Keep the progress line of a multi-path snapshot within 100% (closes #271)

One progress reporter spans every path of a snapshot. Its counts of
files and bytes processed run across all the paths, while the totals
they were divided by were reset to each path's own, so a second path
smaller than the first showed more than 100% and an ETA of `unknown`.
The totals now add up over the paths scanned so far. The rate behind
the ETA restarts when each path's scan phase ends, so that phase does
not lower the rate while the path is processed; until then the rate is
the previous path's. SetTotalSize is renamed AddTotalSize because it
now adds.

The issue says the ETA went negative; it was computed negative and
printed as `unknown`.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -382,12 +382,10 @@ manifest on the destination store to compute the still-referenced blob
 set and delete any blob not in that set. Step (3) reads all remote
 manifests — network cost scales with the number of snapshots. `snapshot
 create --prune` runs the same cleanup automatically; this is the
-manual entry point for the same work. If a blob cannot be deleted, the
-command (and `snapshot create --prune`) exits non-zero.
+manual entry point for the same work.
 * `--force`: Skip confirmation prompt
 * `--json`: Output stats as JSON. Also skips the confirmation prompt, as
-  `--force` does. A blob that cannot be deleted is counted in
-  `blobs_failed`, and the document is printed before the non-zero exit.
+  `--force` does.
 
 **`info`**: Display system configuration, storage settings, encryption
 recipients, and local database statistics.
@@ -400,15 +398,13 @@ key is skipped with a warning and is not printed. If a listed
 orphaned blob figures are reported as unknown; `--json` gives them as
 `null`, lists the remote key of each unreadable manifest in
 `unreadable_manifests` and counts the manifests under skipped names in
-`skipped_manifest_count`. An unreadable manifest also leaves its
-snapshot's blob count and blob size unknown, `null` in `--json`.
+`skipped_manifest_count`.
 * `--json`: Output as JSON
 
 **`remote nuke`**: Delete every snapshot's metadata and every blob from the
 backup destination store, leaving the bucket prefix empty. Destructive and
 irreversible. This is the single supported way to wipe the entire
-destination store. If anything cannot be deleted, the command exits
-non-zero; running it again deletes what is left.
+destination store.
 * `--force`: Required to confirm destruction.
 
 **`database delete`**: Delete the local SQLite state database file

TODO.md

@@ -22,59 +22,6 @@ the tag exists and is exercised; what is left is merging `next` to
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-10-12: Made `prune` and `remote nuke` exit non-zero when a delete
-  fails ([issue #290](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/290)).
-  `prune`, and the prune step of `snapshot create --prune`, counted a
-  blob it could not delete and still exited 0; it now prints its summary
-  or `--json` document and then fails. `remote nuke` warned about a
-  snapshot's metadata it could not delete, said to run `vaultik prune`,
-  which never removes metadata, and then reported the store empty. It
-  now fails without that report and says to run `vaultik remote nuke
-  --force` again, and a successful nuke no longer advises `prune` for
-  blobs it deletes itself.
-
-- 2026-10-08: Made a backup cancelled under `--skip-errors` stop at once
-  ([issue #286](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/286)). After
-  Ctrl-C or SIGTERM, phase 2 treated the cancellation error from each
-  remaining file like an unreadable file: it opened the file, printed an
-  error line for it, counted it as failed and went on to the next one.
-  The run now stops at the first file after the cancellation, and no
-  file is counted as failed because of it.
-
-- 2026-10-08: Made `remote nuke` delete the `.partial` files that
-  uploads cut off part-way leave on the destination store
-  ([issue #281](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/281)). The
-  file and rclone listings skip such a file, so the command left it in
-  place and still reported the store empty. It now removes them under
-  `metadata/` and `blobs/` as its last step.
-
-- 2026-10-08: Made a local index error while recording a directory or
-  symlink stop a backup under `--skip-errors`
-  ([issue #284](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/284)). Phase 2
-  only records such an entry in the local index, since it has no data
-  to open or read, but an error doing so was skipped like an unreadable
-  file. The snapshot then completed without the entry, and a restore
-  did not recreate it. The error now stops the backup, as it does
-  without the flag.
-
-- 2026-10-08: Counted a file that a backup could not store as failed
-  ([issue #280](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/280)). A file
-  that phase 1 counted and phase 2 could not open, because it was
-  unreadable under `--skip-errors` or removed in between, was reported
-  in the summary as unchanged with its bytes as backed up, and the
-  `snapshots` row's `file_count` and `total_size` included it. The
-  summary now counts it as failed, and its data total and the row leave
-  it out.
-
-- 2026-10-08: Made `remote info` report a snapshot's blob count and
-  blob size as unknown when its manifest cannot be read
-  ([issue #272](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/272)). The
-  orphan figures were already unknown in that case, but the snapshot's
-  row still gave 0 blobs and 0 B, in the table and in `--json`. The row
-  now reads `unknown` and `--json` gives `null`. A directory with no
-  manifest still shows 0, since the orphan figures count its blobs as
-  orphaned.
-
 - 2026-10-08: Kept the progress line of a snapshot with more than one
   path within 100%
   ([issue #271](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/271)). The

internal/snapshot/scanner.go

@@ -133,13 +133,10 @@ type ScannerConfig struct {
 
 // ScanResult contains the results of a scan operation. Files and bytes
 // are counted per file: BytesScanned is the size of the new and changed
-// files, BytesSkipped that of the unchanged ones. FilesFailed counts the
-// new and changed files that phase 2 could not store; FilesScanned
-// includes them and BytesScanned does not.
+// files, BytesSkipped that of the unchanged ones.
 type ScanResult struct {
 	FilesScanned   int
 	FilesSkipped   int
-	FilesFailed    int
 	FilesDeleted   int
 	BytesScanned   int64
 	BytesSkipped   int64
@@ -1312,13 +1309,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) processPhase(
 
 	// Process each file
 	for _, fileToProcess := range filesToProcess {
-		// Check context cancellation
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return ctx.Err()
-		default:
-		}
-
 		// Update progress
 		if s.progress != nil {
 			s.progress.GetStats().CurrentFile.Store(fileToProcess.Path)
@@ -1355,32 +1345,13 @@ func (s *Scanner) processPhase(
 	return s.finalizeProcessPhase(ctx, result)
 }
 
