From ec0fb46f6c7f5a4331f35f6bdf9d53af255e8f8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Eischer Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 14:18:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add changelog for reliable restores --- changelog/unreleased/pull-4626 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelog/unreleased/pull-4626 diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4626 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4626 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea16d749f --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4626 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Bugfix: Improve reliability of restoring large files + +In some cases restic failed to restore large files that frequently contain the +same file chunk. In combination with certain backends, this could result in +network connection timeouts that caused incomplete restores. + +Restic now includes special handling for such file chunks to ensure reliable +restores. + +https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4626 +https://forum.restic.net/t/errors-restoring-with-restic-on-windows-server-s3/6943