Make remote nuke delete leftover .partial uploads (closes #281)

The file and rclone listings skip an object whose name ends in
`.partial`, the temporary name a `file://` or rclone upload writes
before moving the object into place. `remote nuke` deletes only what
the listings return, so it left the `.partial` objects killed uploads
leave behind and still reported the destination store empty.

Storer gains DeletePartialUploads. The file and rclone backends remove
every `.partial` object under the prefix; S3 has none to remove, since
it shows an object only once its upload completes. `remote nuke` calls
it for `metadata/` and `blobs/` as its last step.

Empty directories under a `file://` destination are still left behind.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -349,11 +349,9 @@ the backup destination store. Blobs are NOT touched — deleting blobs
 requires reading every remaining remote manifest (the destination store
 may hold snapshots this host doesn't know about), which is what
 `vaultik prune` does. On success the command prints the exact `vaultik
-prune` invocation to run as a follow-up. An ID that names no snapshot in
-the local index or on the destination store is an error; with
-`--local-only`, the snapshot must be in the local index. Local row
-cleanup (files, chunks, blobs the snapshot was the last referrer for)
-runs automatically. If the destination store is unreachable, the local-DB
+prune` invocation to run as a follow-up. Local row cleanup (files,
+chunks, blobs the snapshot was the last referrer for) runs
+automatically. If the destination store is unreachable, the local-DB
 removal still completes and a warning is emitted; run `vaultik snapshot
 remove <snapshot-id>` again once the store is reachable to remove the
 snapshot's metadata from it (`vaultik prune` does not). To wipe everything
@@ -414,8 +412,7 @@ destination store.
 entirely. Remote storage is unaffected; the next backup will do a full
 scan and re-deduplicate against existing remote blobs, and the local
 index will re-bind to the currently configured storage destination.
-Use this after changing `storage_url`, or `s3.endpoint`, `s3.bucket` or
-`s3.prefix`, to a different destination.
+Use this after changing `storage_url` to a different destination.
 * `--force`: Skip confirmation prompt
 
 ---
@@ -429,10 +426,7 @@ object store. Credentials are read from `s3.access_key_id` and
 `s3.secret_access_key` in the config file.
 
 **Local filesystem** (`file:///path/to/backup`): Stores blobs and metadata on
-a local or mounted filesystem. Useful for testing or backing up to a NAS. The
-path must be absolute; a relative one is refused when the config loads.
-Percent-escapes in the path are decoded, so `my%20stick` and `my stick` name
-the same directory.
+a local or mounted filesystem. Useful for testing or backing up to a NAS.
 
 **Rclone** (`rclone://remote/path`): Uses rclone's 70+ supported cloud
 providers. Requires rclone to be configured separately (`rclone config`).

TODO.md

@@ -22,54 +22,6 @@ the tag exists and is exercised; what is left is merging `next` to
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 2026-10-13: Refused a `file://` `storage_url` whose path is relative
-  ([issue #299](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/299)). The text
-  after `file://` was used as written, so `file://dest` resolved against
-  the working directory: a backup run from another directory wrote to a
-  different destination, still exited 0, and left a snapshot that could
-  not be restored. Such a URL now fails when the config loads, with an
-  error asking for an absolute path. Percent-escapes in the path are now
-  decoded, so `my%20stick` names the directory `my stick` instead of
-  creating one named `my%20stick`; a path written with a literal space
-  works as before.
-
-- 2026-10-13: Made `snapshot remove` fail for a snapshot that does not
-  exist ([issue #293](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/293)).
-  The command never checked the ID: it reported the snapshot removed
-  from the local database and from the destination store and exited 0,
-  under `--json`, `--dry-run` and `--local-only` too. An ID that names
-  no snapshot in the local index or on the destination store is now an
-  error; with `--local-only`, the snapshot must be in the local index.
-  The command now reports a removal from either side only when one
-  happened, and `remote_removed` is true only when metadata was deleted.
-
-- 2026-10-12: Bound the local index to the destination an `s3.*` config
-  names ([issue #298](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/298)).
-  Only `storage_url` was checked, so after `s3.bucket` or `s3.prefix`
-  changed, the next backup treated every chunk as already stored,
-  uploaded nothing, and completed a snapshot that could not be restored.
-  Without `storage_url`, the local index is now bound to `s3.endpoint`,
-  `s3.bucket` and `s3.prefix`, and a change is refused as a changed
-  `storage_url` is.
-
-- 2026-10-12: Rejected a retention duration longer than about 292 years
-  ([issue #289](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/289)). The
-  number given to `--older-than` or `--keep-newer-than` was multiplied
-  by the length of its unit with no limit, so from `293y`, `15251w`,
-  `3559mo` or `106752d`, or a sum of parts such as `200y200y`, the
-  result wrapped to a negative duration. The cutoff then lay in the
-  future, every snapshot of the name was deleted, the one just made
-  included, and the command exited 0. Such a duration is now rejected
-  as invalid and nothing is deleted.
-
-- 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

