Append-only restic over SFTP cannot be enforced
Append-only restic backups over plain SFTP are not enforced because the server still allows overwrites and deletions
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
13 public reports · first reported 15 April 2026 · last reported 16 April 2026
What's going wrong
An administrator wanted clients to write backups without being able to delete them, so that a compromised client could not destroy history.
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