Record the stored size of a blob a backup finds already stored (closes #300 )

When a finished blob already existed at the destination, the upload was skipped but the blob row, and so the manifest, kept the size of the local copy. That copy can differ from the stored object when compression_level or the recipients changed since it was written, and then shallow and deep verify failed on a good snapshot. Marking a blob uploaded now records the size of the object in storage: for an existing blob, the size Stat reports. Judgement call: the test adds a recipient rather than changing the compression level, because an extra age recipient always makes the local copy larger, while two zstd levels need not compress the test data differently. Model: opus-5-5
2026-10-13 15:10:16 +00:00
10 changed files with 158 additions and 427 deletions
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Stores information about packed, compressed, and encrypted blob files.
 - `created_ts` (INTEGER NOT NULL) - Creation timestamp
 - `finished_ts` (INTEGER) - Finalization timestamp (NULL if in progress)
 - `uncompressed_size` (INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0) - Total size of chunks before compression
- `compressed_size` (INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0) - Size after compression and encryption
+- `compressed_size` (INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0) - Size after compression and encryption. Once uploaded, the size of the object in storage: when the blob was already stored, under another compression level or other recipients, this can differ from the size of the local copy
 - `uploaded_ts` (INTEGER) - Upload completion timestamp (NULL if not uploaded)

 **Purpose:** Tracks blob lifecycle from creation through upload. The UUID primary key allows immediate association of chunks with blobs.
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Tracks blob upload metrics.
   - `UPDATE blobs SET blob_hash = ?, finished_ts = ?` - Finalize blob after packing

 4. **Upload**
-   - `UPDATE blobs SET uploaded_ts = ?` - Mark blob as uploaded
+   - `UPDATE blobs SET uploaded_ts = ?, compressed_size = ?` - Mark blob as uploaded, with the size of the object in storage (the upload is skipped when the blob is already stored)
   - `INSERT INTO uploads` - Record upload metrics with snapshot_id
   - `INSERT INTO snapshot_blobs` - Associate blob with snapshot

@@ -159,13 +159,16 @@ func (r *BlobRepository) UpdateFinished(
 	return nil
 }

-// UpdateUploaded marks a blob as uploaded
+// UpdateUploaded marks a blob as uploaded and records the size of the
+// stored object as its compressed size. That size can differ from the
+// local copy's when an identical blob was already stored with another
+// compression level or other recipients.
 func (r *BlobRepository) UpdateUploaded(
-	ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, id string,
+	ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, id string, storedSize int64,
 ) error {
 	query := `
-		UPDATE blobs 
-		SET uploaded_ts = ?
+		UPDATE blobs
+		SET uploaded_ts = ?, compressed_size = ?
 		WHERE id = ?
 	`

@@ -173,9 +176,9 @@ func (r *BlobRepository) UpdateUploaded(

 	var err error
 	if tx != nil {
-		_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, query, now, id)
+		_, err = tx.ExecContext(ctx, query, now, storedSize, id)
 	} else {
-		_, err = r.db.ExecWithLog(ctx, query, now, id)
+		_, err = r.db.ExecWithLog(ctx, query, now, storedSize, id)
 	}

 	if err != nil {
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ func TestBlobRepositoryUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected compressed size 500, got %d", updated.CompressedSize)
 	}

-	// Test UpdateUploaded
-	err = repo.UpdateUploaded(ctx, nil, blob.ID.String())
+	// Test UpdateUploaded, with a stored object larger than the local copy
+	err = repo.UpdateUploaded(ctx, nil, blob.ID.String(), 600)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to update blob as uploaded: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ func TestBlobRepositoryUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	if uploaded.UploadedTS.Before(now.Add(-1 * time.Second)) {
 		t.Error("uploaded timestamp should be around test time")
 	}
+
+	if uploaded.CompressedSize != 600 {
+		t.Errorf("expected the stored size 600, got %d", uploaded.CompressedSize)
+	}
 }