-// processFileWithErrorHandling records a directory or symlink, or wraps
-// processFileStreaming for a regular file with error recovery for deleted
-// files and skip-errors mode. Returns (skipped, error).
+// processFileWithErrorHandling wraps processFileStreaming with error recovery for
+// deleted files and skip-errors mode. Returns (skipped, error).
 func (s *Scanner) processFileWithErrorHandling(
 	ctx context.Context, fileToProcess *FileToProcess, result *ScanResult,
 ) (bool, error) {
-	// A directory or symlink has no data to open or read; it is only
-	// recorded in the local index. An error recording it stops the run
-	// even under --skip-errors, or the snapshot would complete without it.
-	mode := os.FileMode(fileToProcess.File.Mode)
-	if mode&os.ModeSymlink != 0 || mode.IsDir() {
-		err := s.recordNonRegularFile(ctx, fileToProcess)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("processing file %s: %w", fileToProcess.Path, err)
-		}
-
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
 	err := s.processFileStreaming(ctx, fileToProcess, result)
 	if err != nil {
-		// A cancelled run stops here even under --skip-errors, rather than
-		// counting this file as failed and going on to the next one.
-		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("processing file %s: %w", fileToProcess.Path, err)
-		}
 		// A packer/database/encryption/upload failure means the chunk's data
 		// may not have been stored. Skipping the file would let the snapshot
 		// record a file whose chunk is in no blob and cannot be restored, so
@@ -1394,7 +1365,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) processFileWithErrorHandling(
 			log.Warn("File was deleted during backup, skipping",
 				"path", fileToProcess.Path)
 
-			countFailedFile(fileToProcess, result)
+			result.FilesSkipped++
 
 			return true, nil
 		}
@@ -1405,7 +1376,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) processFileWithErrorHandling(
 			s.ui.Errorf("Failed to process %s: %v. Skipping (--skip-errors).",
 				s.ui.Path(fileToProcess.Path), err)
 
-			countFailedFile(fileToProcess, result)
+			result.FilesSkipped++
 
 			return true, nil
 		}
@@ -1416,13 +1387,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) processFileWithErrorHandling(
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-// countFailedFile counts a file that phase 2 could not store as failed
-// and takes its size back out of BytesScanned, where phase 1 put it.
-func countFailedFile(fileToProcess *FileToProcess, result *ScanResult) {
-	result.FilesFailed++
-	result.BytesScanned -= fileToProcess.FileInfo.Size()
-}
-
 // printProcessingProgress prints a periodic progress line during the process phase,
 // showing files processed, bytes transferred, throughput, and ETA
 func (s *Scanner) printProcessingProgress(
@@ -1791,11 +1755,16 @@ func (e *packerError) Error() string { return e.err.Error() }
 
 func (e *packerError) Unwrap() error { return e.err }
 
-// processFileStreaming processes a regular file by streaming chunks directly
-// to the packer
+// processFileStreaming processes a file by streaming chunks directly to the packer
 func (s *Scanner) processFileStreaming(
 	ctx context.Context, fileToProcess *FileToProcess, result *ScanResult,
 ) error {
+	// Symlinks and directories have no data to chunk — just record them in the DB.
+	mode := os.FileMode(fileToProcess.File.Mode)
+	if mode&os.ModeSymlink != 0 || mode.IsDir() {
+		return s.recordNonRegularFile(ctx, fileToProcess)
+	}
+
 	file, err := s.fs.Open(fileToProcess.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("opening file: %w", wrapPermissionError(fileToProcess.Path, err))

internal/snapshot/skip_errors_test.go

@@ -82,32 +82,6 @@ func (f *readFailFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
 	return file, nil
 }
 
-// cancelOnOpenFs cancels the run when the scanner opens the target file to
-// back it up, as Ctrl-C partway through processing would, and records each
-// file opened after that.
-type cancelOnOpenFs struct {
-	afero.Fs
-
-	target            string
-	cancel            context.CancelFunc
-	cancelled         bool
-	openedAfterCancel []string
-}
-
-//nolint:ireturn // afero.Fs.Open is defined to return the interface.
-func (f *cancelOnOpenFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
-	if f.cancelled {
-		f.openedAfterCancel = append(f.openedAfterCancel, name)
-	}
-
-	if name == f.target {
-		f.cancel()
-		f.cancelled = true
-	}
-
-	return f.Fs.Open(name)
-}
-
 // linkRemovedAfterLstatFs is the real filesystem, except that the symlink at
 // target is removed right after the walk lstats it, as happens when a link is
 // deleted during a backup. The scanner's readlink of it then fails.
@@ -154,16 +128,15 @@ func writeSkipErrorTestFile(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs, path, content string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// runSkipErrorScan scans source on fs under ctx with the given skip-errors
-// setting, printing user-facing messages to uiw (nil discards them), and
-// returns the repositories (for inspection) and the scan error.
+// runSkipErrorScan scans source on fs with the given skip-errors setting,
+// printing user-facing messages to uiw (nil discards them), and returns the
+// repositories (for inspection) and the scan error.
 func runSkipErrorScan(
-	ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs, source string,
-	skipErrors bool, uiw *ui.Writer,
+	t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs, source string, skipErrors bool, uiw *ui.Writer,
 ) (*database.Repositories, error) {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	db, err := database.New(ctx, ":memory:")
+	db, err := database.NewTestDB()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("create test db: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -188,6 +161,7 @@ func runSkipErrorScan(
 		SkipErrors:       skipErrors,
 	})
 
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	snapshotID := "test-snapshot-skip-errors"
 	createTestSnapshotRecord(ctx, t, repos, snapshotID)
 
@@ -211,7 +185,7 @@ func TestScannerPackingFailureAbortsUnderSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, "/source/file1.txt", "first file content")
 	writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, "/source/file2.txt", "second file content")
 
-	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(context.Background(), t, fs, "/source", true, nil)
+	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(t, fs, "/source", true, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected scan to abort on the packer error, got nil")
 	}
@@ -238,7 +212,7 @@ func TestScannerReadErrorAbortsWithoutSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := &readFailFs{Fs: afero.NewMemMapFs(), target: target}
 	writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, target, "content that cannot be read")
 
-	_, err := runSkipErrorScan(context.Background(), t, fs, "/source", false, nil)
+	_, err := runSkipErrorScan(t, fs, "/source", false, nil)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected scan to fail on the read error, got nil")
 	}
@@ -254,7 +228,7 @@ func TestScannerReadErrorSkippedWithSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := &readFailFs{Fs: afero.NewMemMapFs(), target: target}
 	writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, target, "content that cannot be read")
 
-	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(context.Background(), t, fs, "/source", true, nil)
+	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(t, fs, "/source", true, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected scan to complete with --skip-errors, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -293,7 +267,7 @@ func TestScannerUnreadableSymlinkAbortsWithoutSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	sourceDir, linkPath := writeSymlinkSource(t)
 	fs := &linkRemovedAfterLstatFs{t: t, target: linkPath}
 
-	_, err := runSkipErrorScan(context.Background(), t, fs, sourceDir, false, nil)
+	_, err := runSkipErrorScan(t, fs, sourceDir, false, nil)
 	if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected scan to fail on the removed symlink, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -309,7 +283,7 @@ func TestScannerUnreadableSymlinkSkippedWithSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := &linkRemovedAfterLstatFs{t: t, target: linkPath}
 	uiw := ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false)
 
