restic: drop scheduled forget across all 6 hosts

Forget against an --append-only rest-server fails every night (delete ops blocked). The resulting daily failure cluttered service status and logs without ever actually retiring old snapshots. Schedule is now removed from the forget block in all six profiles; the keep-daily / keep-weekly / keep-monthly / keep-yearly policy remains so manual invocations (during prune ceremonies, when --append-only is temporarily off) honor the intended retention. Files: configs/restic/ana-docker/profiles.yaml configs/restic/ana-ml2/profiles.yaml configs/restic/nh3-docker/profiles.yaml configs/restic/esh-docker-vm/profiles.yaml configs/restic/vm-esh-nas/profiles.yaml configs/restic/nh3-dev/profiles.yaml Each file has an inline comment marking why the schedule was dropped so a future reader doesn't re-add it thinking it was an oversight. STATUS.md: removed the "install Backrest nightly-restart timer" line item. User confirmed the UI timeout hits even at startup, so periodic restart wouldn't actually help. Root cause remains deferred.
2026-04-21 17:00:23 -07:00
parent 65d19e4e35
commit 76a0768fdb
7 changed files with 24 additions and 25 deletions
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ significant work lands — don't let it drift quietly.
   comment out `schedule:` under the `forget` block in profiles.yaml;
   redeploy; run `resticprofile unschedule forget` on each host. ~15 min.

-4. **Install the Backrest nightly-restart systemd timer** on ana-docker as
-   a safety net for the intermittent UI timeout. Cheap insurance
-   regardless of root cause. ~2 min. Commands in session transcript
-   (search for `backrest-nightly-restart.timer`).
+<!-- 2026-04-21: Dropped the "nightly-restart safety net" idea — user
+     confirmed Backrest UI chokes even right after startup, so periodic
+     restart wouldn't reliably help. Root cause still unknown; see
+     item under "Research / deferred" below. -->
+
+4. _(removed — see note above)_

 ### 🟧 Real work (dedicated session each)

@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ default:
    # blocks the destructive half of prune. See README.md "Prune ceremony".
    tag:
      - host:ana-docker
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ default:
    # See README.md "Prune ceremony".
    tag:
      - host:ana-ml2
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ default:
    keep-yearly: 3
    tag:
      - host:esh-docker-vm
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%
@@ -99,14 +99,11 @@ default:
    keep-weekly: 4
    keep-monthly: 12
    keep-yearly: 3
-    # NOTE: forget against an --append-only rest-server FAILS (delete ops
-    # blocked). Schedule left in for when the prune ceremony flips
-    # --append-only off temporarily. See open thread.
    tag:
      - host:nh3-dev
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ default:
    # sites. See README.md "Prune ceremony".
    tag:
      - host:nh3-docker
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ default:
    keep-yearly: 3
    tag:
      - host:vm-esh-nas
-    schedule: "*-*-* 03:00:00"
-    schedule-permission: system
-    schedule-log: /var/log/restic-forget.log
+    # Schedule removed 2026-04-21: forget against --append-only rest-server
+    # always fails (delete ops blocked). Run manually during the prune
+    # ceremony when --append-only is temporarily off.

  check:
    read-data-subset: 10%