Backup does nothing, but reports "successful"

[kenkendk]

@afroe66

It now turns out my WebDAV connection apparently went sour.
However, both when mounting files on Windows Explorer and when using an ancient DavExplroer java utility, it is throwing error messages at me left and right.
So, I dont mind that I didnt get a backup. I am concerned that this wasn’t caught along the line.
Either way: I plan to not pursuit this any further, unless there is academic interrest on your behalf.

Thanks for sharing the bugreport data with me, it was pivotal to locating the problem.

After examination of this and related issues, I believe the cause is a timeout that is not handled correctly. Set --read-write-timeout=10m to work around it until the next stable is out, or use canary build 2.0.1.108 or later.

I have written some more details here:

Error on purge with 2.1.0.3_beta_2025-01-22

Thanks again for taking the time to debug this with me. I have spent some time with the bugreport database and have found an explanation: the timeouts. It looks like the purge call was setting it up for failure, but the real failure was the backup operation. It attempted to fix some errors, and due to a bug, it ended up removing all filelists/filesets. I have now tracked down the problem and it is caused by an unfortunate interplay between the timeout and some old abort handling code. More th…