cleanup changelogs

changelog/unreleased/issue-2004

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-Bugfix: Correctly handle passing volume name to `backup` command
+Bugfix: Correctly handle volume names in `backup` command on Windows
 
 On Windows, when the specified backup target only included the volume
 name without a trailing slash, for example, `C:`, then restoring the
 resulting snapshot would result in an error. Note that using `C:\`
 as backup target worked correctly.
 
-Specifying volume names now works correctly.
+Specifying volume names is now handled correctly.
 
-To restore snapshots created before this bugfix, use the `<snapshot>:<subpath>`
+To restore snapshots created before this bugfix, use the <snapshot>:<subpath>
-syntax. For a snapshot with ID `12345678` and a backup of `C:`, the following
+syntax. For example, to restore a snapshot with ID `12345678` that backed up
-command can be used:
+`C:`, use the following command:
 
 ```
 restic restore 12345678:/C/C:./ --target output/folder

changelog/unreleased/issue-4795

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Enhancement: `restore --verify` shows progress with a progress bar
+Enhancement: Display progress bar for `restore --verify`
 
-If restore command was run with `--verify` restic didn't show any progress indication, now it shows a progress bar while 'verification' is running.
+When the `restore` command is run with `--verify`, it now displays a progress
-The progress bar is text only for now and doesn't respect `--json` flag.
+bar while the verification step is running. The progress bar is not shown when
+the `--json` flag is specified.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4795
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4989

changelog/unreleased/issue-4934

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-Enhancement: Clear removed snapshots from local cache of the current host
+Enhancement: Automatically clear removed snapshots from cache
 
-Restic only removed snapshots from the cache on the host that runs the `forget` command.
+Previously, restic only removed snapshots from the cache on the host where the
-On other hosts that use the same repository, the old snapshots remained in the cache.
+`forget` command was executed. On other hosts that use the same repository, the
-Restic now, automatically clears old snapshots from the local cache of the current host.
+old snapshots remained in the cache.
+
+Restic now automatically clears old snapshots from the local cache of the current host.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4934
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4981

changelog/unreleased/issue-4944

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Enhancement: Print JSON-formatted errors during `restore --json`
 
-Restic printed any restore errors directly to the console as freeform
+Restic printed any `restore` errors directly to the console as freeform text
-text messages, even with `--json`. Restic now prints them as JSON formatted
+messages, even when using the `--json` option.
-messages when `--json` is passed.
+
+Now, when `--json` is specified, restic prints them as JSON formatted messages.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4944
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4946

changelog/unreleased/issue-4945

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 Bugfix: Include missing backup error text with `--json`
 
-Restic was not actually providing the text of an error message during
+Previously, when running a backup with the `--json` option, restic failed to
-backup if `--json` was passed, instead only printing `"error": {}`.
+include the actual error message in the output, resulting in `"error": {}`
+being displayed.
+
 Restic now includes the error text in JSON output.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4945

changelog/unreleased/issue-4953

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Correctly handle long paths on older Windows versions
 
-When using older Windows versions, like Windows Server 2012, restic 0.17.0
+On older Windows versions, like Windows Server 2012, restic 0.17.0 failed to
-failed to back up files with long paths. This has been fixed.
+back up files with long paths. This problem has now been resolved.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4953
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4954

changelog/unreleased/issue-4957

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Bugfix: Fix delayed cancelation of some commands
+Bugfix: Fix delayed cancellation of certain commands
 
-Since restic 0.17.0, some commands no longer promptly reacted to being canceled
+Since restic 0.17.0, some commands did not immediately respond to cancellation
-via Ctrl-C (SIGINT) and continued to run for a limited amount of time. The most
+via Ctrl-C (SIGINT) and continued running for a short period. The most affected
-affected commands were `diff`,`find`, `ls`, `stats` and `rewrite`.
+commands were `diff`,`find`, `ls`, `stats` and `rewrite`.
 
 This has been fixed.
 

changelog/unreleased/issue-4969

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Correctly restore timestamp for files with resource forks on macOS
 
-On macOS, timestamps were incorrectly restored for files with resource forks.
+On macOS, timestamps were not restored for files with resource forks. This has
-This has been fixed.
+been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4969
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5006

changelog/unreleased/issue-4970

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 Enhancement: Make timeout for stuck requests customizable
 
-Restic monitors connections to the backend to detect stuck requests. If a request
+Restic monitors connections to the backend to detect stuck requests. If a
-does not return any data within five minutes, restic assumes the request is stuck and
+request does not return any data within five minutes, restic assumes the
-retries it. However, for large repositories it sometimes takes longer than that to
+request is stuck and retries it. However, for large repositories this timeout
-collect a list of all files, causing the following error:
+might be insufficient to collect a list of all files, causing the following
+error:
 
 `List(data) returned error, retrying after 1s: [...]: request timeout`
 

changelog/unreleased/issue-4975

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Prevent `backup --stdin-from-command` from panicking
 
-If --stdin-from-command is used, restic now checks whether there is a command behind it.
+Restic would previously crash if `--stdin-from-command` was specified without
+providing a command. This issue has been fixed.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4975
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4976

changelog/unreleased/issue-5004

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Bugfix: Fix spurious "A Required Privilege Is Not Held by the Client" error
 
-On Windows, creating a backup could sometimes print the following error
+On Windows, creating a backup could sometimes trigger the following error:
 