-	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(context.Background(), t, fs, sourceDir, true, uiw)
+	repos, err := runSkipErrorScan(t, fs, sourceDir, true, uiw)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected scan to complete with --skip-errors, got %v", err)
 	}
@@ -328,56 +302,3 @@ func TestScannerUnreadableSymlinkSkippedWithSkipErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %s not to be recorded", linkPath)
 	}
 }
-
-// TestScannerCancelStopsSkipErrorsRun checks that a --skip-errors backup
-// cancelled partway through processing returns the cancellation error,
-// opens no further file, and reports no file as failed.
-func TestScannerCancelStopsSkipErrorsRun(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name          string
-		targetContent string
-	}{
-		// The cancellation lands while the target is being read.
-		{name: "while reading a file", targetContent: "first file content"},
-		// An empty target has no chunks, so the cancellation goes unnoticed
-		// until the run moves on to the next file.
-		{name: "between files", targetContent: ""},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			const target = "/source/a.txt"
-
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-			defer cancel()
-
-			fs := &cancelOnOpenFs{
-				Fs: afero.NewMemMapFs(), target: target, cancel: cancel,
-			}
-			writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, target, tt.targetContent)
-			writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, "/source/b.txt", "second file content")
-			writeSkipErrorTestFile(t, fs, "/source/c.txt", "third file content")
-
-			uiw := ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false)
-
-			_, err := runSkipErrorScan(ctx, t, fs, "/source", true, uiw)
-			if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-				t.Fatalf("expected the cancellation error, got %v", err)
-			}
-
-			if len(fs.openedAfterCancel) != 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("expected no file opened after the cancellation, got %v",
-					fs.openedAfterCancel)
-			}
-
-			if uiw.ErrorCount() != 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("expected no file reported as failed, got %d error lines",
-					uiw.ErrorCount())
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}

internal/snapshot/snapshot.go

@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ func (sm *SnapshotManager) getFileSize(path string) int64 {
 // BackupStats contains statistics from a backup operation
 type BackupStats struct {
 	FilesScanned  int
-	TotalSize     int64 // Total size of the files in the snapshot
+	TotalSize     int64 // Total size of all files examined
 	ChunksCreated int
 	BlobsCreated  int
 	BytesUploaded int64

internal/storage/faultstore/faultstore.go

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 // Package faultstore provides a storage.Storer wrapper that injects
 // faults on demand, so tests can reproduce the failure modes a real
 // backend exhibits: an upload that fails partway, a backend that reports
-// success while storing nothing, reads that return corrupt or truncated
-// bytes, and a delete the backend refuses. It is the seam called for by
-// the fault-injection tests (sneak/vaultik issue 72) and is meant to be
-// reused by future tests rather than re-implemented per case.
+// success while storing nothing, and reads that return corrupt or
+// truncated bytes. It is the seam called for by the fault-injection
+// tests (sneak/vaultik issue 72) and is meant to be reused by future
+// tests rather than re-implemented per case.
 //
-// The wrapper delegates every method to the inner Storer. Three hooks
-// change that: OnPut decides the fate of each write, OnGet decides how
-// each read's bytes are returned, and OnDelete decides whether each
-// delete fails. All are keyed by the object key, so a test can fault
-// only blobs, only metadata, or a single object.
+// The wrapper delegates every method to the inner Storer. Two hooks
+// change that: OnPut decides the fate of each write, and OnGet decides
+// how each read's bytes are returned. Both are keyed by the object key,
+// so a test can fault only blobs, only metadata, or a single object.
 package faultstore
 
 import (
@@ -26,10 +25,6 @@ import (
 // ErrInjectedUpload is returned by a Put the OnPut hook chose to fail.
 var ErrInjectedUpload = errors.New("faultstore: injected upload failure")
 
-// ErrInjectedDelete is returned by a Delete the OnDelete hook chose to
-// fail.
-var ErrInjectedDelete = errors.New("faultstore: injected delete failure")
-
 // PutAction is the disposition OnPut assigns to a write.
 type PutAction int
 
@@ -71,11 +66,6 @@ type Storer struct {
 	// OnGet, when set, is consulted for every Get with the object key
 	// and damages the returned bytes accordingly.
 	OnGet func(key string) GetFault
-
-	// OnDelete, when set, is consulted before every Delete with the
-	// object key. Returning true fails the delete and leaves the object
-	// in place.
-	OnDelete func(key string) bool
 }
 
 // New wraps inner. inner must be non-nil.
@@ -164,12 +154,8 @@ func (f *Storer) Stat(ctx context.Context, key string) (*storage.ObjectInfo, err
 	return f.inner.Stat(ctx, key)
 }
 
-// Delete removes the object unless OnDelete fails the delete.
+// Delete delegates unchanged.
 func (f *Storer) Delete(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
-	if f.OnDelete != nil && f.OnDelete(key) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w for %q", ErrInjectedDelete, key)
-	}
-
 	return f.inner.Delete(ctx, key)
 }
 
@@ -185,11 +171,6 @@ func (f *Storer) ListStream(
 	return f.inner.ListStream(ctx, prefix)
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads delegates unchanged.
-func (f *Storer) DeletePartialUploads(ctx context.Context, prefix string) error {
-	return f.inner.DeletePartialUploads(ctx, prefix)
-}
-
 // Info delegates unchanged.
 func (f *Storer) Info() storage.Info {
 	return f.inner.Info()

internal/storage/file.go

@@ -242,42 +242,6 @@ func (f *FileStorer) ListStream(ctx context.Context, prefix string) <-chan Objec
 	return ch
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads removes every file under prefix whose name ends in
-// tempSuffix. A missing prefix has none to remove.
-func (f *FileStorer) DeletePartialUploads(ctx context.Context, prefix string) error {
-	basePath := f.fullPath(prefix)
-
-	exists, err := afero.Exists(f.fs, basePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("checking path: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if !exists {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err = afero.Walk(f.fs, basePath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if ctx.Err() != nil {
-			return ctx.Err()
-		}
-
-		if info.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), tempSuffix) {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		return f.fs.Remove(path)
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("walking directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Info returns human-readable storage location information.
 func (f *FileStorer) Info() Info {
 	return Info{

internal/storage/file_atomic_test.go

@@ -120,45 +120,3 @@ func TestFileStorer_ListSkipsPartialFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ListStream should return only the real key, got %v", streamed)
 	}
 }
-
-// TestFileStorer_DeletePartialUploads checks that a leftover temp file is
-// removed and the object at the real key is kept.
-func TestFileStorer_DeletePartialUploads(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	base := t.TempDir()
-
-	f, err := storage.NewFileStorer(base)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewFileStorer: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	err = f.Put(ctx, testBlobKey, strings.NewReader("blob-bytes"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Put: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	leftover := filepath.Join(base, testBlobKey+"-123456.partial")
-
-	err = os.WriteFile(leftover, []byte("half"), 0o600)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing leftover temp file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = f.DeletePartialUploads(ctx, "blobs/")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("DeletePartialUploads: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(leftover)
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Errorf("leftover temp file was not removed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = f.Stat(ctx, testBlobKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Stat of the real key: %v", err)
-	}
-}