 func TestBlobRepositoryDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -578,54 +578,3 @@ func TestExcludePatterns_DoubleStarFileAtEveryDepth(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 1, result.FilesScanned,
 		"**/ file pattern should match at the top level and nested")
 }
-
-func TestExcludePatterns_AnchoredDoubleStarAtEveryDepth(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// As in gitignore, /**/ also matches directly under the source dir
-	fs := setupAnchoredTestFS(t)
-
-	scanner, repos, cleanup := createTestScanner(t, fs, []string{"/**/projectname"})
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	createSnapshotRecord(ctx, t, repos, "test-snapshot")
-
-	result, err := scanner.Scan(ctx, "/backup", "test-snapshot")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// /**/projectname should exclude BOTH:
-	// - /backup/projectname/file.txt
-	// - /backup/otherproject/projectname/file.txt
-	// Total files: 4, excluded: 2
-	require.Equal(t, 2, result.FilesScanned,
-		"/**/ pattern should match at the top level and nested")
-}
-
-func TestExcludePatterns_DoubleStarInMiddleMatchesZeroDirectories(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	// As in gitignore, a/**/b matches a/b as well as a/c/b. The last part
-	// is a glob: with a plain name the glob library already matched a/b.
-	fs := &afero.MemMapFs{}
-	files := []string{"/backup/a/x.log", "/backup/a/c/y.log", "/backup/a/c/kept.txt"}
-
-	for _, path := range files {
-		require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0755))
-		require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs, path, []byte(path), 0644))
-	}
-
-	scanner, repos, cleanup := createTestScanner(t, fs, []string{"a/**/*.log"})
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	createSnapshotRecord(ctx, t, repos, "test-snapshot")
-
-	result, err := scanner.Scan(ctx, "/backup", "test-snapshot")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// a/**/*.log should exclude /backup/a/x.log and /backup/a/c/y.log
-	// Total files: 3, excluded: 2
-	require.Equal(t, 1, result.FilesScanned,
-		"a/**/*.log should match a/x.log as well as a/c/y.log")
-}
@@ -1517,7 +1517,8 @@ func (s *Scanner) finalizeProcessPhase(ctx context.Context, result *ScanResult)
 			// snapshot references has uploaded_ts set, so deduplication and
 			// interrupted-run repair treat these blobs as trustworthy.
 			err = s.repos.WithTx(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
-				err := s.repos.Blobs.UpdateUploaded(ctx, tx, b.ID)
+				err := s.repos.Blobs.UpdateUploaded(
+					ctx, tx, b.ID, b.Compressed)
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("marking blob uploaded: %w", err)
 				}
@@ -1553,7 +1554,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) handleBlobReady(
 	blobPath := fmt.Sprintf("blobs/%s/%s/%s",
 		finishedBlob.Hash[:2], finishedBlob.Hash[2:4], finishedBlob.Hash)

-	blobExists, err := s.uploadBlobIfNeeded(
+	storedSize, blobExists, err := s.uploadBlobIfNeeded(
 		ctx, blobPath, blobWithReader, startTime, result)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.cleanupBlobTempFile(blobWithReader)
@@ -1561,7 +1562,8 @@ func (s *Scanner) handleBlobReady(
 		return fmt.Errorf("uploading blob %s: %w", finishedBlob.Hash, err)
 	}

-	err = s.recordBlobMetadata(ctx, finishedBlob, blobExists, startTime)
+	err = s.recordBlobMetadata(
+		ctx, finishedBlob, storedSize, blobExists, startTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.cleanupBlobTempFile(blobWithReader)

@@ -1583,20 +1585,22 @@ func (s *Scanner) handleBlobReady(
 }

 // uploadBlobIfNeeded uploads the blob to storage if it doesn't already
-// exist, returns whether it existed
+// exist. It returns the size of the object in storage, which for an
+// existing object can differ from the local copy's, and whether it
+// already existed.
 func (s *Scanner) uploadBlobIfNeeded(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	blobPath string,
 	blobWithReader *blob.WithReader,
 	startTime time.Time,
 	result *ScanResult,
-) (bool, error) {
+) (int64, bool, error) {
 	finishedBlob := blobWithReader.FinishedBlob