 ```
 error: nodeFromFileInfo [...]: get named security info failed with: a required privilege is not held by the client.

changelog/unreleased/issue-5005

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 Bugfix: Fix rare failures to retry locking a repository
 
-Restic 0.17.0 could in rare cases fail to retry locking a repository if
+Restic 0.17.0 could in rare cases fail to retry locking a repository if one of
-one of the lock files failed to load. The lock operation failed with error
+the lock files failed to load, resulting in the error:
-`unable to create lock in backend: circuit breaker open for file <lock/1234567890>`
 
-The error handling has been fixed to correctly retry locking the repository.
+```
-In addition, restic now waits a few seconds between locking retries to
+unable to create lock in backend: circuit breaker open for file <lock/1234567890>
-increase chances of success.
+```
+
+This issue has been addressed. The error handling now properly retries the
+locking operation. In addition, restic waits a few seconds between locking
+retries to increase chances of successful locking.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5005
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5011

changelog/unreleased/pull-4958

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Bugfix: Don't ignore metadata-setting errors during restore
 
-Restic was accidentally ignoring errors when setting timestamps,
+Restic ignored errors when setting timestamps, attributes, or file modes during
-attributes, or file modes during restore. It will now report those
+a restore. It now reports those, except for permission errors when running
-errors (unless it's just a permission error when not running as root).
+without root privileges.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4958

changelog/unreleased/pull-4959

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Enhancement: Return exit code 12 for "bad password"
+Enhancement: Return exit code 12 for "bad password" errors
 
-Restic now returns exit code 12 when it can't open the repository
+Restic now returns exit code 12 when it cannot open the repository due to an
-because of a bad password.
+incorrect password.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4959

changelog/unreleased/pull-4977

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-Change: let `backup` store files with incomplete metadata
+Change: `backup` includes files with incomplete metadata
 
-If restic failed to read the extended metadata for a file or folder while
+If restic failed to read extended metadata for a file or folder during a
-creating a backup, then the file or folder was not included in the resulting
+backup, then the file or folder was not included in the resulting snapshot.
-snapshot. Instead, only a warning message was printed along with exiting
+Instead, a warning message was printed along with returning exit code 3 once
-with exit code 3.
+the backup was finished.
+
+Now, restic also includes items for which the extended metadata could not be
+read in a snapshot. The warning message has been updated to:
 
-Now, restic also includes items for which the extended metadata could not
-be read in a snapshot. The warning message has been changed to read
 ```
-incomplete metadata for /path/to/file: details on error
+incomplete metadata for /path/to/file: <details about error>
 ```
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4953

changelog/unreleased/pull-4980

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-Bugfix: Skip EA processing in Windows for volumes that do not support EA
+Bugfix: Skip extended attribute processing on unsupported Windows volumes
 
-Restic was failing to backup files on some windows paths like network
+For restic 0.17.0, backups of certain Windows paths, such as network drives,
-drives because of errors while fetching extended attributes.
+failed due to errors while fetching extended attributes.
-Either they return error codes like windows.E_NOT_SET or
+
-windows.ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION or it results in slower backups.
+Restic now skips extended attribute processing for volumes where they are not
-Restic now completely skips the attempt to fetch extended attributes
+supported.
-for such volumes where it is not supported.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4980
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4998

changelog/unreleased/pull-5018

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-Bugfix: Improve HTTP2 support for rest backend
+Bugfix: Improve HTTP/2 support for REST backend
 
-If rest-server tried to gracefully shut down an HTTP2 connection still used by the client,
+If `rest-server` tried to gracefully shut down an HTTP/2 connection still in
-this could result in the following error.
+use by the client, it could result in the following error:
 
 ```
 http2: Transport: cannot retry err [http2: Transport received Server's graceful shutdown GOAWAY] after Request.Body was written; define Request.GetBody to avoid this error
 ```
 
-This has been fixed.
+This issue has been resolved.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5018
 https://forum.restic.net/t/receiving-http2-goaway-messages-with-windows-restic-v0-17-0/8367