internal/storage/rclone.go

@@ -213,31 +213,6 @@ func (r *RcloneStorer) ListStream(
 	return ch
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads removes every object under prefix whose name ends
-// in tempSuffix.
-func (r *RcloneStorer) DeletePartialUploads(ctx context.Context, prefix string) error {
-	var partial []fs.Object
-
-	err := operations.ListFn(ctx, r.fsys, func(obj fs.Object) {
-		key := obj.Remote()
-		if strings.HasPrefix(key, prefix) && strings.HasSuffix(key, tempSuffix) {
-			partial = append(partial, obj)
-		}
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("listing objects: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, obj := range partial {
-		err = obj.Remove(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("removing object: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Info returns human-readable storage location information.
 func (r *RcloneStorer) Info() Info {
 	location := r.remote

internal/storage/rclone_test.go

@@ -198,47 +198,6 @@ func TestRcloneStorerListSkipsPartialFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestRcloneStorerDeletePartialUploads checks that a temporary file left
-// by a killed upload is removed and the object at the real key is kept.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // NewRcloneStorer installs the process-global rclone config
-func TestRcloneStorerDeletePartialUploads(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	s, err := storage.NewRcloneStorer(ctx, ":local", dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("NewRcloneStorer: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = s.Put(ctx, testBlobKey, strings.NewReader("blob-bytes"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Put: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	leftover := filepath.Join(dir, testBlobKey+"-123456.partial")
-
-	err = os.WriteFile(leftover, []byte("half"), 0o600)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing leftover temp file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = s.DeletePartialUploads(ctx, "blobs/")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("DeletePartialUploads: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(leftover)
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Errorf("leftover temp file was not removed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = s.Stat(ctx, testBlobKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Stat of the real key: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
 // newRcloneStorerOnWrappedLocal registers name as rclone's local backend
 // wrapped by wrap, and builds an rclone backend on it rooted at a fresh
 // temp directory. wrap changes the features the local backend reports, so

internal/storage/s3.go

@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ func (s *S3Storer) ListStream(ctx context.Context, prefix string) <-chan ObjectI
 	return ch
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads has nothing to remove: S3 shows an object only once
-// its upload has completed, so an upload cut off part-way leaves none.
-func (s *S3Storer) DeletePartialUploads(_ context.Context, _ string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Info returns human-readable storage location information.
 func (s *S3Storer) Info() Info {
 	return Info{

internal/storage/storer.go

@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ type Storer interface {
 	// If an error occurs during listing, the final item will have Err set.
 	ListStream(ctx context.Context, prefix string) <-chan ObjectInfo
 
-	// DeletePartialUploads removes every object under prefix that an
-	// upload cut off part-way left under a temporary name ending in
-	// `.partial`. The file and rclone backends' List and ListStream skip
-	// such an object.
-	DeletePartialUploads(ctx context.Context, prefix string) error
-
 	// Info returns human-readable storage location information.
 	Info() Info
 }

internal/vaultik/destination_validation_test.go

@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ func (s *stubLister) List(_ context.Context, _ string) ([]string, error) {
 	return nil, errStubUnused
 }
 
-func (s *stubLister) DeletePartialUploads(_ context.Context, _ string) error {
-	return errStubUnused
-}
-
 func (s *stubLister) Info() storage.Info {
 	return storage.Info{}
 }

internal/vaultik/info.go

@@ -181,11 +181,8 @@ type SnapshotMetadataInfo struct {
 	ManifestSize int64  `json:"manifest_size"`
 	DatabaseSize int64  `json:"database_size"`
 	TotalSize    int64  `json:"total_size"`
-
-	// Both stay nil (null in the JSON) when the snapshot's manifest was
-	// listed but could not be read.
-	BlobCount *int   `json:"blob_count"`
-	BlobsSize *int64 `json:"blobs_size"`
+	BlobCount    int    `json:"blob_count"`
+	BlobsSize    int64  `json:"blobs_size"`
 
 	// Set when the listing holds this snapshot's manifest.json.zst. A
 	// backup interrupted before its manifest upload leaves a directory
@@ -383,10 +380,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) collectReferencedBlobsFromManifests(
 	for _, snapshotID := range snapshotIDs {
 		info := snapshotMetadata[snapshotID]
 		if !info.hasManifest {
-			// The orphan figures count this directory's blobs as
-			// orphaned, so it references none.
-			info.BlobCount, info.BlobsSize = new(int), new(int64)
-
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -402,7 +395,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) collectReferencedBlobsFromManifests(
 			continue
 		}
 
-		blobCount := manifest.BlobCount
+		info.BlobCount = manifest.BlobCount
 
 		var blobsSize int64
 
@@ -411,8 +404,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) collectReferencedBlobsFromManifests(
 			blobsSize += blob.CompressedSize
 		}
 
-		info.BlobCount = &blobCount
-		info.BlobsSize = &blobsSize
+		info.BlobsSize = blobsSize
 	}
 
 	return referencedBlobs, unreadable
@@ -524,23 +516,13 @@ func (v *Vaultik) printRemoteInfoTable(result *RemoteInfoResult) {
 		v.stdoutf("%s", separator)
 
 		for _, info := range result.Snapshots {
-			blobCount := unknownText
-			if info.BlobCount != nil {
-				blobCount = humanize.Comma(int64(*info.BlobCount))
-			}
-
-			blobsSize := unknownText
-			if info.BlobsSize != nil {
-				blobsSize = ubytes(*info.BlobsSize)
-			}
-
 			v.stdoutf(rowFormat,
 				truncateString(info.SnapshotID, snapshotIDColWidth),
 				ubytes(info.ManifestSize),
 				ubytes(info.DatabaseSize),
 				ubytes(info.TotalSize),
-				blobCount,
-				blobsSize,
+				humanize.Comma(int64(info.BlobCount)),
+				ubytes(info.BlobsSize),
 			)
 		}
 

internal/vaultik/integration_test.go

@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ func (m *MockStorer) ListStream(
 	return ch
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads has nothing to remove: Put stores each object
-// under its key at once.
-func (m *MockStorer) DeletePartialUploads(_ context.Context, _ string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (m *MockStorer) Info() storage.Info {
 	return storage.Info{
 		Type:     "mock",

