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Propagate either forget or prune failure from cleanup

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Since Oct 7, 2026.

  • #124 by @sairex53 — open

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
86/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start in src/restic_compose_backup/cli.py at cleanup() and trace how maintenance() uses its return value. Check the failed-forget/successful-prune and successful-forget/failed-prune cases, then verify that maintenance reports failure whenever either cleanup operation fails.

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Description

In src/restic_compose_backup/cli.py, cleanup() returns forget_result and prune_result. Since restic uses zero for success, this expression returns zero whenever either operation succeeds. For example, a failed forget followed by successful prune is reported as success, so maintenance() does not raise or alert for the failed retention step. Please return a failure when either operation fails.

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