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clawbot 1e7b0c3b5a Hash-verify the Go toolchain in the release workflow (closes #105)
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The release workflow installed Go via actions/setup-go, which pins the
action but not the toolchain tarball it downloads at runtime -- the
compiler that produces the published binaries was the last external
input in the release path verified against nothing in the repo, against
REPO_POLICIES.md's hash-pin rule.

New script/install-go, modelled on script/install-goreleaser, downloads
the exact go.dev archive for go.mod's `go` directive and refuses it
unless its sha256 matches a value committed in the script. release.yml
calls it instead of setup-go and sets GOTOOLCHAIN=local so that exact
compiler builds the release. The version is not duplicated: go.mod owns
it and install-go fails when its committed GO_VERSION disagrees, so
bumping Go edits go.mod, the checksum, and the Dockerfile golang digest
together.

Model: opus-4-8
2026-09-21 17:26:42 +00:00
clawbot bdce350041 Delete dead code and stale fixtures, fix config set reindent (closes #70)
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Removes code and fixtures nothing uses: the internal/models package and its test, a second SnapshotInfo type in package cli that had no references (the live one is in internal/vaultik), and two config fixtures, test-config.yml and test/integration-config.yml, whose keys the config loader no longer accepts. test/config.yaml stays; a test uses it.

Also fixes config set, which rewrote the whole file with 4-space indentation on the first set despite the documented promise to preserve formatting. It now encodes with 2-space indent like the default template, and a test asserts comments and indentation survive a set.

Deviation: one commit, not one per deletion as the issue asked.

model: claude-opus-4-8 (implementation, review); claude-fable-5-1 (merge)
2026-09-21 19:25:01 +02:00
clawbot 753bc3ef60 Correct remote layout and privacy docs for hashed snapshot keys (closes #67)
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Three documents showed the remote layout with a plaintext snapshot ID as the metadata directory name, and docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md blamed those IDs for the observable backup time. The store actually names each metadata directory with a one-way hash of the ID, so hostname and snapshot name are not visible; the backup time is, through the plaintext timestamp in the manifest, which is accepted behaviour.

README, ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/DATAMODEL.md and docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md now show the hashed layout, the derivation is documented once, and the privacy section lists what the unencrypted manifest exposes. Two code comments that claimed the timestamp was hidden are corrected. No behaviour change.

Judgement call: docs/DATAMODEL.md was not named in the issue but had the same error.

model: claude-opus-4-8 (implementation, review); claude-fable-5-1 (merge)
2026-09-21 19:24:44 +02:00
14 changed files with 143 additions and 219 deletions
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@@ -366,11 +366,17 @@ bucket/
│ └── {full-hash} # Compressed+encrypted blob
└── metadata/
└── {snapshot-id}/
└── {remote-key}/
├── db.zst.age # Encrypted binary SQLite database
└── manifest.json.zst # Blob list (for pruning/verification)
```
The `{remote-key}` directory name is a one-way double SHA-256 hash of the human
snapshot ID, so the human ID (hostname, snapshot name, timestamp) is never
written to the store as a directory name. See
[docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md](docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md#remote-key-derivation) for the
derivation and a worked example.
## Thread Safety
- `Packer`: Thread-safe via mutex. Multiple goroutines can call `AddChunk()`.
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@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ both are set.
├── blobs/
│ └── <aa>/<bb>/<full_blob_hash>
└── metadata/
└── <snapshot_id>/
└── <remote-key>/
├── db.zst.age # Encrypted binary SQLite database
└── manifest.json.zst # Unencrypted blob list (for pruning)
```
@@ -355,8 +355,18 @@ both are set.
* `manifest.json.zst` is an unencrypted compressed JSON blob list, enabling
pruning without the private key
Snapshot IDs follow the format `<hostname>_<snapshot-name>_<RFC3339-timestamp>`
(e.g. `server1_home_2025-06-01T12:00:00Z`).
Snapshot IDs follow the human-readable format
`<hostname>_<snapshot-name>_<RFC3339-timestamp>` (e.g.