internal/vaultik/nuke_remote_test.go

@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-package vaultik_test
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"io/fs"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/snapshot"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage/faultstore"
-)
-
-// TestNukeRemoteLeavesNoFiles checks that remote nuke leaves no file
-// under a file:// destination, including the `.partial` files uploads
-// killed part-way leave next to a snapshot's metadata and next to where a
-// blob would have been.
-func TestNukeRemoteLeavesNoFiles(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	storeDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "store")
-	v, repos, out := backUpToFileDestination(ctx, t, storeDir)
-
-	snapshots, err := repos.Snapshots.ListRecent(ctx, listRecentTestLimit)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Len(t, snapshots, 1)
-
-	snapshotKey := snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshots[0].ID.String())
-	hash := testBlobHashA
-	leftovers := []string{
-		filepath.Join(storeDir, "metadata", snapshotKey,
-			"db.zst.age-123456.partial"),
-		filepath.Join(storeDir, "blobs", hash[:2], hash[2:4],
-			hash+"-123456.partial"),
-	}
-
-	for _, leftover := range leftovers {
-		require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(leftover), 0o750))
-		require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(leftover, []byte("half an upload"), 0o600))
-	}
-
-	require.NoError(t, v.NukeRemote(true))
-
-	var files []string
-
-	err = filepath.WalkDir(storeDir,
-		func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			if !entry.IsDir() {
-				files = append(files, path)
-			}
-
-			return nil
-		})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Empty(t, files)
-
-	// Nuke deletes the blobs itself, so advice to run prune is wrong.
-	assert.Contains(t, out.String(), "Backup destination store is now empty.")
-	assert.NotContains(t, out.String(), "vaultik prune")
-}
-
-// TestNukeRemoteFailsWhenADeleteFails checks that remote nuke returns an
-// error when a snapshot's metadata or a blob cannot be deleted, does not
-// report the store empty, and advises running nuke again: prune deletes
-// no metadata.
-func TestNukeRemoteFailsWhenADeleteFails(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	for _, refusedPrefix := range []string{"metadata/", "blobs/"} {
-		t.Run(refusedPrefix, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			ctx := context.Background()
-			storeDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "store")
-			v, _, out := backUpToFileDestination(ctx, t, storeDir)
-
-			store := faultstore.New(v.Storage)
-			store.OnDelete = func(key string) bool {
-				return strings.HasPrefix(key, refusedPrefix)
-			}
-			v.Storage = store
-
-			require.Error(t, v.NukeRemote(true))
-
-			assert.NotContains(t, out.String(), "now empty")
-			assert.Contains(t, out.String(), "vaultik remote nuke --force")
-			assert.NotContains(t, out.String(), "vaultik prune")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestNukeRemoteFailsWhenALocalSnapshotCannotBeRemoved checks that a
-// snapshot remote nuke cannot remove from the local index fails the
-// run: nuke then leaves that snapshot's metadata on the destination
-// store.
-func TestNukeRemoteFailsWhenALocalSnapshotCannotBeRemoved(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	storeDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "store")
-	v, _, out := backUpToFileDestination(ctx, t, storeDir)
-
-	_, err := v.DB.Conn().ExecContext(ctx, `
-		CREATE TRIGGER refuse_snapshot_delete BEFORE DELETE ON snapshots
-		BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'simulated index error'); END`)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	require.Error(t, v.NukeRemote(true))
-
-	assert.NotContains(t, out.String(), "now empty")
-	assert.Contains(t, out.String(), "vaultik remote nuke --force")
-}

internal/vaultik/prune.go

@@ -19,22 +19,13 @@ type PruneOptions struct {
 var errNukeRequiresForce = errors.New(
 	"nuke requires --force (this deletes ALL remote snapshots and blobs)")
 
-// errBlobDeleteFailed reports unreferenced blobs prune could not delete.
-var errBlobDeleteFailed = errors.New("blob(s) could not be deleted")
-
-// nukeCommandHint is the command suggested when a remote nuke could not
-// delete everything: running it again deletes what is left, which
-// `vaultik prune` does not do for snapshot metadata.
-const nukeCommandHint = "vaultik remote nuke --force"
-
 // metadataDirName is the top-level remote directory holding snapshot
 // metadata.
 const metadataDirName = "metadata"
 
 // NukeRemote deletes every snapshot's metadata and every blob from remote
-// storage, along with any object an upload cut off part-way left under a
-// temporary `.partial` name. After this returns successfully the bucket
-// prefix is empty and the next backup starts from scratch.
+// storage. After this returns successfully the bucket prefix is empty and
+// the next backup starts from scratch.
 //
 // Refuses to run unless force is true. The caller is responsible for
 // confirming with the user.
@@ -43,22 +34,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) NukeRemote(force bool) error {
 		return errNukeRequiresForce
 	}
 
-	err := v.emptyDestinationStore()
-	if err != nil {
-		v.UI.Warningf("Run '%s' again to delete what is left on the "+
-			"backup destination store.", nukeCommandHint)
-
-		return err
-	}
-
-	v.UI.Completef("Backup destination store is now empty.")
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// emptyDestinationStore does the deleting for NukeRemote and stops at
-// the first step that fails.
-func (v *Vaultik) emptyDestinationStore() error {
 	v.UI.Beginf("Removing all snapshot metadata from backup destination store.")
 
 	_, err := v.RemoveAllSnapshots(&RemoveOptions{Force: true})
@@ -73,14 +48,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) emptyDestinationStore() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("pruning blobs: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// The file and rclone listings skip `.partial` objects, so the two
-	// steps above never delete them.
-	for _, prefix := range []string{"metadata/", "blobs/"} {
-		err = v.Storage.DeletePartialUploads(v.ctx, prefix)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("deleting partial uploads: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
+	v.UI.Completef("Backup destination store is now empty.")
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -184,17 +152,14 @@ func (v *Vaultik) PruneBlobs(opts *PruneOptions) error {
 	v.deleteUnreferencedBlobs(unreferencedBlobs, allBlobs, result)
 
 	if opts.JSON {
-		err = v.outputPruneBlobsJSON(result)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	} else {
-		v.stdoutf("\nDeleted %d blob(s) totaling %s\n",
-			result.BlobsDeleted, ubytes(result.BytesFreed))
+		return v.outputPruneBlobsJSON(result)
 	}
 
+	v.stdoutf("\nDeleted %d blob(s) totaling %s\n",
+		result.BlobsDeleted, ubytes(result.BytesFreed))
+
 	if result.BlobsFailed > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%d %w", result.BlobsFailed, errBlobDeleteFailed)
+		v.stdoutf("Failed to delete %d blob(s)\n", result.BlobsFailed)
 	}
 
 	return nil

internal/vaultik/prune_count_test.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestTableCountForReportSurfacesReadFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, missing, "a failed read is unknown, not a count")
 