internal/cli/snapshot.go

@@ -255,12 +255,8 @@ manifest (the destination store may hold snapshots this host doesn't
 know about), which is what 'vaultik prune' does. On success the command
 prints the exact 'vaultik prune' invocation to run as a follow-up.
 
-An ID that names no snapshot in the local index or on the destination
-store is an error.
-
 Use --local-only to skip the remote half (e.g. when you want to forget a
-snapshot locally without touching the destination store); the snapshot
-must then be in the local index.
+snapshot locally without touching the destination store).
 
 If the remote is unreachable, the local-database removal still completes
 and a warning is emitted; run 'vaultik snapshot remove <snapshot-id>' again

internal/config/config.go

@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ var (
 	errBadS3PartSize    = errors.New("s3.part_size must be between 5MiB and 5GiB")
 	errBadStorageScheme = errors.New(
 		"storage_url must start with s3://, file://, or rclone://")
-	errFileURLNotAbsolute = errors.New(
-		"a file:// storage_url needs an absolute path, " +
-			"as in file:///path/to/backup")
 	errStorageNotConfigured = errors.New(
 		"storage not configured; set storage_url or provide s3.endpoint + " +
 			"s3.bucket + credentials")
@@ -464,18 +461,11 @@ func (c *Config) validateStorage() error {
 
 // validateStorageURL validates URL-based storage configuration. File and
 // rclone URLs need no credentials; S3 URLs require the legacy s3.*
-// credential fields. A file URL must name an absolute path: a relative one
-// would resolve against the working directory, so the destination would
-// move with it.
+// credential fields.
 func (c *Config) validateStorageURL() error {
 	switch {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(c.StorageURL, "file://"):
-		// storage.ParseStorageURL applies the same rule, but config
-		// cannot import storage, which imports config.
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(c.StorageURL, "file:///") {
-			return errFileURLNotAbsolute
-		}
-
+		// File storage doesn't need S3 credentials
 		return nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(c.StorageURL, "rclone://"):
 		// Rclone storage uses rclone's own config

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -337,35 +337,6 @@ func TestLoadS3PartSize(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-// TestLoadRejectsRelativeFileURL checks that a file:// storage_url with a
-// relative path fails at load. Accepted, it would resolve against the
-// working directory, so a backup run from another directory would write
-// to a different destination and still succeed.
-func TestLoadRejectsRelativeFileURL(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	const relativeConfig = "snapshots:\n" +
-		"  test:\n" +
-		"    paths: [/tmp/vaultik-test-source]\n" +
-		"storage_url: file://dest\n"
-
-	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.yml")
-
-	err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(relativeConfig), 0o600)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("write config: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = Load(path)
-	if !errors.Is(err, errFileURLNotAbsolute) {
-		t.Fatalf("Load() error = %v, want errFileURLNotAbsolute", err)
-	}
-
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "absolute path") {
-		t.Errorf("error %q does not say to use an absolute path", err.Error())
-	}
-}
-
 // TestValidateAgeRecipients checks that recipients are parsed at config load
 // (a bad entry fails immediately, not mid-backup) and that no invalid entry —
 // least of all a pasted secret key — is echoed in the error. An empty list

internal/snapshot/scanner.go

@@ -1312,13 +1312,6 @@ 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)
@@ -1376,11 +1369,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) processFileWithErrorHandling(
 