`server1_home_2025-06-01T12:00:00Z`), but this ID is never written to the
destination store in plaintext. Each snapshot's metadata directory is named
with its `<remote-key>`, a one-way double SHA-256 hash of the ID, so a listing
of the store reveals no hostname or snapshot name. The backup time is not
hidden: manifest.json.zst carries a plaintext timestamp, and object
modification times are visible at the storage layer regardless. For example,
`server1_home_2025-06-01T12:00:00Z` is stored under
`metadata/17f97bcde958748af076b926af59823943db59e80ce7170b40f124dfa28f64aa/`.
See [docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md](docs/REPOSTRUCTURE.md#remote-key-derivation) for the
derivation.
### data flow
@@ -373,7 +383,7 @@ Snapshot IDs follow the format `<hostname>_<snapshot-name>_<RFC3339-timestamp>`
**restore:**
1. Download and decrypt `metadata/<snapshot_id>/db.zst.age`
1. Download and decrypt `metadata/<remote-key>/db.zst.age`
2. Open the binary SQLite database
3. Query files (optionally filtered by paths)
4. Download and decrypt required blobs
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@@ -194,8 +194,10 @@ After a snapshot is completed:
2. Clean temporary database to contain only current snapshot data
3. Export to SQL dump using sqlite3
4. Compress with zstd and encrypt with age
5. Upload to S3 as `metadata/{snapshot-id}/db.zst.age`
6. Generate blob manifest and upload as `metadata/{snapshot-id}/manifest.json.zst`
5. Upload to S3 as `metadata/{remote-key}/db.zst.age`
6. Generate blob manifest and upload as `metadata/{remote-key}/manifest.json.zst`
The `{remote-key}` directory name is a one-way hash of the human snapshot ID, so the ID is never written to the store in plaintext; see [REPOSTRUCTURE.md](REPOSTRUCTURE.md#remote-key-derivation).
### 4. Restore Process
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@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ Vaultik stores all backup data in an S3-compatible object store. The repository
│ └── <hash[2:4]>/
│ └── <full-hash>
└── metadata/
└── <snapshot-id>/
└── <remote-key>/
├── db.zst.age
└── manifest.json.zst
```
The metadata subdirectory is named with the **remote key**, a one-way hash of the snapshot ID, not with the human-readable snapshot ID itself. See [Remote Key Derivation](#remote-key-derivation).
## Blobs Directory (`blobs/`)
### Structure
@@ -40,9 +42,11 @@ Blobs contain the actual file data from backups and must be encrypted for securi
## Metadata Directory (`metadata/`)
Each snapshot has its own subdirectory named with the snapshot ID.
Each snapshot has its own subdirectory. The directory is **not** named with the human-readable snapshot ID; it is named with the remote key — a one-way hash of that ID. The human ID is never written to the destination store as a directory name (see [Remote Key Derivation](#remote-key-derivation)).
### Snapshot ID Format
The human-readable snapshot ID is used in CLI arguments, log lines, and the local database. It is not written to the destination store.
- **Format**: `<hostname>_<snapshot-name>_<RFC3339>` (or `<hostname>_<RFC3339>` if no
name was specified)
- **Example**: `laptop_home_2024-01-15T14:30:52Z`
@@ -51,6 +55,19 @@ Each snapshot has its own subdirectory named with the snapshot ID.
- Snapshot name from the configured `snapshots:` map (optional)
- RFC3339 UTC timestamp
This ID reveals the hostname, the configured snapshot name, and the backup time, so it is never used as the on-disk directory name — the remote key is used instead.
### Remote Key Derivation
The remote key is `hex(SHA256(SHA256("vaultik|" + snapshot-id)))`: a double SHA-256 over the snapshot ID, with a `vaultik|` domain-separation prefix. The result is a 64-character hex string with no structure a remote observer can reverse. Implemented in `internal/snapshot/remotekey.go`.
Worked example:
- Snapshot ID: `server1_home_2025-06-01T12:00:00Z`
- Remote key: `17f97bcde958748af076b926af59823943db59e80ce7170b40f124dfa28f64aa`
- Directory: `metadata/17f97bcde958748af076b926af59823943db59e80ce7170b40f124dfa28f64aa/`
Because the hash is one-way, a listing of the destination store reveals neither the hostname nor the snapshot name of any backup. The same remote key is stored in the manifest's `snapshot_id` field.
### Files in Each Snapshot Directory
#### `db.zst.age` - Encrypted Database
@@ -68,16 +85,17 @@ Each snapshot has its own subdirectory named with the snapshot ID.