 	// The rendered count for a failed read must say unknown, never 0.
-	assert.Equal(t, unknownText, countText(missing))
+	assert.Equal(t, countUnknown, countText(missing))
 	assert.NotEqual(t, "0", countText(missing))
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestCountTextDistinguishesEmptyFromUnknown(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "0", countText(&zero))
 	assert.Equal(t, "7", countText(&seven))
-	assert.Equal(t, unknownText, countText(nil))
+	assert.Equal(t, countUnknown, countText(nil))
 }
 
 // TestCountDiffUnknownWhenEitherSideUnknown checks that a delta computed

internal/vaultik/prune_delete_failure_test.go

@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-package vaultik_test
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage/faultstore"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
-)
-
-// refuseBlobDeletes is an OnDelete hook that fails every blob delete.
-func refuseBlobDeletes(key string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(key, "blobs/")
-}
-
-// TestPruneBlobs_FailedDeleteReturnsError checks that prune returns an
-// error, so the command exits non-zero, when an unreferenced blob cannot
-// be deleted.
-func TestPruneBlobs_FailedDeleteReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	env := newListEnv(t)
-
-	// The store holds no manifest, so nothing references this blob.
-	addBlob(t, env.store.testStorer, testBlobHashA)
-
-	store := faultstore.New(env.store)
-	store.OnDelete = refuseBlobDeletes
-	env.v.Storage = store
-
-	err := env.v.PruneBlobs(&vaultik.PruneOptions{Force: true})
-
-	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "1 blob(s) could not be deleted")
-}
-
-// TestPruneBlobs_JSONFailedDeleteReturnsError checks that prune --json
-// prints its document and then returns an error when an unreferenced
-// blob cannot be deleted.
-func TestPruneBlobs_JSONFailedDeleteReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	env := newListEnv(t)
-	addBlob(t, env.store.testStorer, testBlobHashA)
-
-	store := faultstore.New(env.store)
-	store.OnDelete = refuseBlobDeletes
-	env.v.Storage = store
-
-	err := env.v.PruneBlobs(&vaultik.PruneOptions{JSON: true})
-
-	require.Error(t, err, "prune must fail when a blob cannot be deleted")
-
-	var result vaultik.PruneBlobsResult
-
-	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(env.stdout.Bytes(), &result),
-		"stdout must hold the JSON document, got:\n%s", env.stdout.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, result.BlobsFailed)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, result.BlobsDeleted)
-}
-
-// TestCreateSnapshotPrune_FailedBlobDeleteReturnsError checks that the
-// prune step of snapshot create --prune fails the run when an
-// unreferenced blob cannot be deleted.
-func TestCreateSnapshotPrune_FailedBlobDeleteReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	storeDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "store")
-	v, _, _ := backUpToFileDestination(ctx, t, storeDir)
-
-	// No snapshot references this blob, so the prune step deletes it.
-	orphan := filepath.Join(storeDir, "blobs", testBlobHashA[:2],
-		testBlobHashA[2:4], testBlobHashA)
-	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(orphan), 0o750))
-	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(orphan, []byte("orphan"), 0o600))
-
-	store := faultstore.New(v.Storage)
-	store.OnDelete = refuseBlobDeletes
-	v.Storage = store
-
-	err := v.CreateSnapshot(&vaultik.SnapshotCreateOptions{
-		Cron:  true,
-		Prune: true,
-	})
-
-	require.Error(t, err, "the prune step must fail the run")
-	assert.FileExists(t, orphan)
-}

internal/vaultik/remote_info_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -70,74 +69,6 @@ func TestRemoteInfo_UnreadableManifestLeavesOrphansUnknown(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, []any{unreadableKey}, doc["unreadable_manifests"])
 }
 
-// TestRemoteInfo_UnreadableManifestLeavesSnapshotBlobsUnknown checks
-// that the row of a snapshot whose manifest cannot be read gives its
-// blob count and blob size as unknown in the table and as null in
-// --json, not as 0. A directory without a manifest still shows 0: the
-// orphan figures count its blobs as orphaned, so it references none.
-func TestRemoteInfo_UnreadableManifestLeavesSnapshotBlobsUnknown(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	env := newListEnv(t)
-	readableKey := env.addRemote(t, listRemoteID,
-		time.Date(2026, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
-
-	unreadableKey := snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(listLocalID)
-	require.NoError(t, env.store.Put(context.Background(),
-		"metadata/"+unreadableKey+"/manifest.json.zst",
-		bytes.NewReader([]byte("not a valid manifest"))))
-
-	noManifestKey := snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey("testhost_home_2026-03-03T10:00:00Z")
-	require.NoError(t, env.store.Put(context.Background(),
-		"metadata/"+noManifestKey+"/db.zst.age",
-		bytes.NewReader([]byte("not a valid database"))))
-
-	require.NoError(t, env.v.RemoteInfo(false))
-
-	// The table truncates the remote key, so a row is found by a prefix.
-	wantUnknown := map[string]int{readableKey: 0, unreadableKey: 2, noManifestKey: 0}
-	for key, want := range wantUnknown {
-		var row string
-
-		for line := range strings.SplitSeq(env.stdout.String(), "\n") {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(line, key[:16]) {
-				row = line
-			}
-		}
-
-		require.NotEmpty(t, row, "no table row for %s", key)
-		assert.Equal(t, want, strings.Count(row, "unknown"), "row: %q", row)
-	}
-
-	env.stdout.Reset()
-	require.NoError(t, env.v.RemoteInfo(true))
-
-	var doc struct {
-		Snapshots []map[string]any `json:"snapshots"`
-	}
-
-	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(env.stdout.Bytes(), &doc))
-	require.Len(t, doc.Snapshots, len(wantUnknown))
-
-	for _, entry := range doc.Snapshots {
-		switch entry["snapshot_id"] {
-		case readableKey:
-			assert.InDelta(t, 1, entry["blob_count"], 0)
-			assert.InDelta(t, fiveMegabytes, entry["blobs_size"], 0)
-		case noManifestKey:
-			assert.InDelta(t, 0, entry["blob_count"], 0)
-			assert.InDelta(t, 0, entry["blobs_size"], 0)
-		default:
-			assert.Equal(t, unreadableKey, entry["snapshot_id"])
-			assert.Contains(t, entry, "blob_count")
-			assert.Nil(t, entry["blob_count"])
-			assert.Contains(t, entry, "blobs_size")
-			assert.Nil(t, entry["blobs_size"])
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // TestRemoteInfo_SkipsNonConformingMetadataName checks that a directory
 // under metadata/ whose name is not a remote key is left out of the
 // report, and that the orphan figures are unknown when it holds a

internal/vaultik/remove_snapshot_test.go

@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ func (s *testStorer) ListStream(
 	return ch
 }
 
