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

Docker images reported commit unknown because the build ran git inside the container while .dockerignore excludes .git, and VERSION was never overridden. script/docker and script/cibuild now compute version, commit and date on the host and pass them as build args; the Dockerfile runs no git and falls back to dev and unknown, never empty, on a bare docker build.

Profiling a failing command gave a truncated or missing profile: Entry and each command goroutine called os.Exit(1), skipping the deferred profile writers in main. Entry now returns a status that main exits with after its defers run, and command goroutines report failure through one RunOperation helper, which also restores PID-lock release and graceful shutdown on failure.

model: claude-opus-4-8 (implementation, review); claude-fable-5-1 (merge)

Co-authored-by: clawbot <clawbot@noreply.example.org>

AGENTS.md

@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ Version: 2025-06-08
 
 13. Pre-1.0: NEVER write database migrations. There are no live databases
     anywhere — every user's local index can be rebuilt from a fresh full
-    backup. When the schema changes, just change `schema.sql` (and any code
+    backup. To change the schema, edit `internal/database/schema/001.sql`
-    that touches the affected tables). The local index is disposable until
+    (and any code that touches the affected tables) directly; do not add new
-    1.0 ships and is tagged.
+    numbered schema files. Those numbered files and the `schema_migrations`
+    table they populate only bootstrap a fresh database — they are not an
+    upgrade path. The local index is disposable until 1.0 ships and is
+    tagged; once 1.0 is tagged that clause expires and the question of
+    upgrading existing indexes returns. See [`docs/DATAMODEL.md`](docs/DATAMODEL.md)
+    for the full explanation.
 

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

README.md

@@ -457,9 +457,13 @@ Key fields:
   sequentially. Restore speed is bound by single-stream throughput.
 * **Device nodes, named pipes, and sockets are silently skipped.** Only
   regular files, directories, and symlinks are backed up.
-* **No database migrations.** If the local SQLite schema changes between
+* **No upgrade path between versions.** There is no supported way to carry
-  versions, delete the local database (`vaultik database delete`) and run
+  an existing local index across a schema change; if the local SQLite
-  a full backup. Remote storage is unaffected.
+  schema changes between versions, delete the local database (`vaultik
+  database delete`) and run a full backup. Remote storage is unaffected.
+  (The binary does embed numbered schema files and a `schema_migrations`
+  table to bootstrap a fresh database — see [`docs/DATAMODEL.md`](docs/DATAMODEL.md)
+  — but that is not an upgrade path.)
 * **Files that change during backup may be inconsistent.** There is no
   filesystem snapshot or freeze. If a file is modified between the scan
   and chunk phases, the backed-up copy may reflect a partial write.
@@ -529,10 +533,12 @@ priority.
   another host" workflow works but isn't documented as a
   first-class operation in this README. Worth a dedicated section
   once it's settled.
-* **Schema migrations.** Currently nonexistent — pre-1.0 schema
+* **Cross-version schema upgrades.** There is no upgrade path between
-  changes are handled by `vaultik database delete` plus a full
+  released versions — pre-1.0 schema changes are handled by `vaultik
-  re-scan. Post-1.0 we'll need a migration story to keep existing
+  database delete` plus a full re-scan (see
-  index databases usable across upgrades.
+  [`docs/DATAMODEL.md`](docs/DATAMODEL.md)). Post-1.0 we'll need a
+  migration story to keep existing index databases usable across
+  upgrades.
 * **Storage backend coverage tests.** S3, file://, and rclone://
   all share the Storer interface but the rclone path is the least
   exercised in CI.

TODO.md

@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ release" is exactly the contradiction
   no `--json` representation — under `--json` the summary is suppressed
   entirely — so nothing there can show a false `0`.
 
