internal/vaultik/restore.go

@@ -128,10 +128,15 @@ func (v *Vaultik) Restore(opts *RestoreOptions) error {
 		"paths", opts.Paths,
 	)
 
+	remoteKey, err := v.resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(opts.SnapshotID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// Step 1: Download and decrypt the snapshot metadata database
 	log.Info("Downloading snapshot metadata...")
 
-	tempDB, tempDir, err := v.downloadSnapshotDB(opts.SnapshotID, identities)
+	tempDB, tempDir, err := v.downloadSnapshotDB(opts.SnapshotID, remoteKey, identities)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("downloading snapshot database: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -754,19 +759,12 @@ func (v *Vaultik) handleRestoreVerification(
 	return nil
 }
 
-// downloadSnapshotDB downloads and decrypts the snapshot metadata
+// downloadSnapshotDB downloads and decrypts the metadata database of the
-// database. The identifier is resolved to the snapshot's remote key: a
+// snapshot at remoteKey, which resolveSnapshotRemoteKey returned for
-// human ID is hashed, and a remote key (or its abbreviation, as printed
+// snapshotID.
-// for a remote-only snapshot) is used as-is, so a host with no local
-// index can restore the snapshots it can only see on the store.
 func (v *Vaultik) downloadSnapshotDB(
-	snapshotID string, identities []age.Identity,
+	snapshotID, remoteKey string, identities []age.Identity,
 ) (*database.DB, string, error) {
-	remoteKey, err := v.resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(snapshotID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", err
-	}
-
 	// Download encrypted database from storage
 	dbKey := fmt.Sprintf("metadata/%s/db.zst.age", remoteKey)
 

internal/vaultik/snapshot.go

@@ -969,25 +969,22 @@ func (v *Vaultik) VerifySnapshotWithOptions(
 		Mode:       "shallow",
 	}
 
-	v.printVerifyHeader(snapshotID, opts)
+	// The key is kept so we can also check for the snapshot's encrypted
-
+	// database below.
-	// Resolve the identifier to the snapshot's remote key. A human ID is
-	// hashed; a remote key (or its abbreviation, as printed for a
-	// remote-only snapshot) is used as-is, so a host with no local index
-	// can verify a snapshot it can only see on the store. The key is kept
-	// so we can also check for the snapshot's encrypted database below.
 	remoteKey, err := v.resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(snapshotID)
 	if err != nil {
 		if opts.JSON {
 			result.Status = verifyStatusFailed
-			result.ErrorMessage = fmt.Sprintf("resolving snapshot identifier: %v", err)
+			result.ErrorMessage = err.Error()
 
 			return v.outputVerifyJSON(result)
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("resolving snapshot identifier: %w", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
+	v.printVerifyHeader(snapshotID, opts)
+
 	manifest, err := v.downloadManifestByKey(remoteKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		if opts.JSON {
@@ -1480,7 +1477,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 		return result, err
 	}
 
-	inLocalIndex, err := v.findSnapshotToRemove(snapshotID, opts)
+	inLocalIndex, err := v.checkSnapshotExists(snapshotID, opts.LocalOnly)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
@@ -1543,17 +1540,20 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RemoveSnapshot(
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// findSnapshotToRemove reports whether the local index has a row for
+// checkSnapshotExists returns errSnapshotNotFound when the local index
-// snapshotID, and returns errSnapshotNotFound when there is nothing to
+// has no row for snapshotID and, unless localOnly is set, the
-// remove: no row and, unless LocalOnly is set, no metadata on the
+// destination store has no metadata for it either. inLocalIndex reports
-// destination store either. The destination store is consulted only
+// whether the local index has that row. The destination store is
-// when the local index has no row, so a snapshot in the local index can
+// consulted only when the local index has no row, so a snapshot in the
-// still be removed from it while the destination store is unreachable,
+// local index can still be removed from it while the destination store
-// and only after checkDestinationMarker passes, so an unplugged volume's
+// is unreachable, and only after checkDestinationMarker passes, so an
-// empty mount point is not taken for a store without the snapshot.
+// unplugged volume's empty mount point is not taken for a store without
-func (v *Vaultik) findSnapshotToRemove(
+// the snapshot.
-	snapshotID string, opts *RemoveOptions,
+//
-) (bool, error) {
+//nolint:nonamedreturns // the result name says what the bool means
+func (v *Vaultik) checkSnapshotExists(
+	snapshotID string, localOnly bool,
+) (inLocalIndex bool, err error) {
 	if v.Repositories != nil {
 		snap, err := v.Repositories.Snapshots.GetByID(v.ctx, snapshotID)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1565,12 +1565,12 @@ func (v *Vaultik) findSnapshotToRemove(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if opts.LocalOnly {
+	if localOnly {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("%w in the local index: %s",
 			errSnapshotNotFound, snapshotID)
 	}
 
