keep-weekly keeps fewer weeks than expected
Restic forget with keep-weekly 4 seems to keep only three weeks, because the newest snapshot in each period is kept.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 23 June 2026 · last reported 23 June 2026
What's going wrong
A user running restic forget with a weekly retention of four found only three weeks of snapshots remained and assumed a bug.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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- Related problems.
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