update changelog with persistent backend error handling

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Michael Eischer 2024-05-11 20:26:34 +02:00
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Change: Don't retry to load files that don't exist
Restic used to always retry to load files. It now only retries to load
files if they exist.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4515
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1523
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4520

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Enhancement: Improve reliability of backend operations
Change: Redesign backend error handling to improve reliability
Restic now downloads pack files in large chunks instead of using a streaming
download. This prevents failures due to interrupted streams. The `restore`
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HTTP requests that are stuck for more than two minutes while uploading or
downloading are now forcibly interrupted. This ensures that stuck requests are
retried after a short timeout. These new request timeouts can temporarily be
disabled by setting the environment variable
`RESTIC_FEATURES=http-timeouts=false`. Note that this feature flag will be
removed in the next minor restic version.
retried after a short timeout.
Attempts to access a missing file or a truncated file will no longer be retried.
This avoids unnecessary retries in those cases.
Most parts of the new backend error handling can temporarily be disabled by
setting the environment variable
`RESTIC_FEATURES=backend-error-redesign=false`. Note that this feature flag will
be removed in the next minor restic version.
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4627
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4193
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4605
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4792
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4515
https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/1523
https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4520