What to do if a check failed?

[ovizii]

I remember this happened occasionally and backrest's logs were showing a URL to restic docs on how to fix it, but something must have changed, as the link is no longer visible, see screenshots. Is this simply because the logs seem too long? Any way to see the full logs?

Anyway, after some googling, I think this is the link I was looking for: https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/077_troubleshooting.html

[garethgeorge]

Hmm, try clicking into the logs view to (in the ... menu in the top right) to see the full output for this command which may include more details about the error.

It looks like restic was failing to get objects in many cases, this can be caused by a flaky storage backend (which is a common issue with rclone and some providers). Or could be caused by a flaky network.

It looks like the check operation eventually passed which means your repo isn't corrupt, but this sort of thing popping up regularly puts you at increased risk of something going wrong when you need things to work (e.g. when running a restore operation), something to keep in mind.

[ovizii]

Thanks, I found the menu to display the full logs and in there, the line I was looking for:

[restic] 05:43:12.593Z debug The repository is damaged and must be repaired. Please follow the troubleshooting guide at https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/077_troubleshooting.html .

:-) all good now. Let me blame it on the new GUI for not finding where to display the full logs immediately. ;-)

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Since I know you read this thread, let me add a feature suggestion too. Just to give you an idea.

Talking about the new GUI, in "Tree View" even if only having like 5 backup plans and the usual repo prune and check jobs, you have to scroll down a long way to find events from 2 days ago. And when I clicked an event nothing happened. I almost panicked, but then I realized I have to scroll all the way back up to see the logs :-/ maybe there's a better solution for that...

Here is an idea:

How about having some filtering options where the red rectangle is? With a drop-down selecting system jobs or specific plans, with a date range next to it and an option to show successful or failed jobs? This would make searching much faster and one wouldn't have to scroll down what feels like half a kilometer to click on a report, the scroll all the way up to read the log?