 	// Check if blob already exists (deduplication after restart)
 	destination := s.storage.Info().Location

-	_, err := s.storage.Stat(ctx, blobPath)
+	stored, err := s.storage.Stat(ctx, blobPath)
 	if err == nil {
 		log.Info("Blob already exists in storage, skipping upload",
 			"hash", finishedBlob.Hash,
@@ -1605,7 +1609,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) uploadBlobIfNeeded(
 			s.ui.Hex(finishedBlob.Hash), s.ui.Size(finishedBlob.Compressed),
 			s.ui.Path(destination))

-		return true, nil
+		return stored.Size, true, nil
 	}

 	s.ui.Beginf("Uploading blob %s (%s) to %s.",
@@ -1619,7 +1623,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) uploadBlobIfNeeded(
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to upload blob", "hash", finishedBlob.Hash, "error", err)

-		return false, fmt.Errorf("uploading blob to storage: %w", err)
+		return 0, false, fmt.Errorf("uploading blob to storage: %w", err)
 	}

 	uploadDuration := time.Since(startTime)
@@ -1650,7 +1654,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) uploadBlobIfNeeded(
 		stats.BytesUploaded.Add(finishedBlob.Compressed)
 	}

-	return false, nil
+	return finishedBlob.Compressed, false, nil
 }

 // makeUploadProgressCallback creates a progress callback for blob uploads.
@@ -1720,6 +1724,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) makeUploadProgressCallback(
 func (s *Scanner) recordBlobMetadata(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	finishedBlob *blob.FinishedBlob,
+	storedSize int64,
 	blobExists bool,
 	startTime time.Time,
 ) error {
@@ -1731,7 +1736,8 @@ func (s *Scanner) recordBlobMetadata(
 	uploadDuration := time.Since(startTime)

 	return s.repos.WithTx(ctx, func(txCtx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
-		err := s.repos.Blobs.UpdateUploaded(txCtx, tx, finishedBlob.ID)
+		err := s.repos.Blobs.UpdateUploaded(
+			txCtx, tx, finishedBlob.ID, storedSize)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("updating blob upload timestamp: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -2023,60 +2029,33 @@ func compileExcludePatterns(patterns []string) []compiledPattern {
 		pattern = strings.TrimSuffix(pattern, "/")

 		// A leading "**/" demands a "/" before the name and so misses an
-		// entry directly under the source path. It means "at every depth",
-		// which is what an unanchored pattern already does, so drop the
-		// prefix and match unanchored: as in gitignore, "**/x" and
-		// "/**/x" then also match a top-level "x".
-		if rest, found := strings.CutPrefix(pattern, "**/"); found {
-			pattern = rest
-			anchored = false
+		// entry directly under the source path. An unanchored pattern
+		// already matches at every depth, so drop the prefix: as in
+		// gitignore, "**/x" then also matches a top-level "x".
+		if !anchored {
+			pattern = strings.TrimPrefix(pattern, "**/")
 		}

-		// Likewise "/**/" inside a pattern demands two slashes, so
-		// "a/**/b" misses "a/b". As in gitignore it stands for zero or
-		// more directories, so also compile the pattern with it made a
-		// single "/". The glob library's {a,b} is no help: with a "**"
-		// inside it in mid-pattern, it misses paths it should match.
-		for _, variant := range doubleStarVariants(pattern) {
-			// For patterns without path separators, we need to match them as components
-			// e.g., ".git" should match ".git" anywhere in the path
-			g, err := glob.Compile(variant, '/')
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Warn("Invalid exclude pattern, skipping", "pattern", p, "error", err)
+		// Compile the glob pattern
+		// For patterns without path separators, we need to match them as components
+		// e.g., ".git" should match ".git" anywhere in the path
+		g, err := glob.Compile(pattern, '/')
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn("Invalid exclude pattern, skipping", "pattern", p, "error", err)