 	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

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/storage/url.go

@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ const (
 
 // Sentinel errors for storage URL parsing.
 var (
-	ErrEmptyStorageURL  = errors.New("storage URL is empty")
-	ErrEmptyFilePath    = errors.New("file URL path is empty")
-	ErrRelativeFilePath = errors.New(
-		"file URL needs an absolute path, as in file:///path/to/backup")
+	ErrEmptyStorageURL   = errors.New("storage URL is empty")
+	ErrEmptyFilePath     = errors.New("file URL path is empty")
 	ErrMissingBucket     = errors.New("s3 URL missing bucket name")
 	ErrMissingRemote     = errors.New("rclone URL missing remote name")
 	ErrUnsupportedScheme = errors.New(
@@ -53,8 +51,17 @@ func ParseStorageURL(rawURL string) (*URL, error) {
 		return nil, ErrEmptyStorageURL
 	}
 
+	// Handle file:// URLs
 	if after, ok := strings.CutPrefix(rawURL, "file://"); ok {
-		return parseFileURL(after)
+		path := after
+		if path == "" {
+			return nil, ErrEmptyFilePath
+		}
+
+		return &URL{
+			Scheme: schemeFile,
+			Prefix: path,
+		}, nil
 	}
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(rawURL, "s3://") {
@@ -68,27 +75,6 @@ func ParseStorageURL(rawURL string) (*URL, error) {
 	return nil, ErrUnsupportedScheme
 }
 
-// parseFileURL parses the path that follows file://. The path must be
-// absolute: a relative one would resolve against the working directory,
-// so the destination would move with it. Percent-escapes are decoded, so
-// my%20stick names the directory "my stick"; a literal space is kept.
-func parseFileURL(rawPath string) (*URL, error) {
-	if rawPath == "" {
-		return nil, ErrEmptyFilePath
-	}
-
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(rawPath, "/") {
-		return nil, ErrRelativeFilePath
-	}
-
-	path, err := url.PathUnescape(rawPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid file URL path: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &URL{Scheme: schemeFile, Prefix: path}, nil
-}
-
 // parseS3URL parses an s3://bucket/prefix URL. It rejects credentials in
 // the userinfo and any query parameter other than endpoint, region and
 // ssl, so a credential-bearing URL is never stored or echoed.

internal/storage/url_parse_test.go

@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ import (
 func TestParseStorageURLValid(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	const (
-		bucket     = "mybucket"
-		fileScheme = "file"
-	)
+	const bucket = "mybucket"
 
 	cases := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -27,17 +24,7 @@ func TestParseStorageURLValid(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "file absolute path",
 			raw:  "file:///var/backups/vaultik",
-			want: &storage.URL{Scheme: fileScheme, Prefix: "/var/backups/vaultik"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "file percent-escaped path is decoded",
-			raw:  "file:///Volumes/my%20stick/backup",
-			want: &storage.URL{Scheme: fileScheme, Prefix: "/Volumes/my stick/backup"},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "file path with a literal space",
-			raw:  "file:///Volumes/my stick/backup",
-			want: &storage.URL{Scheme: fileScheme, Prefix: "/Volumes/my stick/backup"},
+			want: &storage.URL{Scheme: "file", Prefix: "/var/backups/vaultik"},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "s3 bucket and prefix, ssl defaults on",
@@ -103,7 +90,6 @@ func TestParseStorageURLErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"empty url", "", storage.ErrEmptyStorageURL},
 		{"file empty path", "file://", storage.ErrEmptyFilePath},
-		{"file relative path", "file://dest", storage.ErrRelativeFilePath},
 		{"s3 missing bucket", "s3://", storage.ErrMissingBucket},
 		{"s3 missing bucket with path", "s3:///justprefix", storage.ErrMissingBucket},
 		{"rclone missing remote", "rclone://", storage.ErrMissingRemote},

internal/vaultik/helpers.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package vaultik
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -48,10 +47,6 @@ const (
 	year  = 365 * day
 )
 