- **Structure**:
```json
{
"snapshot_id": "laptop_home_2024-01-15T14:30:52Z",
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T14:30:52Z",
"snapshot_id": "17f97bcde958748af076b926af59823943db59e80ce7170b40f124dfa28f64aa",
"timestamp": "2025-06-01T12:00:00Z",
"blob_count": 42,
"total_compressed_size": 1048576,
"blobs": [
"cafebabe1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
"deadbeef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
...
{ "hash": "cafebabe1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", "compressed_size": 24576 },
{ "hash": "deadbeef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", "compressed_size": 32768 }
]
}
```
`snapshot_id` is the remote key (a hash), not the human ID; `timestamp` is written in the clear.
### Why Manifest is Unencrypted
The manifest must be readable without the private key to enable:
@@ -86,7 +104,7 @@ The manifest must be readable without the private key to enable:
3. **Verification** - Checking blob existence without decryption
4. **Cross-snapshot deduplication analysis** - Finding shared blobs between snapshots
The manifest only contains blob hashes, not file names or any other sensitive information.
The manifest contains the remote key, the backup timestamp, the blob count and total compressed size, and each blob's hash and compressed size. It contains no file names, paths, or other decrypted metadata.
## Security Considerations
@@ -96,19 +114,21 @@ The manifest only contains blob hashes, not file names or any other sensitive in
- **File-to-chunk mappings** (in db.zst.age)
### What's Not Encrypted
- **Blob hashes** (in manifest.json.zst)
- **Snapshot IDs** (directory names)
- **Blob count per snapshot** (in manifest.json.zst)
- **The remote key** — directory names and the manifest `snapshot_id`, a one-way hash of the snapshot ID (see [Remote Key Derivation](#remote-key-derivation))
- **The backup timestamp** (in manifest.json.zst)
- **Blob hashes and their compressed sizes** (in manifest.json.zst)
- **Blob count and total compressed size per snapshot** (in manifest.json.zst)
### Privacy Implications
From the unencrypted data, an observer can determine:
- When backups were taken (from snapshot IDs)
- Which hostname created backups (from snapshot IDs)
- How many blobs each snapshot references
- Which blobs are shared between snapshots (deduplication patterns)
- The size of each encrypted blob
From the unencrypted data, an observer of the destination store can determine:
- **When each backup was taken** — not from the directory name, which is a one-way hash, but from the plaintext `timestamp` field in manifest.json.zst, which is published in the clear
- How many blobs each snapshot references, and the total compressed size
- The compressed size of each blob, and which blobs are shared between snapshots (deduplication patterns)
Together these give an observer a timing-and-size profile of every snapshot. This is an accepted, documented property of the format, not a defect: the manifest is unencrypted so that pruning can run without the private key, and the timing channel could not be closed by encrypting it anyway — object creation times and per-object sizes stay visible at the storage layer on both `s3://` and `file://` destinations regardless.
An observer cannot determine:
- The hostname or snapshot name of any backup (the directory name and the manifest `snapshot_id` are one-way hashes of the human ID)
- File names or paths
- File contents
- File permissions or ownership
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
package cli
import (
"bytes"
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ const configSetArgs = 2
// parent config dirs (e.g. ~/.config) are conventionally traversable.
const configDirMode = 0o755
// configYAMLIndent matches the 2-space indentation of defaultConfigTemplate,
// so `config set` writes the file back with the same indentation rather than
// yaml.Marshal's 4-space default.
const configYAMLIndent = 2
var (
errConfigExists = errors.New("config file already exists")
errEmptyConfig = errors.New("empty config file")
@@ -381,7 +387,7 @@ Examples:
return err
}
out, err := yaml.Marshal(root)
out, err := marshalConfigYAML(root)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("marshaling config: %w", err)
}
@@ -405,6 +411,29 @@ Examples:
}
}
// marshalConfigYAML renders a config document tree with 2-space indentation,
// matching defaultConfigTemplate. yaml.Marshal defaults to 4 spaces, which
// would reindent the whole file on the first `config set` despite the promise
// to preserve formatting.