-				break
-			}
-
-			compiled = append(compiled, compiledPattern{
-				pattern:  g,
-				anchored: anchored,
-				original: p,
-			})
+			continue
 		}
+
+		compiled = append(compiled, compiledPattern{
+			pattern:  g,
+			anchored: anchored,
+			original: p,
+		})
 	}

 	return compiled
 }

-// doubleStarVariants returns pattern once for every way of keeping each
-// "/**/" in it or making it a single "/".
-func doubleStarVariants(pattern string) []string {
-	const doubleStar = "/**/"
-
-	before, after, found := strings.Cut(pattern, doubleStar)
-	if !found {
-		return []string{pattern}
-	}
-
-	var variants []string
-
-	for _, rest := range doubleStarVariants(after) {
-		variants = append(variants, before+doubleStar+rest, before+"/"+rest)
-	}
-
-	return variants
-}
-
 // shouldExclude checks if a path should be excluded based on exclude patterns
 // filePath is the full path to the file
 // rootPath is the root of the backup source directory
@@ -161,14 +161,13 @@ func TestVerifyManifestBlobsRejectsShortHash(t *testing.T) {
 		Blobs: []snapshot.BlobInfo{{Hash: "abc", CompressedSize: 1}},
 	}

-	verified, missing, mismatched, missingSize, unchecked, err :=
+	verified, missing, mismatched, missingSize, err :=
 		v.verifyManifestBlobs(manifest, &VerifyOptions{JSON: true})
 	require.ErrorIs(t, err, errInvalidBlobHash)
 	require.Zero(t, verified)
 	require.Zero(t, missing)
 	require.Zero(t, mismatched)
 	require.Zero(t, missingSize)
-	require.Empty(t, unchecked)
 }

 // TestVerifyBlobChunksRejectsNegativeLength proves a blob_chunks row with a
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package vaultik_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"filippo.io/age"
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/ui"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
+)
+
+// TestVerifyPassesWhenBackupReusesStoredBlob backs up a file, then backs it
+// up again from an empty local index, as after `database delete`, with an
+// extra age recipient. The second backup builds the same blob, finds it
+// already stored and skips the upload, but its own copy is larger, because
+// age writes a header entry for each recipient. The second snapshot must
+// record the size of the stored object, so shallow and deep verify pass.
+func TestVerifyPassesWhenBackupReusesStoredBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "source")
+	storeDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote")
+	secondDBPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "second.sqlite")
+
+	chunkSize := int64(64 * 1024)
+	maxBlobSize := int64(512 * 1024)
+
+	require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
+		filepath.Join(dataDir, "data.bin"),
+		bytesPattern("reuse-", int(chunkSize*3)), 0o644))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	runFileStorageBackup(ctx, t, fs, dataDir, storeDir,
+		filepath.Join(tempDir, "first.sqlite"), chunkSize, maxBlobSize)
+
+	env := setupDedupBackupEnv(
+		ctx, t, fs, storeDir, secondDBPath, chunkSize, maxBlobSize)
+
+	defer func() { _ = env.db.Close() }()
+
+	extra, err := age.GenerateX25519Identity()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	env.cfg.AgeRecipients = append(env.cfg.AgeRecipients,
+		extra.Recipient().String())
+
+	snapshotID, result := runDedupSnapshot(ctx, t, env.sm, env.makeScanner(),
+		env.cfg.Hostname, "second", dataDir, secondDBPath)
+	require.Positive(t, result.BlobsCreated)
+	require.Zero(t, result.BlobsUploaded,
+		"the second backup should find every blob already stored")
+
+	require.NoError(t, env.db.Close())
+
+	verifier := &vaultik.Vaultik{
+		Config:  env.cfg,
+		Storage: env.storer,
+		Fs:      fs,
+		Stdout:  io.Discard,
+		Stderr:  io.Discard,
+		UI:      ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false),
+	}
+	verifier.SetContext(ctx)
+
+	require.NoError(t,
+		verifier.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{}),
+		"shallow verify should pass")
+	require.NoError(t,
+		verifier.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(snapshotID,
+			&vaultik.VerifyOptions{Deep: true}),
+		"deep verify should pass")
+}
@@ -4,20 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"slices"
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/snapshot"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/ui"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
 )
@@ -156,224 +151,6 @@ func TestShallowVerifyDetectsMissingDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 		"shallow verify must fail when db.zst.age is absent")
 }