-// maxDuration is the largest value a time.Duration can hold, about 292
-// years.
-const maxDuration = time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)
-
 // A snapshot ID split on "_" has at least a hostname and a trailing
 // timestamp.
 const minSnapshotIDParts = 2
@@ -150,10 +145,10 @@ func parseSnapshotName(snapshotID, hostname string) string {
 // parseDuration parses a duration string with support for human-friendly units:
 // d/day/days, w/week/weeks, mo/month/months, y/year/years, plus standard Go
 // duration units. Following Go, m is minutes and mo is months. A bare number,
-// an unknown unit, a negative value, and a total longer than maxDuration are
-// all rejected. Outside the Go units the input must be whole numbers each
-// followed directly by a unit (2w3d), so 1.0y and 30 days are errors;
-// decimals work only in Go units (1.5h).
+// an unknown unit, and a negative value are all rejected. Outside the Go
+// units the input must be whole numbers each followed directly by a unit
+// (2w3d), so 1.0y and 30 days are errors; decimals work only in Go units
+// (1.5h).
 func parseDuration(s string) (time.Duration, error) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(s), "-") {
 		return 0, errNegativeDuration
@@ -186,30 +181,19 @@ func parseDuration(s string) (time.Duration, error) {
 			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid number %q: %w", match[1], err)
 		}
 
-		var unitLength time.Duration
-
 		unit := strings.ToLower(match[2])
 		switch unit {
 		case "d", "day", "days":
-			unitLength = day
+			total += time.Duration(n) * day
 		case "w", "week", "weeks":
-			unitLength = week
+			total += time.Duration(n) * week
 		case "mo", "month", "months":
-			unitLength = month
+			total += time.Duration(n) * month
 		case "y", "year", "years":
-			unitLength = year
+			total += time.Duration(n) * year
 		default:
 			return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w %q", errUnknownTimeUnit, unit)
 		}
-
-		// Past maxDuration the sum wraps to a negative value, which would
-		// put the purge cutoff in the future.
-		if time.Duration(n) > (maxDuration-total)/unitLength {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %q is longer than about 292 years",
-				errInvalidDuration, s)
-		}
-
-		total += time.Duration(n) * unitLength
 	}
 
 	return total, nil

internal/vaultik/helpers_test.go

@@ -111,17 +111,6 @@ func TestParseDuration(t *testing.T) {
 		{"30 days", 0, true},
 		{"30 days ago", 0, true},
 		{"x7d", 0, true},
-		// The largest time.Duration is about 292 years. A larger value
-		// must be rejected, not wrapped to a negative one, which would
-		// put the cutoff in the future and select every snapshot.
-		{"292y", 292 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour, false},
-		{"293y", 0, true},
-		{"3559mo", 0, true},
-		{"15251w", 0, true},
-		{"106752d", 0, true},
-		{"2562048h", 0, true},
-		{"200y200y", 0, true},
-		{"292y6mo", 0, true},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

internal/vaultik/purge_per_name_test.go

@@ -267,29 +267,6 @@ func TestPurgeOlderThan_WithNameFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, remaining, snapHomeT0)
 }
 