func marshalConfigYAML(root *yaml.Node) ([]byte, error) {
var buf bytes.Buffer
enc := yaml.NewEncoder(&buf)
enc.SetIndent(configYAMLIndent)
err := enc.Encode(root)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
err = enc.Close()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return buf.Bytes(), nil
}
// loadYAMLFile parses a YAML file into a yaml.Node document tree,
// which preserves comments and ordering for round-tripping.
func loadYAMLFile(path string) (*yaml.Node, error) {
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@@ -188,6 +188,47 @@ func TestYAMLPathSet(t *testing.T) {
}
}
// TestConfigSetPreservesFormatting asserts the `config set` write path
// (marshalConfigYAML) round-trips a 2-space-indented file without reindenting
// it to yaml.Marshal's 4-space default, and keeps comments.
func TestConfigSetPreservesFormatting(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
root := parseTestYAML(t)
err := yamlPathSet(root, splitPath("s3.bucket"), "newbucket")
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("set s3.bucket: %v", err)
}
out, err := marshalConfigYAML(root)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("marshal: %v", err)
}
text := string(out)
for _, want := range []string{"# top comment", "# inline comment"} {
if !contains(text, want) {
t.Errorf("round-tripped YAML dropped comment %q:\n%s", want, text)
}
}
// Nested map keys stay at 2-space indent; the bug reindented them to 4.
if !contains(text, "\n bucket: newbucket") {
t.Errorf("expected 2-space indent for s3.bucket, got:\n%s", text)
}
if contains(text, "\n bucket:") {
t.Errorf("s3.bucket reindented to 4 spaces:\n%s", text)
}
// Sequence items under a key also stay at 2 spaces.
if !contains(text, "\n - age1aaa") {
t.Errorf("expected 2-space indent for sequence item, got:\n%s", text)
}
}
func splitPath(s string) []string {
return strings.Split(s, ".")
}
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
package cli
import "time"
// SnapshotInfo represents snapshot information for listing
//
//nolint:tagliatelle // snake_case is the established output format
type SnapshotInfo struct {
ID string `json:"id"`
Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
CompressedSize int64 `json:"compressed_size"`
}
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@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
// Package models defines shared value types describing files, chunks,
// blobs, and snapshots as they move through the backup pipeline.
package models
import (
"time"
)
// FileInfo represents a file in the backup system
type FileInfo struct {
Path string
MTime time.Time
Size int64
}
// ChunkInfo represents a content-addressed chunk
type ChunkInfo struct {
Hash string // SHA256 hash
Size int64
Offset int64 // Offset within source file
}
// ChunkRef represents a reference to a chunk in a blob or file
type ChunkRef struct {
ChunkHash string
Offset int64
Length int64
}
// BlobInfo represents an encrypted blob containing multiple chunks
type BlobInfo struct {
Hash string // SHA256 hash of the blob content (content-addressable)
CreatedAt time.Time
Size int64
ChunkCount int
}
// Snapshot represents a backup snapshot
type Snapshot struct {
ID string // ISO8601 timestamp
Hostname string
Version string
CreatedAt time.Time
FileCount int64
ChunkCount int64
BlobCount int64
TotalSize int64
MetadataSize int64
}
// SnapshotMetadata contains the full metadata for a snapshot
type SnapshotMetadata struct {
Snapshot *Snapshot
Files map[string]*FileInfo
Chunks map[string]*ChunkInfo
Blobs map[string]*BlobInfo
FileChunks map[string][]*ChunkRef // path -> chunks
BlobChunks map[string][]*ChunkRef // blob hash -> chunks
}
// Chunk represents a data chunk for processing
type Chunk struct {
Data []byte
Hash string
Offset int64
Length int64
}
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
package models_test
import (
"testing"
"time"
"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/models"
)
// TestModelsCompilation ensures all model types can be instantiated
func TestModelsCompilation(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
// This test primarily serves as a compilation test
// to ensure all types are properly defined
// Test FileInfo
fi := &models.FileInfo{
Path: "/test/file.txt",
MTime: time.Now(),
Size: 1024,
}
if fi.Path != "/test/file.txt" {
t.Errorf("FileInfo.Path not set correctly")
}
// Test ChunkInfo
ci := &models.ChunkInfo{
Hash: "abc123",
Size: 512,
Offset: 0,
}
if ci.Hash != "abc123" {
t.Errorf("ChunkInfo.Hash not set correctly")
}
// Test BlobInfo
bi := &models.BlobInfo{
Hash: "blob123",
CreatedAt: time.Now(),
Size: 1024,
ChunkCount: 2,
}
if bi.Hash != "blob123" {
t.Errorf("BlobInfo.Hash not set correctly")
}
// Test Snapshot
s := &models.Snapshot{
ID: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
Hostname: "test-host",
Version: "1.0.0",
CreatedAt: time.Now(),
}
if s.ID != "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z" {
t.Errorf("Snapshot.ID not set correctly")
}
}
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@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ const remoteKeyPrefix = "vaultik|"
//
// - the "metadata/<remote-key>/..." subdirectory on the storage
// backend so a directory listing of the bucket / file:// dest
// doesn't reveal hostnames, configured snapshot names, or backup
// timestamps;
// doesn't reveal hostnames or configured snapshot names. (The
// backup time is not hidden: the manifest.json.zst inside that
// directory carries a plaintext RFC3339 timestamp.)
