Compression level not recorded per snapshot
Restic does not record which compression level each snapshot used, and the stats output shows a level that does not match actual data
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 5 May 2026 · last reported 7 May 2026
What's going wrong
Users who choose a maximum compression setting want to confirm afterwards that a given snapshot was stored that way.
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