-func TestPurgeOlderThan_TooLargeDeletesNothing(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	snapshotIDs := []string{snapHomeT0, snapHomeT1}
-
-	v := setupPurgeTest(t, snapHostname, snapshotIDs)
-
-	err := v.PurgeSnapshotsWithOptions(&vaultik.SnapshotPurgeOptions{
-		OlderThan: "1000y",
-		Force:     true,
-	})
-	require.Error(t, err)
-
-	err = v.PurgeSnapshotsWithOptions(&vaultik.SnapshotPurgeOptions{
-		OlderThan: "292y",
-		Force:     true,
-	})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.ElementsMatch(t, snapshotIDs, listRemainingSnapshots(t, v))
-}
-
 func TestPurgeKeepLatest_ThreeNames(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
 	t.Parallel()

internal/vaultik/remove_snapshot_test.go

@@ -3,21 +3,17 @@ package vaultik_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/database"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/snapshot"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/types"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
 
@@ -218,37 +214,6 @@ func addBlob(t *testing.T, store *testStorer, hash string) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
-// newLocalIndex returns an in-memory local index holding a completed
-// snapshot row for each of ids.
-func newLocalIndex(t *testing.T, ids ...string) *database.Repositories {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	db, err := database.New(ctx, ":memory:")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
-
-	repos := database.NewRepositories(db)
-
-	for _, id := range ids {
-		completedAt := time.Now().UTC()
-		snap := &database.Snapshot{
-			ID:          types.SnapshotID(id),
-			Hostname:    snapHostname,
-			StartedAt:   completedAt,
-			CompletedAt: &completedAt,
-		}
-
-		err = repos.WithTx(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
-			return repos.Snapshots.Create(ctx, tx, snap)
-		})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	}
-
-	return repos
-}
-
 // ============================================================================
 // Unit Tests for RemoveSnapshot
 // ============================================================================
@@ -268,7 +233,6 @@ func TestRemoveSnapshot_LocalOnly_PreservesRemote(t *testing.T) {
 	addBlob(t, store, blobA)
 
 	tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(store)
-	tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t, "snapshot-001")
 
 	opts := &vaultik.RemoveOptions{Force: true, LocalOnly: true}
 	result, err := tv.RemoveSnapshot("snapshot-001", opts)
@@ -304,7 +268,6 @@ func TestRemoveSnapshot_DefaultRemovesMetadataNotBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 	addBlob(t, store, blobShared)
 
 	tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(store)
-	tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t, "snapshot-001", "snapshot-002")
 
 	opts := &vaultik.RemoveOptions{Force: true}
 	result, err := tv.RemoveSnapshot("snapshot-001", opts)
@@ -353,84 +316,6 @@ func TestRemoveSnapshot_DryRun(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, tv.Stdout.String(), "[Dry run - no changes made]")
 }
 
-// TestRemoveSnapshot_UnknownIDIsError checks that an ID naming no
-// snapshot in the local index or on the destination store is an error
-// under every option, and that nothing is reported as removed.
-func TestRemoveSnapshot_UnknownIDIsError(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	for name, opts := range map[string]vaultik.RemoveOptions{
-		"force":      {Force: true},
-		"json":       {JSON: true},
-		"dry-run":    {Force: true, DryRun: true},
-		"local-only": {Force: true, LocalOnly: true},
-	} {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			store := newTestStorer()
-			addManifest(t, store, "snapshot-001", nil)
-
-			tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(store)
-			tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t, "snapshot-001")
-
-			result, err := tv.RemoveSnapshot("snapshot-999", &opts)
-
-			require.ErrorContains(t, err, "snapshot not found")
-			assert.False(t, result.RemoteRemoved)
-			assert.Empty(t, tv.Stdout.String())
-			assert.True(t, store.hasKey(remoteKeyPath("snapshot-001")))
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestRemoveSnapshot_NoMetadataOnDestination checks that removing a
-// snapshot whose metadata is not on the destination store does not
-// report metadata removed from it.
-func TestRemoveSnapshot_NoMetadataOnDestination(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(newTestStorer())
-	tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t, "snapshot-001")
-
-	result, err := tv.RemoveSnapshot("snapshot-001",
-		&vaultik.RemoveOptions{Force: true})
-
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.False(t, result.RemoteRemoved)
-
-	out := tv.Stdout.String()
-	assert.Contains(t, out, "Removed snapshot 'snapshot-001' from local database")
-	assert.NotContains(t, out, "Removed snapshot metadata from remote storage")
-}
-
-// TestRemoveSnapshot_NotInLocalIndex checks that removing a snapshot
-// only the destination store holds removes its metadata there without
-// reporting a removal from the local database.
-func TestRemoveSnapshot_NotInLocalIndex(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	store := newTestStorer()
-	addManifest(t, store, "snapshot-001", nil)
-
-	tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(store)
-	tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t)
-
-	result, err := tv.RemoveSnapshot("snapshot-001",
-		&vaultik.RemoveOptions{Force: true})
-
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, result.RemoteRemoved)
-	assert.False(t, store.hasKey(remoteKeyPath("snapshot-001")))
-
-	out := tv.Stdout.String()
-	assert.NotContains(t, out, "from local database")
-	assert.Contains(t, out, "Removed snapshot metadata from remote storage")
-}
-
 func TestRemoveAllSnapshots_RequiresForce(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
 	t.Parallel()