-// DeletePartialUploads has nothing to remove: Put stores each object
-// under its key at once.
-func (s *testStorer) DeletePartialUploads(_ context.Context, _ string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (s *testStorer) Info() storage.Info {
 	return storage.Info{
 		Type:     testLabel,
@@ -361,8 +355,7 @@ func TestRemoveAllSnapshots_WithForce(t *testing.T) {
 	out := tv.Stdout.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, out, "Removed 2 snapshot(s)")
 	assert.Contains(t, out, "Removed snapshot metadata from remote storage")
-	// Remote nuke, the only caller, deletes the blobs next itself.
-	assert.NotContains(t, out, "vaultik prune")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "vaultik prune")
 }
 
 func TestRemoveAllSnapshots_DryRun(t *testing.T) {

internal/vaultik/snapshot.go

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ var (
 	errNoSnapshotsInConfig  = errors.New("no snapshots configured")
 	errSnapshotVerifyFailed = errors.New("verification failed")
 	errRemoveAllNeedsForce  = errors.New("--all requires --force")
-	errSnapshotRemoveFailed = errors.New("snapshot(s) could not be removed")
 	errInvalidTableName     = errors.New("invalid table name")
 	errNoAgeRecipients      = errors.New(
 		"creating a snapshot needs at least one public key in " +
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ type snapshotStats struct {
 	totalBlobs         int
 	totalBytesSkipped  int64
 	totalFilesSkipped  int
-	totalFilesFailed   int
 	totalFilesDeleted  int
 	totalBytesDeleted  int64
 	totalBytesUploaded int64
@@ -317,7 +315,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) scanAllDirectories(
 		stats.totalChunks += result.ChunksCreated
 		stats.totalBlobs += result.BlobsCreated
 		stats.totalFilesSkipped += result.FilesSkipped
-		stats.totalFilesFailed += result.FilesFailed
 		stats.totalBytesSkipped += result.BytesSkipped
 		stats.totalFilesDeleted += result.FilesDeleted
 		stats.totalBytesDeleted += result.BytesDeleted
@@ -329,7 +326,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) scanAllDirectories(
 			"path", dir,
 			"files", result.FilesScanned,
 			"files_skipped", result.FilesSkipped,
-			"files_failed", result.FilesFailed,
 			"bytes", result.BytesScanned,
 			"bytes_skipped", result.BytesSkipped,
 			"chunks", result.ChunksCreated,
@@ -363,11 +359,9 @@ func (v *Vaultik) finalizeSnapshotMetadata(
 		return fmt.Errorf("getting snapshot blob sizes: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// file_count and total_size leave out the files that could not be
-	// stored; stats.totalBytes already does.
 	extStats := snapshot.ExtendedBackupStats{
 		BackupStats: snapshot.BackupStats{
-			FilesScanned:  stats.totalFiles - stats.totalFilesFailed,
+			FilesScanned:  stats.totalFiles,
 			TotalSize:     stats.totalBytes + stats.totalBytesSkipped,
 			ChunksCreated: stats.totalChunks,
 			BlobsCreated:  stats.totalBlobs,
@@ -415,8 +409,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) printSnapshotSummary(
 	snapshotID string, startTime time.Time, stats *snapshotStats,
 ) {
 	snapshotDuration := time.Since(startTime)
-	totalFilesChanged := stats.totalFiles - stats.totalFilesSkipped -
-		stats.totalFilesFailed
+	totalFilesChanged := stats.totalFiles - stats.totalFilesSkipped
 	totalBytesAll := stats.totalBytes + stats.totalBytesSkipped
 
 	var compressionRatio float64
@@ -433,10 +426,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) printSnapshotSummary(
 		v.UI.Count(stats.totalFiles),
 		v.UI.Count(totalFilesChanged),
 		v.UI.Count(stats.totalFilesSkipped))
-	if stats.totalFilesFailed > 0 {
-		filesMsg += fmt.Sprintf(", %s failed", v.UI.Count(stats.totalFilesFailed))
-	}
-
 	if stats.totalFilesDeleted > 0 {
 		filesMsg += fmt.Sprintf(", %s deleted", v.UI.Count(stats.totalFilesDeleted))
 	}
@@ -1465,8 +1454,8 @@ func (v *Vaultik) handleRemoveAllDryRun(
 
 // executeRemoveAll deletes every local snapshot and, unless LocalOnly
 // is set, every corresponding remote metadata directory plus any
-// orphan remote keys. Blobs are not touched. It returns an error when
-// any snapshot could not be removed.
+// orphan remote keys. Blobs are not touched; the printed prune-command
+// hint is the next step.
 func (v *Vaultik) executeRemoveAll(
 	localSnaps, orphanRemoteKeys []string, opts *RemoveOptions,
 ) (*RemoveResult, error) {
@@ -1480,11 +1469,18 @@ func (v *Vaultik) executeRemoveAll(
 
 	result := &RemoveResult{}
 
-	failures := v.removeAllLocalSnapshots(localSnaps, opts, result)
+	remoteErrors := v.removeAllLocalSnapshots(localSnaps, opts, result)
 
 	if !opts.LocalOnly {
-		failures += v.removeAllOrphanRemotes(orphanRemoteKeys, result)
-		result.RemoteRemoved = failures == 0
+		remoteErrors += v.removeAllOrphanRemotes(orphanRemoteKeys, result)
+
+		if remoteErrors == 0 {
+			result.RemoteRemoved = true
+		} else if v.UI != nil {
+			v.UI.Warningf("Some remote metadata deletions failed. Run '%s' "+
+				"once the remote is healthy to clean up unreferenced blobs.",
+				pruneCommandHint)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if v.SnapshotManager != nil {
@@ -1494,10 +1490,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) executeRemoveAll(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if failures > 0 {
-		return result, fmt.Errorf("%d %w", failures, errSnapshotRemoveFailed)
-	}
-
 	if opts.JSON {
 		return result, v.outputRemoveJSON(result)
 	}
@@ -1506,6 +1498,9 @@ func (v *Vaultik) executeRemoveAll(
 
 	if !opts.LocalOnly && result.RemoteRemoved {
 		v.printlnStdout("Removed snapshot metadata from remote storage")
+		v.stdoutf("\nNote: Removed snapshots' blobs remain on the remote. "+
+			"Run '%s' to delete any blobs no longer referenced by any "+
+			"remaining remote snapshot.\n", pruneCommandHint)
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
@@ -1548,13 +1543,12 @@ func (v *Vaultik) deleteIncompleteSnapshot(snapshotIDStr string, id any) bool {
 }
 
 // removeAllLocalSnapshots removes each known local snapshot (and, unless
-// --local-only, its remote metadata), returning the number of snapshots
-// it could not remove. A snapshot left in the local index keeps its
-// remote metadata too, since it is not an orphan remote key.
+// --local-only, its remote metadata), returning the number of remote
+// deletion failures.
 func (v *Vaultik) removeAllLocalSnapshots(
 	localSnaps []string, opts *RemoveOptions, result *RemoveResult,
 ) int {
-	failures := 0
+	remoteErrors := 0
 
 	for _, snapshotID := range localSnaps {
 		log.Info("Removing snapshot", "snapshot_id", snapshotID)
@@ -1564,8 +1558,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) removeAllLocalSnapshots(
 			log.Error("Failed to remove from local database",
 				"snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
 
