without changing its length, so the
+	// blob-existence and size checks still pass and verification reaches
+	// the blob-content stage.
+	corruptOneBlob(t, fs, filepath.Join(storeDir, "blobs"))
+
+	require.Error(t,
+		newVerifier().RunDeepVerify(snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{Deep: true}),
+		"deep verify should fail on a corrupted blob")
+}
+
+// corruptOneBlob flips a middle byte of the first blob file found under
+// blobsDir, leaving the file length unchanged.
+func corruptOneBlob(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs, blobsDir string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var blobPath string
+
+	err := afero.Walk(fs, blobsDir,
+		func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if blobPath == "" && !info.IsDir() {
+				blobPath = path
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, blobPath, "expected at least one blob on disk")
+
+	data, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, blobPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, data)
+
+	data[len(data)/2] ^= 0xff
+	require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs, blobPath, data, 0o644))
+}

internal/vaultik/helpers.go

@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ func ubytes(n int64) string {
 var (
 	errMalformedSnapshotID = errors.New(
 		"invalid snapshot ID format: expected hostname_snapshotname_timestamp")
-	errInvalidDuration = errors.New("invalid duration")
+	errInvalidDuration  = errors.New("invalid duration")
-	errUnknownTimeUnit = errors.New("unknown time unit")
+	errUnknownTimeUnit  = errors.New("unknown time unit")
+	errNegativeDuration = errors.New("negative durations are not supported")
 )
 
 // Time-unit lengths used by parseDuration.
@@ -138,8 +139,13 @@ func parseSnapshotName(snapshotID string) string {
 
 // parseDuration parses a duration string with support for human-friendly units:
 // d/day/days, w/week/weeks, mo/month/months, y/year/years, plus standard Go
-// duration units (h, m, s).
+// duration units. Following Go, m is minutes and mo is months. A bare number,
+// an unknown unit, and a negative value are all rejected.
 func parseDuration(s string) (time.Duration, error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(s), "-") {
+		return 0, errNegativeDuration
+	}
+
 	d, err := time.ParseDuration(s)
 	if err == nil {
 		return d, nil

internal/vaultik/helpers_test.go

@@ -51,13 +51,32 @@ func TestParseDuration(t *testing.T) {
 		want  time.Duration
 		err   bool
 	}{
-		{"30d", 30 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		// Go units, including the m-is-minutes / mo-is-months distinction
-		{"4w", 4 * 7 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		// that this parser exists to keep straight.
-		{"6mo", 6 * 30 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"10ns", 10 * time.Nanosecond, false},
-		{"1y", 365 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"10us", 10 * time.Microsecond, false},
-		{"2w3d", 2*7*24*time.Hour + 3*24*time.Hour, false},
+		{"500ms", 500 * time.Millisecond, false},
-		{"1h", time.Hour, false},
 		{"30s", 30 * time.Second, false},
+		{"6m", 6 * time.Minute, false},
+		{"1h", time.Hour, false},
+		// Extended calendar units.
+		{"30d", 30 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"3days", 3 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"4w", 4 * 7 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"2weeks", 2 * 7 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"6mo", 180 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"1month", 30 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"1y", 365 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		{"2years", 2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
+		// Combined units.
+		{"2w3d", 2*7*24*time.Hour + 3*24*time.Hour, false},
+		{"1y6mo", 365*24*time.Hour + 180*24*time.Hour, false},
+		// Rejected inputs.
+		{"6", 0, true},   // bare number, no unit
+		{"5x", 0, true},  // unknown unit
+		{"-5d", 0, true}, // negative, extended unit
+		{"-5h", 0, true}, // negative, Go unit
+		{"", 0, true},    // empty
 		{"garbage", 0, true},
 	}
 

internal/vaultik/verify.go

@@ -344,12 +344,8 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyBlob(blobInfo snapshot.BlobInfo, db *sql.DB) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get decryptor: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// Hash the encrypted blob data as it streams through to decryption
+	// Decrypt blob
-	blobHasher := sha256.New()
+	decryptedReader, err := decryptor.DecryptStream(reader)
-	teeReader := io.TeeReader(reader, blobHasher)
-
-	// Decrypt blob (reading through teeReader to hash encrypted data)
-	decryptedReader, err := decryptor.DecryptStream(teeReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -361,12 +357,19 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyBlob(blobInfo snapshot.BlobInfo, db *sql.DB) error {
 	}
 	defer decompressor.Close()
 