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")
-	errSnapshotNotFound     = errors.New("snapshot not found")
 	errInvalidTableName     = errors.New("invalid table name")
 	errNoAgeRecipients      = errors.New(
 		"creating a snapshot needs at least one public key in " +
@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) confirmAndExecutePurge(
 				"snapshot_id", snapshotID, "error", err)
 		}
 
-		_, err = v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID))
+		err = v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("deleting snapshot %s from remote: %w", snapshotID, err)
 		}
@@ -1154,11 +1153,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 		return result, err
 	}
 
-	inLocalIndex, err := v.findSnapshotToRemove(snapshotID, opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return result, err
-	}
-
 	if opts.DryRun {
 		return v.removeSnapshotDryRun(result, snapshotID, opts)
 	}
@@ -1167,13 +1161,11 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 		return result, nil
 	}
 
-	if inLocalIndex {
-		log.Info("Removing snapshot from local database", "snapshot_id", snapshotID)
+	log.Info("Removing snapshot from local database", "snapshot_id", snapshotID)
 
-		err = v.deleteSnapshotFromLocalDB(snapshotID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return result, fmt.Errorf("removing from local database: %w", err)
-		}
+	err = v.deleteSnapshotFromLocalDB(snapshotID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("removing from local database: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if !opts.LocalOnly {
@@ -1192,11 +1184,9 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 		return result, v.outputRemoveJSON(result)
 	}
 
-	if inLocalIndex {
-		v.stdoutf("Removed snapshot '%s' from local database\n", snapshotID)
-	}
+	v.stdoutf("Removed snapshot '%s' from local database\n", snapshotID)
 
-	if result.RemoteRemoved {
+	if !opts.LocalOnly && result.RemoteRemoved {
 		v.printlnStdout("Removed snapshot metadata from remote storage")
 		v.stdoutf("\nNote: The removed snapshot's blobs remain on the remote. "+
 			"Run '%s' to delete any blobs no longer referenced by any "+
@@ -1206,45 +1196,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// findSnapshotToRemove reports whether the local index has a row for
-// snapshotID, and returns errSnapshotNotFound when there is nothing to
-// remove: no row and, unless LocalOnly is set, no metadata on the
-// destination store either. The destination store is consulted only
-// when the local index has no row, so a snapshot in the local index can
-// still be removed from it while the destination store is unreachable.
-func (v *Vaultik) findSnapshotToRemove(
-	snapshotID string, opts *RemoveOptions,
-) (bool, error) {
-	if v.Repositories != nil {
-		snap, err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.GetByID(v.ctx, snapshotID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("looking up snapshot in local index: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		if snap != nil {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	if opts.LocalOnly {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("%w in the local index: %s",
-			errSnapshotNotFound, snapshotID)
-	}
-
-	objects, err := v.remoteSnapshotObjects(snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("looking up snapshot on destination store: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(objects) == 0 {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf(
-			"%w in the local index or on the destination store: %s",
-			errSnapshotNotFound, snapshotID)
-	}
-
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 // removeSnapshotDryRun reports what RemoveSnapshot would do without
 // making changes.
 func (v *Vaultik) removeSnapshotDryRun(
@@ -1304,14 +1255,14 @@ func (v *Vaultik) confirmRemoveSnapshot(snapshotID string, opts *RemoveOptions)
 // didn't finish and to run `vaultik snapshot remove` for the snapshot
 // again once the destination store is reachable (`vaultik prune` never
 // removes snapshot metadata). Returns true when the remote removal
-// succeeded and deleted something.
+// succeeded.
 func (v *Vaultik) removeSnapshotRemote(snapshotID string, opts *RemoveOptions) bool {
 	log.Info("Removing snapshot metadata from remote storage",
 		"snapshot_id", snapshotID)
 
