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+Bugfix: Fix extended attributes handling for VSS snapshots
+
+Restic was failing to backup extended attributes for VSS snapshots
+after the fix for https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4980.
+Restic now correctly handles extended attributes for VSS snapshots.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4998
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4980