-- 2026-09-21: Stopped `--json` from silencing stderr diagnostics
-  ([issue #112](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/112)). `--json`
-  used to be folded into `Quiet`, which pinned the log level to `WARN`,
-  so `prune --json` gave a machine consumer no record of the local index
-  rows it deleted even under `--verbose`. `--json` now quiets only the
-  stdout UI (the JSON document must stay clean, per
-  [issue #108](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/108)); the stderr
-  log level follows `--verbose`/`--debug` again. The coupling was
-  removed the same way for `snapshot verify`, `snapshot remove`, and
-  `remote info`, which carried it for the same outdated reason.
-
 - 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

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

@@ -304,10 +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
 		}
 	}

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()
 }

docs/DATAMODEL.md

@@ -5,11 +5,30 @@
 Vaultik uses a local SQLite database to track file metadata, chunk mappings, and blob associations during the backup process. This database serves as an index for incremental backups and enables efficient deduplication.
 
 **Important Notes:**
-- **No Migration Support (pre-1.0)**: Vaultik does not support database schema
+
-  migrations. The local index is treated as disposable — if the schema changes,
+This section is the authoritative explanation of the schema/migration story;
-  delete the local SQLite database (`vaultik database delete`) and run a full
+other documents (the README and `AGENTS.md`) link here.
-  backup. The remote storage is unaffected; the new index will re-deduplicate
+
-  against existing remote blobs.
+- **No upgrade path between versions (pre-1.0)**: Vaultik has no supported way to
+  carry an existing local index across a schema change. The index is disposable
+  — if the on-disk schema changes between versions, delete the local SQLite
+  database (`vaultik database delete`) and run a full backup. Remote storage is
+  unaffected; the new index re-deduplicates against existing remote blobs. This
+  is the standing project policy, and it is separate from the schema bootstrap
+  described next.
+- **Schema bootstrap**: a fresh database is populated from numbered SQL files
+  embedded in the binary under `internal/database/schema/`. `000.sql` creates the
+  `schema_migrations` table; `001.sql` creates the application tables. On opening
+  a database the code applies each numbered file that has not yet run and records
+  its version in `schema_migrations`. This bootstraps a new database; it does not
+  upgrade an existing one between released versions.
+- **Changing the schema (pre-1.0)**: edit `internal/database/schema/001.sql` (and
+  the code that touches the affected tables) directly. Do not add new numbered
+  files — there is no installed base to migrate.
+- **Disposability expires at 1.0**: the index is treated as disposable only until
+  1.0 ships and is tagged. Once 1.0 is tagged that clause expires and the
+  question of upgrading existing indexes returns. It is deliberately left open
+  here.
 - **Version Compatibility**: In rare cases, you may need to use the same version
   of Vaultik to restore a backup as was used to create it. This ensures
   compatibility with the metadata format stored in S3.

internal/cli/app.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -48,11 +49,6 @@ type AppOptions struct {
 // silenced — per the documented convention that --quiet suppresses
 // non-error output only. The startup banner is printed by Entry
 // before cobra parses arguments, gated by the same arg-level check.
-//
-// --json quiets the UI here too, because stdout then carries a JSON
-// document and human narration would corrupt it. Unlike Quiet it does
-// not lower the stderr log level (issue #112), so --verbose/--debug
-// still surface diagnostics alongside the document.
 func setupGlobals(
 	lc fx.Lifecycle, g *globals.Globals, v *vaultik.Vaultik, opts log.Options,
 ) {
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ func setupGlobals(
 		OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
 			g.StartTime = time.Now().UTC()
 
-			if opts.Cron || opts.Quiet || opts.JSON {
+			if opts.Cron || opts.Quiet {
 				v.UI.SetQuiet(true)
 			}
 
@@ -201,54 +197,54 @@ func RunApp(ctx context.Context, app *fx.App) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// runVaultikApp runs the standard single-operation command lifecycle
+// errReported marks a failure the operation has already shown the user
-// shared by the list/purge/verify/remove/remote-info subcommands:
+// (and deliberately withheld under --json). Entry turns it into a
-// resolve the config, start the fx app, run op against the Vaultik
+// non-zero exit status without printing anything further, so the error
-// instance in a goroutine, report a failure prefixed with failMsg
+// line is not doubled. It flows up from RunOperation through cobra to
-// (suppressed while suppressErrors is true, e.g. under --json), then
+// Entry.
-// trigger shutdown. The operation is cancelled when the app stops.
+var errReported = errors.New("operation failed")
-// jsonOutput marks a command whose stdout is a JSON document: it quiets
+
-// the UI but, unlike Quiet, leaves the stderr log level alone.
+// RunOperation runs op against the Vaultik instance inside the fx app
-func runVaultikApp(
+// and turns a failure into a returned error rather than an os.Exit from
-	cmd *cobra.Command, jsonOutput, suppressErrors bool,
+// within the goroutine. An os.Exit there skipped main's deferred
-	failMsg string, op func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error,
+// 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 {
-	configPath, err := ResolveConfigPath()
+	var (
-	if err != nil {
+		mu     sync.Mutex
-		return err
+		failed bool
-	}
+	)
 