 	remoteKey := snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID)
 
-	deleted, err := v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(remoteKey)
+	err := v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(remoteKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Could not remove snapshot metadata from remote storage; "+
 			"run '"+snapshotRemoveCommandHint+"' with the snapshot's ID "+
@@ -1329,7 +1280,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) removeSnapshotRemote(snapshotID string, opts *RemoveOptions) b
 		return false
 	}
 
-	return deleted > 0
+	return true
 }
 
 // RemoveAllSnapshots removes every snapshot known to the local
@@ -1621,7 +1572,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) removeAllLocalSnapshots(
 		}
 
 		if !opts.LocalOnly {
-			_, err = v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(
+			err = v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(
 				snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID))
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Warn("Failed to remove snapshot metadata from remote",
@@ -1647,7 +1598,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) removeAllOrphanRemotes(
 	for _, key := range orphanRemoteKeys {
 		log.Info("Removing orphan remote snapshot", "remote_key", key)
 
-		_, err := v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(key)
+		err := v.deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(key)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("Failed to remove orphan from remote",
 				"remote_key", key, "error", err)
@@ -1694,44 +1645,34 @@ func (v *Vaultik) deleteSnapshotFromLocalDB(snapshotID string) error {
 }
 
 // deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey removes everything under
-// metadata/<remoteKey>/ on the destination store and returns how many
-// objects it deleted. The argument is a remote key (double-SHA256
-// derivation), not a human snapshot ID; callers that have a human ID
-// must hash via snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey first.
-func (v *Vaultik) deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(remoteKey string) (int, error) {
-	objectsToDelete, err := v.remoteSnapshotObjects(remoteKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+// metadata/<remoteKey>/ on the destination store. The argument is a
+// remote key (double-SHA256 derivation), not a human snapshot ID;
+// callers that have a human ID must hash via snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey
+// first.
+func (v *Vaultik) deleteRemoteSnapshotByKey(remoteKey string) error {
+	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("metadata/%s/", remoteKey)
+	objectCh := v.Storage.ListStream(v.ctx, prefix)
+
+	var objectsToDelete []string
+
+	for object := range objectCh {
+		if object.Err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("listing objects: %w", object.Err)
+		}
+
+		objectsToDelete = append(objectsToDelete, object.Key)
 	}
 
-	for i, key := range objectsToDelete {
-		err = v.Storage.Delete(v.ctx, key)
+	for _, key := range objectsToDelete {
+		err := v.Storage.Delete(v.ctx, key)
 		if err != nil {
-			return i, fmt.Errorf("removing %s: %w", key, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("removing %s: %w", key, err)
 		}
 
 		log.Debug("Deleted remote object", "key", key)
 	}
 
-	return len(objectsToDelete), nil
-}
-
-// remoteSnapshotObjects lists the keys of every object under
-// metadata/<remoteKey>/ on the destination store.
-func (v *Vaultik) remoteSnapshotObjects(remoteKey string) ([]string, error) {
-	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("metadata/%s/", remoteKey)
-
-	var keys []string
-
-	for object := range v.Storage.ListStream(v.ctx, prefix) {
-		if object.Err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("listing objects: %w", object.Err)
-		}
-
-		keys = append(keys, object.Key)
-	}
-
-	return keys, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 // outputRemoveJSON outputs the removal result as JSON

internal/vaultik/storage_bind.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // errStorageBindingMismatch is returned when the local index database is
-// bound to a different destination than the configured one.
+// bound to a different destination than the configured storage_url.
 var errStorageBindingMismatch = errors.New(
 	"local index is bound to a different backup destination")
 