-	err := v.checkDestinationMarker()
+	err = v.checkDestinationMarker()
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}

internal/vaultik/snapshot_identifier.go

@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ var (
 // Two forms are accepted, matching the two things a host can know:
 //
 //   - A human snapshot ID (hostname_name_timestamp), which a host holding
-//     the local index has. It is hashed to its remote key; the store is
+//     the local index has. It is hashed to its remote key. An ID that
-//     not consulted.
+//     names no snapshot in the local index or on the destination store
+//     is an error (see checkSnapshotExists).
 //   - A remote key, or the leading part of one, which is all a host with
 //     no local index can know — it is exactly what `snapshot list` prints
 //     for a remote-only snapshot (see formatRemoteOnlyID). It is resolved
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ var (
 // RFC3339 timestamp).
 func (v *Vaultik) resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(identifier string) (string, error) {
 	if !isRemoteKeyOrPrefix(identifier) {
+		_, err := v.checkSnapshotExists(identifier, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
 		return snapshot.RemoteSnapshotKey(identifier), nil
 	}
 

internal/vaultik/unknown_snapshot_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package vaultik_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/config"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/log"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/vaultik"
+)
+
+// TestUnknownSnapshotID checks that restore and verify, given an ID that
+// names no snapshot in the local index or on the destination store, say
+// so in the words `snapshot remove` uses and print nothing else.
+func TestUnknownSnapshotID(t *testing.T) {
+	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const unknownID = "host1_home_2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+
+	commands := map[string]func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error{
+		"restore": func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
+			return v.Restore(&vaultik.RestoreOptions{
+				SnapshotID: unknownID,
+				TargetDir:  t.TempDir(),
+			})
+		},
+		"verify": func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
+			return v.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(unknownID, &vaultik.VerifyOptions{})
+		},
+		"verify --deep": func(v *vaultik.Vaultik) error {
+			return v.VerifySnapshotWithOptions(unknownID,
+				&vaultik.VerifyOptions{Deep: true})
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, run := range commands {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			store := newTestStorer()
+			addManifest(t, store, "snapshot-001", nil)
+
+			// A backup wrote to this destination, so it carries the marker.
+			require.NoError(t, store.Put(context.Background(), markerFile,
+				bytes.NewReader(nil)))
+
+			tv := vaultik.NewForTesting(store)
+			tv.Config = &config.Config{AgeSecretKey: testAgeSecretKey}
+			tv.Repositories = newLocalIndex(t, "snapshot-001")
+
+			err := run(tv.Vaultik)
+
+			require.EqualError(t, err, "snapshot not found in the local "+
+				"index or on the destination store: "+unknownID)
+			assert.Empty(t, tv.Stdout.String())
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/vaultik/verify.go

@@ -120,12 +120,17 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RunDeepVerify(snapshotID string, opts *VerifyOptions) error {
 
 	log.Info("Starting snapshot verification", "snapshot_id", snapshotID, "mode", "deep")
 
+	remoteKey, err := v.resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(snapshotID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return v.deepVerifyFailure(result, opts, err.Error(), err)
+	}
+
 	if !opts.JSON && !v.UI.Quiet() {
 		v.stdoutf("Deep verification of snapshot: %s\n\n", snapshotID)
 	}
 
 	manifest, tempDB, dbBlobs, err := v.loadVerificationData(
-		snapshotID, opts, result, identities)
+		snapshotID, remoteKey, opts, result, identities)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -170,21 +175,13 @@ func (v *Vaultik) RunDeepVerify(snapshotID string, opts *VerifyOptions) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// loadVerificationData downloads manifest, database, and blob list for verification
+// loadVerificationData downloads manifest, database, and blob list for
+// verification of the snapshot at remoteKey, which
+// resolveSnapshotRemoteKey returned for snapshotID.
 func (v *Vaultik) loadVerificationData(
-	snapshotID string, opts *VerifyOptions, result *VerifyResult,
+	snapshotID, remoteKey string, opts *VerifyOptions, result *VerifyResult,
 	identities []age.Identity,
 ) (*snapshot.Manifest, *tempDB, []snapshot.BlobInfo, error) {
-	// Resolve the identifier to the snapshot's remote key. A human ID is
-	// hashed; a remote key (or its abbreviation, as printed for a
-	// remote-only snapshot) is used as-is, so a host with no local index
-	// can verify a snapshot it can only see on the store.
-	remoteKey, err := v.resolveSnapshotRemoteKey(snapshotID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, v.deepVerifyFailure(result, opts,
-			fmt.Sprintf("resolving snapshot identifier: %v", err), err)
-	}
-
 	// Download manifest. downloadManifestByKey is the single reader for
 	// remote manifests; see its doc comment.
 	log.Info("Downloading manifest", "remote_key", remoteKey)