-// errStatDenied stands in for any storage error other than not-found: a
-// permission error, an S3 403, a dropped connection.
-var errStatDenied = errors.New("injected stat failure")
-
-// statFailingStorer fails Stat with errStatDenied for the keys in
-// failKeys and passes every other call to the wrapped Storer.
-type statFailingStorer struct {
-	storage.Storer
-
-	failKeys []string
-}
-
-func (s statFailingStorer) Stat(
-	ctx context.Context, key string,
-) (*storage.ObjectInfo, error) {
-	if slices.Contains(s.failKeys, key) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat %q: %w", key, errStatDenied)
-	}
-
-	return s.Storer.Stat(ctx, key)
-}
-
-// TestShallowVerifyReportsStatErrorsApartFromMissing backs up a real
-// snapshot, deletes one blob, and makes storage fail Stat with an error
-// other than not-found for a second blob and for the encrypted database.
-// Only the deleted blob may be counted as missing. The second blob and
-// the database must be reported as could not be checked, with the error
-// storage returned, and verify must fail, in the text output and under
-// --json.
-func TestShallowVerifyReportsStatErrorsApartFromMissing(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "source")
-	storeDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote")
-	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "index.sqlite")
-
-	chunkSize := int64(32 * 1024)
-	maxBlobSize := int64(128 * 1024)
-
-	// Random content, so the snapshot spans several blobs.
-	require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755))
-	appendRandomBytes(t, fs, map[string][]byte{},
-		filepath.Join(dataDir, "data.bin"), maxBlobSize*4)
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	cfg, storer, snapshotID := runFileStorageBackup(
-		ctx, t, fs, dataDir, storeDir, dbPath, chunkSize, maxBlobSize)
-
-	blobKeys := storedBlobKeys(t, storeDir)
-	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(blobKeys), 2, "expected at least two blobs")
-
-	missingKey, uncheckedKey := blobKeys[0], blobKeys[1]
-	missingHash, uncheckedHash := path.Base(missingKey), path.Base(uncheckedKey)
-
-	require.NoError(t, os.Remove(filepath.Join(storeDir, missingKey)))
-
-	dbKey := "metadata/" + snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID) + "/db.zst.age"
-	failing := statFailingStorer{
-		Storer:   storer,
-		failKeys: []string{uncheckedKey, dbKey},
-	}
-
-	newVerifier := func(out io.Writer) *vaultik.Vaultik {
-		v := &vaultik.Vaultik{
-			Config:  cfg,
-			Storage: failing,
-			Fs:      fs,
-			Stdout:  out,
-			Stderr:  io.Discard,
-			UI:      ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false),
-		}
-		v.SetContext(ctx)
-
-		return v
-	}
-
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-
-	err := newVerifier(&out).VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
-		snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{JSON: true})
-	require.Error(t, err)
-
-	result := decodeVerifyResult(t, out.Bytes())
-	require.Equal(t, "failed", result.Status)
-	require.Equal(t, 1, result.Missing, "only the deleted blob is missing")
-	require.Equal(t, result.BlobCount-2, result.Verified)
-	require.Len(t, result.Unchecked, 1)
-	require.Equal(t, uncheckedHash, result.Unchecked[0].Hash)
-	require.Contains(t, result.Unchecked[0].Error, errStatDenied.Error())
-	require.False(t, result.DatabaseMissing,
-		"a database that could not be checked is not missing")
-	require.Contains(t, result.DatabaseCheckError, errStatDenied.Error())
-
-	out.Reset()
-	err = newVerifier(&out).VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
-		snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{})
-	require.Error(t, err)
-
-	text := out.String()
-	require.Contains(t, text, "Missing: "+missingHash)