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ var errStorageBindingMismatch = errors.New(
 //
 // Behaviour:
 //   - On first use (empty stored value), record the configured
-//     destination (storage_url, or the s3.* endpoint, bucket and
-//     prefix) and log the binding.
-//   - When the stored value matches the configured destination, do
+//     storage_url and log the binding.
+//   - When the stored value matches the configured storage_url, do
 //     nothing and return nil.
 //   - When the two differ, refuse with an error that tells the user
 //     how to recover (revert the config, or run `vaultik database
@@ -47,10 +46,12 @@ func (v *Vaultik) EnsureStorageBinding() error {
 
 	configured := v.Config.StorageURL
 	if configured == "" {
-		// The s3.* form: bind on its endpoint, bucket and prefix,
-		// written the way storage_url would name the same destination.
-		s3 := v.Config.S3
-		configured = "s3://" + s3.Bucket + "/" + s3.Prefix + "?endpoint=" + s3.Endpoint
+		// Some legacy configs still use the split s3.* keys instead of
+		// storage_url. Falling back to a synthetic URL for those would
+		// hide the fact that the binding is loose. Instead, treat
+		// unset as "nothing to bind against" — the check is
+		// necessarily best-effort for those configs.
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	stored, err := v.Repositories.LocalMeta.Get(v.ctx, database.LocalMetaKeyStorageURL)
@@ -95,8 +96,7 @@ func buildBindingMismatchMessage(stored, configured string) string {
 		"future snapshots referencing blobs that don't exist at the new destination.\n" +
 		"\n" +
 		"To proceed, either:\n" +
-		"  - revert storage_url (or the s3.* endpoint, bucket and prefix) in your\n" +
-		"    config to the bound destination, or\n" +
+		"  - revert storage_url in your config to the bound destination, or\n" +
 		"  - run 'vaultik database delete' to discard the local index and rebuild it\n" +
 		"    from a fresh full backup against the new destination"
 }

internal/vaultik/storage_bind_test.go

@@ -76,51 +76,3 @@ func TestEnsureStorageBinding_MismatchRefuses(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "file:///mnt/backups/new")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "vaultik database delete")
 }
-
-// A config with no storage_url names its destination with s3.endpoint,
-// s3.bucket and s3.prefix; a change to any of them must be refused just
-// as a changed storage_url is.
-func TestEnsureStorageBinding_S3FieldsChangeRefuses(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	bound := config.S3Config{
-		Endpoint: "https://s3.example.com",
-		Bucket:   "bucket-a",
-		Prefix:   "backups",
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		changed config.S3Config
-	}{
-		{"bucket", config.S3Config{
-			Endpoint: bound.Endpoint, Bucket: "bucket-b", Prefix: bound.Prefix,
-		}},
-		{"prefix", config.S3Config{
-			Endpoint: bound.Endpoint, Bucket: bound.Bucket, Prefix: "other",
-		}},
-		{"endpoint", config.S3Config{
-			Endpoint: "https://s3.other.com", Bucket: bound.Bucket, Prefix: bound.Prefix,
-		}},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
-			tv, _ := buildBindTestVaultik(t, "")
-
-			tv.Config.S3 = bound
-			require.NoError(t, tv.EnsureStorageBinding(), "first use binds")
-			require.NoError(t, tv.EnsureStorageBinding(), "same destination passes")
-
-			tv.Config.S3 = tt.changed
-			err := tv.EnsureStorageBinding()
-			require.Error(t, err)
-			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(),
-				"local index is bound to a different backup destination")
-			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "vaultik database delete")
-		})
-	}
-}