-	rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
+	opts.Invokes = append(opts.Invokes,
-
-	return RunWithApp(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
-		ConfigPath: configPath,
-		LogOptions: log.Options{
-			Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
-			Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
-			Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet,
-			JSON:    jsonOutput,
-		},
-		Modules: []fx.Option{},
-		Invokes: []fx.Option{
 		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 {
+						if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-								if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+							report(err)
-									if !suppressErrors {
+
-										log.Error(failMsg, "error", err)
+							mu.Lock()
-										ReportErrorf("%s: %v", failMsg, err)
+							failed = true
+							mu.Unlock()
 						}
 
-									os.Exit(1)
+						stopErr := v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-								}
+						if stopErr != nil {
-							}
+							log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", stopErr)
-
-							err = v.Shutdowner.Shutdown()
-							if err != nil {
-								log.Error("Failed to shutdown", "error", err)
 						}
 					}()
 
@@ -260,8 +256,56 @@ func runVaultikApp(
 					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, then run op against the Vaultik instance through
+// RunOperation, reporting a failure prefixed with failMsg (suppressed
+// while suppressErrors is true, e.g. under --json). 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,
+) error {
+	configPath, err := ResolveConfigPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rootFlags := GetRootFlags()
+
+	return RunOperation(cmd.Context(), AppOptions{
+		ConfigPath: configPath,
+		LogOptions: log.Options{
+			Verbose: rootFlags.Verbose,
+			Debug:   rootFlags.Debug,
+			Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || extraQuiet,
 		},
+	}, op, func(err error) {
+		if suppressErrors {
+			return
+		}
+
+		log.Error(failMsg, "error", err)
+		ReportErrorf("%s: %v", failMsg, err)
 	})
 }
 

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 {
+		// An operation that ran inside the fx app has already reported
+		// 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())
-		os.Exit(1)
 		}
+
+		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_stderr_test.go

