diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-5047 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5047 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ee50c6ec7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-5047 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Bugfix: Fix possible error on concurrent cache cleanup + +Fix for multiple restic processes executing concurrently and racing to +remove obsolete snapshots from the local backend cache. Restic now suppresses the `no +such file or directory` error. + +https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5047 diff --git a/internal/backend/cache/file.go b/internal/backend/cache/file.go index 12f5f23c5..adc39d687 100644 --- a/internal/backend/cache/file.go +++ b/internal/backend/cache/file.go @@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ func (c *Cache) list(t restic.FileType) (restic.IDSet, error) { dir := filepath.Join(c.path, cacheLayoutPaths[t]) err := filepath.Walk(dir, func(name string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error { if err != nil { + // ignore ErrNotExist to gracefully handle multiple processes clearing the cache + if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) { + return nil + } return errors.Wrap(err, "Walk") }