Stop a cancelled backup at once under --skip-errors (closes #286)

After Ctrl-C or SIGTERM, phase 2 of a --skip-errors backup treated the
cancellation error from each remaining file like an unreadable file: it
opened the file, printed an error line, counted it as failed and moved
on to the next. The processing loop now checks for cancellation before
each file, and an error from a file once the run is cancelled stops the
run instead of being skipped. The loop check is what stops a run
cancelled while an empty file is open, since an empty file has no
chunks and nothing reads the context while it is backed up.

The --skip-errors test helper now takes the scan's context.

Model: opus-5-5

TODO.md

@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ the tag exists and is exercised; what is left is merging `next` to
 
 # Completed Steps
 
-- 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
@@ -40,13 +30,6 @@ the tag exists and is exercised; what is left is merging `next` to
   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

internal/storage/faultstore/faultstore.go

@@ -171,11 +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/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
+// an unknown unit, and a negative value are all rejected. Outside the Go
-// all rejected. Outside the Go units the input must be whole numbers each
+// units the input must be whole numbers each followed directly by a unit
-// followed directly by a unit (2w3d), so 1.0y and 30 days are errors;
+// (2w3d), so 1.0y and 30 days are errors; decimals work only in Go units
-// decimals work only in Go units (1.5h).
+// (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/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

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package vaultik_test
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"io/fs"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
-	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/snapshot"
-)
-
-// 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, _ := 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)
-}

internal/vaultik/prune.go

@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ var errNukeRequiresForce = errors.New(
 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
+// storage. After this returns successfully the bucket prefix is empty and
-// temporary `.partial` name. After this returns successfully the bucket
+// the next backup starts from scratch.
-// 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.
@@ -49,15 +48,6 @@ func (v *Vaultik) NukeRemote(force bool) 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

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

@@ -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,