-	require.NotContains(t, text, "Missing: "+uncheckedHash)
-	require.Contains(t, text, "Could not check: "+uncheckedHash)
-	require.Contains(t, text, "Encrypted database:       could not be checked")
-	require.Contains(t, text, errStatDenied.Error())
-	require.Contains(t, text, "FAILED")
-}
-
-// TestShallowVerifyQuietFailsOnStatErrorAlone backs up a healthy snapshot,
-// then makes storage fail Stat, with an error other than not-found, for
-// one blob alone and then for the encrypted database alone. Each run must
-// fail verify, and under --quiet, which drops the report, the error
-// storage returned must still reach stderr.
-//
-//nolint:paralleltest // captureProcessStderr replaces os.Stderr
-func TestShallowVerifyQuietFailsOnStatErrorAlone(t *testing.T) {
-	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
-
-	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "source")
-	storeDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "remote")
-	dbPath := filepath.Join(tempDir, "index.sqlite")
-
-	chunkSize := int64(32 * 1024)
-	maxBlobSize := int64(128 * 1024)
-
-	require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755))
-	require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs,
-		filepath.Join(dataDir, "data.bin"),
-		bytesPattern("shallow-quiet-", int(maxBlobSize*2)), 0o644))
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	cfg, storer, snapshotID := runFileStorageBackup(
-		ctx, t, fs, dataDir, storeDir, dbPath, chunkSize, maxBlobSize)
-
-	newQuietVerifier := func(s storage.Storer) *vaultik.Vaultik {
-		v := &vaultik.Vaultik{
-			Config:  cfg,
-			Storage: s,
-			Fs:      fs,
-			Stdout:  io.Discard,
-			Stderr:  io.Discard,
-			UI:      ui.NewWithColor(io.Discard, false),
-		}
-		v.SetContext(ctx)
-		v.UI.SetQuiet(true)
-
-		return v
-	}
-
-	require.NoError(t,
-		newQuietVerifier(storer).VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
-			snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{}),
-		"shallow verify should pass on a healthy snapshot")
-
-	blobKeys := storedBlobKeys(t, storeDir)
-	require.NotEmpty(t, blobKeys)
-
-	dbKey := "metadata/" + snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(snapshotID) + "/db.zst.age"
-
-	for _, failKey := range []string{blobKeys[0], dbKey} {
-		v := newQuietVerifier(statFailingStorer{
-			Storer:   storer,
-			failKeys: []string{failKey},
-		})
-
-		var err error
-
-		stderr := captureProcessStderr(t, func() {
-			err = v.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
-				snapshotID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{})
-		})
-
-		require.Error(t, err,
-			"verify must fail when %s could not be checked", failKey)
-		require.Contains(t, stderr, errStatDenied.Error(),
-			"under --quiet the error for %s must still reach stderr", failKey)
-	}
-}
-
-// storedBlobKeys returns the storage key of every blob file under
-// storeDir, sorted.
-func storedBlobKeys(t *testing.T, storeDir string) []string {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	var keys []string
-
-	err := filepath.Walk(filepath.Join(storeDir, "blobs"),
-		func(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			if info.IsDir() {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			rel, err := filepath.Rel(storeDir, p)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			keys = append(keys, filepath.ToSlash(rel))
-
-			return nil
-		})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	return keys
-}
-
 // growOneBlob appends bytes to the first blob file found under blobsDir,
 // changing its on-disk size so it no longer matches the manifest.
 func growOneBlob(t *testing.T, fs afero.Fs, blobsDir string) {
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (

 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/snapshot"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/storage"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/types"
 )

@@ -778,10 +777,18 @@ func (v *Vaultik) VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
 		v.stdoutf("Checking blob presence and sizes...\n")
 	}

-	v.checkSnapshotDatabase(remoteKey, result)
+	// A snapshot is only restorable if its encrypted database is present
+	// alongside the blobs. Shallow verify checks that the object exists; it
+	// does not decrypt it (that is deep verify's job).
+	dbPath := fmt.Sprintf("metadata/%s/db.zst.age", remoteKey)

-	result.Verified, result.Missing, result.Mismatched, result.MissingSize,
-		result.Unchecked, err = v.verifyManifestBlobs(manifest, opts)
+	_, dbErr := v.Storage.Stat(v.ctx, dbPath)
+	if dbErr != nil {
+		result.DatabaseMissing = true
+	}
+
+	result.Verified, result.Missing, result.Mismatched, result.MissingSize, err =
+		v.verifyManifestBlobs(manifest, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		if opts.JSON {
 			result.Status = verifyStatusFailed
@@ -818,46 +825,25 @@ func (v *Vaultik) printVerifyHeader(snapshotID string, opts *VerifyOptions) {
 	}
 }

-// checkSnapshotDatabase records in result whether the snapshot's
-// encrypted database is missing or could not be checked. A snapshot is
-// only restorable if its database is present alongside the blobs.
-// Shallow verify checks that the object exists; it does not decrypt it
-// (that is deep verify's job).
-func (v *Vaultik) checkSnapshotDatabase(remoteKey string, result *VerifyResult) {
-	dbPath := fmt.Sprintf("metadata/%s/db.zst.age", remoteKey)
-
-	_, err := v.Storage.Stat(v.ctx, dbPath)
-
-	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound):
-		result.DatabaseMissing = true
-	case err != nil:
-		result.DatabaseCheckError = err.Error()
-	}
-}
-
 // verifyManifestBlobs checks that each blob in the manifest is present in
 // storage with the size the manifest records, returning the counts of
 // blobs that were present with the right size, absent, and present but the
-// wrong size, the total bytes of the absent blobs, and the blobs it could
-// not check because storage returned an error other than not-found. It
-// does not read blob contents; deep verification (RunDeepVerify) does
-// that. The size comparison matches the deep path (see
-// verifyBlobExistenceFromDB).
+// wrong size, plus the total bytes of the absent blobs. It does not read
+// blob contents; deep verification (RunDeepVerify) does that. The size
+// comparison matches the deep path (see verifyBlobExistenceFromDB).
 func (v *Vaultik) verifyManifestBlobs(
 	manifest *snapshot.Manifest, opts *VerifyOptions,
-) (int, int, int, int64, []UncheckedBlob, error) {
+) (int, int, int, int64, error) {
 	var (
 		verified, missing, mismatched int
 		missingSize                   int64
-		unchecked                     []UncheckedBlob
 	)

 	for _, blob := range manifest.Blobs {
 		// The manifest is unauthenticated, so its blob hashes are checked
 		// before being spliced into a storage path.
 		if !isBlobHash(blob.Hash) {
-			return 0, 0, 0, 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s",
+			return 0, 0, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s",
 				errInvalidBlobHash, shortHash(blob.Hash))
 		}

@@ -866,7 +852,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyManifestBlobs(

 		stat, err := v.Storage.Stat(v.ctx, blobPath)
 		switch {
-		case errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound):
+		case err != nil:
 			if !opts.JSON && !v.UI.Quiet() {
 				v.stdoutf("  Missing: %s (%s)\n",
 					blob.Hash, ubytes(blob.CompressedSize))
@@ -874,13 +860,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyManifestBlobs(

 			missing++
 			missingSize += blob.CompressedSize
-		case err != nil:
-			if !opts.JSON && !v.UI.Quiet() {
-				v.stdoutf("  Could not check: %s (%v)\n", blob.Hash, err)
-			}
-
-			unchecked = append(unchecked,
-				UncheckedBlob{Hash: blob.Hash, Error: err.Error()})
 		case stat.Size != blob.CompressedSize:
 			if !opts.JSON && !v.UI.Quiet() {
 				v.stdoutf("  Wrong size: %s (store has %s, manifest lists %s)\n",
@@ -893,7 +872,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) verifyManifestBlobs(
 		}
 	}