@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-package cli //nolint:testpackage // shares the prune fixtures and capture helpers
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-// staleRecordLogMessage is the local-cleanup audit line CleanupLocalSnapshots
-// logs for each stale record. It is exactly the signal issue #112 says a
-// machine consumer lost under --json: gated off stdout, and pinned below
-// the log level on stderr because --json used to force Quiet.
-const staleRecordLogMessage = "Removing stale local snapshot record"
-
-// TestEntryPruneJSONStderrHonoursVerbosity is the end-to-end regression
-// guard for issue #112. Under --json the log level must still follow
-// --verbose/--debug rather than being pinned to WARN, so the
-// local-cleanup records reach stderr under --verbose while stdout stays
-// exactly one JSON document; without --verbose they stay below the
-// level, as they do without --json.
-//
-// Both halves are asserted together on the same run, because the fix has
-// to keep the document clean (issue #108) while freeing stderr.
-//
-// Not parallel: it replaces os.Args, os.Stdout, os.Stderr and the xdg
-// globals.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // replaces os.Args, os.Stdout, os.Stderr and the xdg globals
-func TestEntryPruneJSONStderrHonoursVerbosity(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, testCase := range []struct {
-		name         string
-		verbose      bool
-		wantOnStderr bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:         "verbose json surfaces the cleanup record on stderr",
-			verbose:      true,
-			wantOnStderr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:         "json alone keeps the cleanup record below the level",
-			verbose:      false,
-			wantOnStderr: false,
-		},
-	} {
-		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			configPath := writeHermeticPruneConfig(t, true)
-
-			previousArgs := os.Args
-
-			t.Cleanup(func() {
-				os.Args = previousArgs
-				rootFlags = RootFlags{}
-			})
-
-			args := []string{
-				programName, flagConfig, configPath, cmdPrune, flagJSON,
-			}
-			if testCase.verbose {
-				args = append(args, "--verbose")
-			}
-
-			os.Args = args
-
-			stdout, stderr := captureProcessStdoutAndStderr(t, Entry)
-
-			// The document stays clean in both cases: freeing stderr must
-			// not regress issue #108.
-			requireExactlyOneJSONDocument(t, stdout)
-
-			if testCase.wantOnStderr {
-				assert.Contains(t, stderr, staleRecordLogMessage,
-					"--verbose --json must emit the cleanup record on stderr")
-				assert.Contains(t, stderr, stalePruneSnapshotID,
-					"the record must name the snapshot it removed")
-			} else {
-				assert.NotContains(t, stderr, staleRecordLogMessage,
-					"without --verbose the record stays below the log level")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// captureProcessStdoutAndStderr redirects both of the process's own
-// standard streams to pipes for the duration of fn and returns what was
-// written to each. The redirection is at the file-descriptor level
-// because the logger binds os.Stderr when it initializes inside fn, and
-// the JSON document reaches os.Stdout independently; the point is to see
-// where each actually lands.
-//
-// Not parallel-safe: os.Stdout and os.Stderr are process-global.
-func captureProcessStdoutAndStderr(t *testing.T, fn func()) (string, string) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	outReader, outWriter, err := os.Pipe()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	errReader, errWriter, err := os.Pipe()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	previousOut, previousErr := os.Stdout, os.Stderr
-	os.Stdout, os.Stderr = outWriter, errWriter
-
-	capturedOut := drain(outReader)
-	capturedErr := drain(errReader)
-
-	fn()
-
-	os.Stdout, os.Stderr = previousOut, previousErr
-
-	require.NoError(t, outWriter.Close())
-	require.NoError(t, errWriter.Close())
-
-	out, errOut := <-capturedOut, <-capturedErr
-
-	require.NoError(t, outReader.Close())
-	require.NoError(t, errReader.Close())
-
-	return out, errOut
-}
-
-// drain copies a reader to a string on a goroutine and delivers the
-// result once the writer end is closed.
-func drain(reader io.Reader) <-chan string {
-	captured := make(chan string, 1)
-
-	go func() {
-		var buf bytes.Buffer
-
-		_, _ = io.Copy(&buf, reader)
-		captured <- buf.String()
-	}()
-
-	return captured
-}

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{
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								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"
 )
@@ -41,52 +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,
+					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || opts.JSON,
-					JSON:    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)
-										}
-									}
-
-									// 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"
 )
@@ -83,48 +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,
+					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || jsonOutput,
-					JSON:    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)
-										}
-									}
-
-									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{
-							OnStart: func(_ context.Context) error {
-								// 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
-							},
-						})
-					}),
-				},
 			})
 		},
 	}
@@ -234,48 +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,
+					Quiet:   rootFlags.Quiet || opts.JSON,
-					JSON:    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)
-										}
-									}
-
-									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{
-	})
-}
-
-// 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,
+			SkipErrors: rootFlags.SkipErrors,
-						}
+		})
-
+	}, func(err error) {
-						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/log/module.go

@@ -14,18 +14,8 @@ var Module = fx.Module("log",
 )
 
 // New creates a new logger configuration from provided options.
-//
-// JSON is intentionally not carried into Config: a command emitting a
-// JSON document on stdout must keep its stderr log level under
-// --verbose/--debug, so --json must not lower it (issue #112). JSON
-// silences the stdout UI in setupGlobals instead.
 func New(opts Options) Config {
-	return Config{
+	return Config(opts)
-		Verbose: opts.Verbose,
-		Debug:   opts.Debug,
-		Cron:    opts.Cron,
-		Quiet:   opts.Quiet,
-	}
 }
 
 // Options are provided by the CLI.
@@ -34,8 +24,4 @@ type Options struct {
 	Debug   bool
 	Cron    bool
 	Quiet   bool
-	// JSON marks a command whose stdout carries a machine-readable
-	// document. It silences the human UI on stdout (see setupGlobals),
-	// but unlike Quiet it leaves the stderr log level alone.
-	JSON bool
 }

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")" .
 }