// - the `snapshot_id` field of the unencrypted manifest.json.zst
// for the same reason;
// - any code path that needs to translate a known local snapshot ID
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@@ -840,8 +840,10 @@ func (sm *SnapshotManager) generateBlobManifest(
}
// Create manifest. SnapshotID in the unencrypted manifest is the
// double-SHA256 remote key, not the human ID, so the public bytes
// don't reveal hostname/snapshot-name/timestamp metadata.
// double-SHA256 remote key (see RemoteSnapshotKey), not the human ID,
// so neither this field nor the directory name reveals the hostname or
// snapshot name. Timestamp below is written in the clear, so the backup
// time is observable to anyone who can read the manifest.
manifest := &Manifest{
SnapshotID: RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID),
Timestamp: time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
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@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ set -eu
ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
# Go 1.26.1. Checksums are the sha256 values go.dev publishes for each
# archive at https://go.dev/dl/ (also in its ?mode=json manifest).
# Go 1.26.1, 2026-09-21. Checksums are the sha256 values go.dev publishes
# for each archive at https://go.dev/dl/ (also in its ?mode=json
# manifest).
GO_VERSION="1.26.1"
SHA256_LINUX_AMD64="031f088e5d955bab8657ede27ad4e3bc5b7c1ba281f05f245bcc304f327c987a"
SHA256_LINUX_ARM64="a290581cfe4fe28ddd737dde3095f3dbeb7f2e4065cab4eae44dfc53b760c2f7"
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@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
# Vaultik test configuration
hostname: test-host
index_path: /tmp/vaultik-test/index.db
source_dirs:
- /tmp/vaultik-test/source
# S3 configuration
s3:
endpoint: http://localhost:19000 # gofakes3 test endpoint
bucket: test-bucket
prefix: test-
access_key_id: test-key
secret_access_key: test-secret
region: us-east-1
# Chunking configuration
chunk_size: 65536 # 64KB average chunk size
min_chunk_size: 32768 # 32KB minimum
max_chunk_size: 131072 # 128KB maximum
blob_size: 1048576 # 1MB blobs for testing
# Compression
compression_level: 3
# Encryption
# age_recipients:
# - age1qyqszqgpqyqszqgpqyqszqgpqyqszqgpqyqszqgpqyqszqgpqyqs3mw88h
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
age_recipients:
- age1278m9q7dp3chsh2dcy82qk27v047zywyvtxwnj4cvt0z65jw6a7q5dqhfj # sneak's long term age key
- age1ezrjmfpwsc95svdg0y54mums3zevgzu0x0ecq2f7tp8a05gl0sjq9q9wjg # insecure integration test key
source_dirs:
- /tmp/vaultik-test-source
exclude:
- '*.log'
- '*.tmp'
- '.git'
- 'node_modules'
s3:
endpoint: http://ber1app1.local:3900/
bucket: vaultik-integration-test
prefix: test-host/
access_key_id: GKbc8e6d35fdf50847f155aca5
secret_access_key: 217046bee47c050301e3cc13e3cba1a8a943cf5f37f8c7979c349c5254441d18
region: us-east-1
use_ssl: false
part_size: 5242880 # 5MB
index_path: /tmp/vaultik-integration-test.sqlite
chunk_size: 10MB
blob_size_limit: 10GB
compression_level: 3
hostname: test-host