-	return verified, missing, mismatched, missingSize, unchecked, nil
+	return verified, missing, mismatched, missingSize, nil
 }

 // formatVerifyResult outputs the final verification results as JSON or
@@ -914,19 +893,9 @@ func (v *Vaultik) formatVerifyResult(
 		return v.outputVerifyJSON(result)
 	}

-	// --quiet drops the report but not the errors storage returned, which
-	// are logged on stderr. A failure is still returned either way, and
-	// the cli layer prints it on stderr.
-	if v.UI.Quiet() {
-		for _, blob := range result.Unchecked {
-			log.Warn("Could not check blob", "blob", blob.Hash, "error", blob.Error)
-		}
-
-		if result.DatabaseCheckError != "" {
-			log.Warn("Could not check the encrypted database",
-				"snapshot", result.SnapshotID, "error", result.DatabaseCheckError)
-		}
-	} else {
+	// Under --quiet a failure is still returned, and the cli layer
+	// prints it on stderr.
+	if !v.UI.Quiet() {
 		v.printVerifySummary(result, failure)
 	}

@@ -952,19 +921,10 @@ func (v *Vaultik) printVerifySummary(result *VerifyResult, failure string) {
 		v.stdoutf("  Wrong size:               %d blobs\n", result.Mismatched)
 	}

-	if len(result.Unchecked) > 0 {
-		v.stdoutf("  Could not check:          %d blobs\n", len(result.Unchecked))
-	}
-
 	if result.DatabaseMissing {
 		v.stdoutf("  Encrypted database:       missing\n")
 	}

-	if result.DatabaseCheckError != "" {
-		v.stdoutf("  Encrypted database:       could not be checked (%s)\n",
-			result.DatabaseCheckError)
-	}
-
 	v.stdoutf("  Status:       ")

 	if failure != "" {
@@ -992,19 +952,10 @@ func shallowVerifyFailure(result *VerifyResult) string {
 			fmt.Sprintf("%d blobs have the wrong size", result.Mismatched))
 	}

-	if len(result.Unchecked) > 0 {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%d blobs could not be checked",
-			len(result.Unchecked)))
-	}
-
 	if result.DatabaseMissing {
 		parts = append(parts, "the encrypted database is missing")
 	}

-	if result.DatabaseCheckError != "" {
-		parts = append(parts, "the encrypted database could not be checked")
-	}
-
 	return strings.Join(parts, "; ")
 }

@@ -57,25 +57,11 @@ type VerifyResult struct {
 	Missing     int    `json:"missing"`
 	MissingSize int64  `json:"missing_size,omitempty"`
 	Mismatched  int    `json:"mismatched,omitempty"`
-	// Unchecked lists the blobs shallow verify could not check, because
-	// storage answered with an error other than not-found, so whether
-	// they are present is unknown.
-	Unchecked []UncheckedBlob `json:"unchecked,omitempty"`
 	// DatabaseMissing is set by shallow verify when the snapshot's
 	// encrypted database (metadata/<key>/db.zst.age) is absent, which
 	// makes the snapshot unrestorable regardless of the blobs.
-	DatabaseMissing bool `json:"database_missing,omitempty"`
-	// DatabaseCheckError is set by shallow verify to the error storage
-	// returned when the encrypted database could not be checked.
-	DatabaseCheckError string `json:"database_check_error,omitempty"`
-	ErrorMessage       string `json:"error,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// UncheckedBlob is a blob shallow verify could not check, with the error
-// storage returned for it.
-type UncheckedBlob struct {
-	Hash  string `json:"hash"`
-	Error string `json:"error"`
+	DatabaseMissing bool   `json:"database_missing,omitempty"`
+	ErrorMessage    string `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }

 // deepVerifyFailure records a failure in the result and returns it appropriately