Well I’d still like to see if we can improve this at least a little bit someday. It’s a hazard.
A note in the manual should be easy, and after that it’s in code, so need dev comment.
https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/projects?query=is%3Aopen
looks like the planning for 2.2 and future, and there’s also stuff on Duplicati’s Roadmap.
As new issues can show up at any time, there’s probably some room to get more in 2.2, although maybe not the ultimate design. We’ll see if the dev will add any tracking issues.
Thanks for your understanding, and sorry about the unwanted surprise from a config that anyone could easily do. On some backup systems, it’s even advisable (for deduplication).
I’ll now point to your original post on this, but I’m glad you opened a new topic for support.