-	chunkCount, err := v.verifyBlobChunks(db, blobInfo.Hash, decompressor)
+	// A blob's hash — its remote name — is the double SHA256 of its
+	// decompressed plaintext (see blobgen.Writer.Sum256), not of the
+	// encrypted bytes. Hash the plaintext as chunk verification streams
+	// it, then compare on completion.
+	plaintextHasher := sha256.New()
+	hashedStream := io.TeeReader(decompressor, plaintextHasher)
+
+	chunkCount, err := v.verifyBlobChunks(db, blobInfo.Hash, hashedStream)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = v.verifyBlobFinalIntegrity(decompressor, blobHasher, blobInfo.Hash)
+	err = v.verifyBlobFinalIntegrity(hashedStream, plaintextHasher, blobInfo.Hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -470,14 +473,13 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyBlobChunks(
 }
 
 // verifyBlobFinalIntegrity checks that no trailing data exists in the
-// decompressed stream and that the encrypted blob hash matches the
+// decompressed stream and that the blob hash matches the expected value.
-// expected value.
 func (v *Vaultik) verifyBlobFinalIntegrity(
-	decompressor io.Reader, blobHasher hash.Hash, expectedHash string,
+	plaintext io.Reader, plaintextHasher hash.Hash, expectedHash string,
 ) error {
 	// Verify no remaining data in blob - if the chunk list is accurate,
 	// the blob should be fully consumed.
-	remaining, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, decompressor)
+	remaining, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, plaintext)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check for remaining blob data: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -486,8 +488,11 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyBlobFinalIntegrity(
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %d bytes", errTrailingBlobData, remaining)
 	}
 
-	// Verify blob hash matches the encrypted data we downloaded
+	// The blob hash is the double SHA256 of its plaintext content.
-	calculatedBlobHash := hex.EncodeToString(blobHasher.Sum(nil))
+	firstHash := plaintextHasher.Sum(nil)
+	secondHash := sha256.Sum256(firstHash)
+	calculatedBlobHash := hex.EncodeToString(secondHash[:])
+
 	if calculatedBlobHash != expectedHash {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: calculated %s, expected %s",
 			errBlobHashMismatch, calculatedBlobHash, expectedHash)

script/cibuild

@@ -56,8 +56,23 @@ main() {
     docker build --output=type=cacheonly \
         --build-arg CHECK_EPOCH="$epoch" -f Dockerfile.lint .
 
+    # Version, commit and build date are computed here on the host, the
+    # same way script/docker does, and passed into the product build so
+    # the CI-built image reports its real source. The build context
+    # excludes .git (see .dockerignore), so the build cannot derive them
+    # itself; without these it would stamp the Dockerfile's dev/unknown
+    # fallbacks. VERSION comes from script/version, the source of truth
+    # shared with the Makefile.
+    version="$("$ROOT/script/version")"
+    commit="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+    commit_date="$(git show -s --format=%cs HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+
     epoch="$(date +%s%N)$$"
-    docker build --build-arg CHECK_EPOCH="$epoch" .
+    docker build --build-arg CHECK_EPOCH="$epoch" \
+        --build-arg VERSION="$version" \
+        --build-arg COMMIT="$commit" \
+        --build-arg COMMIT_DATE="$commit_date" \
+        .
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/docker

@@ -24,7 +24,24 @@ main() {
     # whether the tree is clean. The Dockerfile now refuses to build
     # without a non-empty value, so this is required, not optional.
     epoch="$(date +%s%N)$$"
+
+    # Version, commit and build date are computed here on the host,
+    # where .git exists, and passed into the build. The build context
+    # excludes .git (see .dockerignore), so the container cannot derive
+    # them itself -- it used to try and always got "unknown", giving
+    # every image a "commit: unknown" it could not be traced from.
+    # VERSION comes from script/version, the source of truth shared with
+    # the Makefile, so a Docker build reports the same string (tag,
+    # dev-<sha>, or a -dirty variant) that a local build of the same
+    # tree would.
+    version="$("$SCRIPT_DIR/version")"
+    commit="$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+    commit_date="$(git show -s --format=%cs HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+
     docker build --build-arg CHECK_EPOCH="$epoch" \
+        --build-arg VERSION="$version" \
+        --build-arg COMMIT="$commit" \
+        --build-arg COMMIT_DATE="$commit_date" \
         -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")" .
 }