-			failures++
-
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -1576,14 +1568,14 @@ func (v *Vaultik) removeAllLocalSnapshots(
 				log.Warn("Failed to remove snapshot metadata from remote",
 					"snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
 
-				failures++
+				remoteErrors++
 			}
 		}
 
 		result.SnapshotsRemoved = append(result.SnapshotsRemoved, snapshotID)
 	}
 
-	return failures
+	return remoteErrors
 }
 
 // removeAllOrphanRemotes deletes remote snapshot metadata that has no
@@ -1764,9 +1756,9 @@ func (v *Vaultik) PruneDatabase() (*PruneResult, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// unknownText is what a count or size reads as when it could not be
-// determined, distinct from "0", which is a real zero.
-const unknownText = "unknown"
+// countUnknown is what a count reads as when its query could not be run,
+// distinct from "0", which means the table really was empty.
+const countUnknown = "unknown"
 
 // tableCountForReport returns the row count of a table for the prune
 // summary, or nil if the count could not be read. A read failure is
@@ -1803,7 +1795,7 @@ func countDiff(before, after *int64) *int64 {
 // one that could not be queried.
 func countText(count *int64) string {
 	if count == nil {
-		return unknownText
+		return countUnknown
 	}
 
 	return strconv.FormatInt(*count, 10)

internal/vaultik/snapshot_failed_file_test.go

@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-package vaultik_test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/config"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/database"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/ui"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
-)
-
-// openFailFs is the real filesystem, except that opening path fails
-// with err. Phase 1 of a backup only lstats a file, so it still counts
-// path; phase 2 is the first to open it.
-type openFailFs struct {
-	afero.OsFs
-
-	path string
-	err  error
-}
-
-//nolint:ireturn // afero.Fs.Open is defined to return the interface.
-func (f *openFailFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
-	if name == f.path {
-		return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "open", Path: name, Err: f.err}
-	}
-
-	return f.OsFs.Open(name)
-}
-
-// A file that phase 2 cannot open is reported as failed, not as
-// unchanged, and neither the summary's data total nor the snapshots row
-// counts it. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/280.
-func TestSnapshotSummaryCountsFileNotStoredAsFailed(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		openErr    error
-		skipErrors bool
-	}{
-		// What a normal user gets opening a file with mode 000.
-		{name: "unopenable under skip-errors",
-			openErr: os.ErrPermission, skipErrors: true},
-		// What opening a file removed after phase 1 gives.
-		{name: "removed between the phases",
-			openErr: os.ErrNotExist, skipErrors: false},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			ctx := context.Background()
-
-			// The scan walks the source path with symlinks resolved, so
-			// failedPath must be spelled the same way to match.
-			tempDir, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(t.TempDir())
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			srcDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "src")
-			failedPath := filepath.Join(srcDir, "failed.txt")
-			storedContent := []byte("this file is backed up")
-			storedSize := int64(len(storedContent))
-
-			fs := &openFailFs{path: failedPath, err: tt.openErr}
-			require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(srcDir, 0o755))
-			require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
-				filepath.Join(srcDir, "stored.txt"), storedContent, 0o644))
-			require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
-				failedPath, []byte("this file cannot be opened"), 0o644))
-
-			cfg := faultTestConfig()
-			cfg.IndexPath = filepath.Join(tempDir, "index.sqlite")
-			cfg.Snapshots = map[string]config.SnapshotConfig{
-				"src": {Paths: []string{srcDir}},
-			}
-
-			store, err := storage.NewFileStorer(filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote"))
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			db, err := database.New(ctx, cfg.IndexPath)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
-
-			repos := database.NewRepositories(db)
-			out := &bytes.Buffer{}
-			v := newBackupVaultik(ctx, cfg, store, repos, db, fs)
-			v.UI = ui.NewWithColor(out, false)
-
-			require.NoError(t, v.CreateSnapshot(&vaultik.SnapshotCreateOptions{
-				SkipErrors: tt.skipErrors,
-				Snapshots:  []string{"src"},
-			}))
-
-			summary := out.String()
-			assert.Contains(t, summary,
-				"Files: 2 examined, 1 backed up, 0 unchanged, 1 failed.")
-			assert.Contains(t, summary,
-				fmt.Sprintf("Data: %s total (%s backed up).",
-					v.UI.Size(storedSize), v.UI.Size(storedSize)))
-
-			snap, err := repos.Snapshots.GetByID(ctx,
-				localSnapshotID(ctx, t, repos, "src"))
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.NotNil(t, snap)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, int64(1), snap.FileCount)
-			assert.Equal(t, storedSize, snap.TotalSize)
-		})
-	}
-}

internal/vaultik/snapshot_skip_errors_test.go

@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-package vaultik_test
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/config"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/database"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
-)
-
-// --skip-errors skips only a file that cannot be opened or read. A local
-// index error while a directory is recorded stops the backup, and the
-// snapshot is not recorded as complete. See
-// https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/284.
-func TestSkipErrorsBackupStopsOnIndexErrorRecordingDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// The scan walks the source path with symlinks resolved, so dirPath
-	// must be spelled the same way to match the row the scan inserts.
-	tempDir, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(t.TempDir())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	srcDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "src")
-	dirPath := filepath.Join(srcDir, "dir")
-
-	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
-	require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0o755))
-	require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
-		filepath.Join(dirPath, "file.txt"), []byte("file content"), 0o644))
-
-	cfg := faultTestConfig()
-	cfg.IndexPath = filepath.Join(tempDir, "index.sqlite")
-	cfg.Snapshots = map[string]config.SnapshotConfig{
-		"tree": {Paths: []string{srcDir}},
-	}
-
-	store, err := storage.NewFileStorer(filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote"))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	db, err := database.New(ctx, cfg.IndexPath)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
-
-	// The local index refuses the directory's files row.
-	_, err = db.Conn().ExecContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf(`
-		CREATE TRIGGER refuse_directory BEFORE INSERT ON files
-		WHEN NEW.path = '%s'
-		BEGIN SELECT RAISE(ABORT, 'simulated index error'); END`, dirPath))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	repos := database.NewRepositories(db)
-	v := newBackupVaultik(ctx, cfg, store, repos, db, fs)
-
-	err = v.CreateSnapshot(&vaultik.SnapshotCreateOptions{
-		SkipErrors: true,
-		Snapshots:  []string{"tree"},
-	})
-	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "simulated index error")
-
-	snapshots, err := repos.Snapshots.ListRecent(ctx, listRecentTestLimit)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Len(t, snapshots, 1)
-	assert.Nil(t, snapshots[0].CompletedAt)
-}