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Follow-ups from the review of #34 (restore side).

  • Cross-engine guard: an ordinary restore now refuses a backup from another database engine family than the installation (for example a SQLite backup onto a PostgreSQL install) before anything changes. Before, that restore succeeded, replaced .env with the SQLite URL and dropped the database service from docker-compose.yml.
  • Version check credentials: the MySQL/MariaDB version probe tries the same credentials, in the same order, as the import (current root, backup root, backup app user, current app user). A refused restore no longer prints a second, misleading "Check destination credentials" line; that hint now only appears when the destination version could not be read.
  • Data directory safety copy: it is made with rsync and the restore stops if it fails, like the application directory copy (it was cp -r ... || true).
  • One exclude list: backup, the restore rsync --delete and the safety copy share one anchored list (/xray-core, /mysql, /mariadb, /postgresql, /timescaledb). A restore no longer deletes a destination's DATA_DIR/xray-core that backups never contain, and nested directories with those names are part of the data again.
  • Links: archives with symbolic or hard link members are refused from the listing, before extraction.

Tests: new cases in tests/unit_restore_recovery.sh and tests/unit_restore_archive_safety.sh (written first, red before the change). Checked locally with Docker: the round trips (sqlite single and multipart, postgresql single, mariadb multipart, timescaledb single), tests/fresh_recovery_roundtrip.sh for every engine with and without a healthcheck, and negative cases (SQLite archive onto a PostgreSQL install, symlink member, engine and version refusals).

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Restore now rejects backups from a different database type before changing the existing installation.
    • Restore stops if it cannot save a safety copy before replacing application or data files.
    • Archives containing symbolic or hard links are rejected before extraction.
    • Database storage and Xray files in the data directory are excluded from backup and restore file synchronization.
  • Documentation

    • Updated backup and restore guidance to explain database compatibility checks, safety copies, and archive restrictions.

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Follow-ups from the review of #34:
- Refuse an ordinary restore whose backup comes from another database
  engine family than the destination (for example a SQLite backup onto
  a PostgreSQL installation), before any service or file changes.
- Probe the destination MySQL/MariaDB version with the same credential
  order the import uses, and tell a refused restore (incompatible
  version) apart from an unreadable destination version, so the
  credentials hint only follows the latter.
- Save the current data directory with rsync before replacing it and
  stop if that copy fails, like the application directory.
- Share one anchored DATA_DIR exclude list between backup and restore.
  Restore no longer deletes a destination's xray-core directory that
  backups never contain, and nested directories named like a database
  are no longer skipped.
- Reject symbolic and hard link members from the archive listing
  before extracting.
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Restore now rejects linked archives and known cross-engine database restores. It distinguishes unreadable destination versions from compatibility refusals. Backup and restore use shared data-directory exclusions, and restore stops if its safety copy fails.

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Restore safeguards

Layer / File(s) Summary
Archive link validation
lib/pasarguard-restore.sh, tests/unit_restore_archive_safety.sh
Restore checks ZIP and tar archives for symbolic or hard links before extraction. Tests cover linked and clean archives, plus an unreadable archive.
Database compatibility and version checks
lib/pasarguard-restore.sh, tests/unit_restore_recovery.sh, docs/backup-and-restore.fa.md
Restore compares known database engine families and reports unreadable destination versions separately. MySQL/MariaDB version checks try current root, archived root, archived app, then current app credentials.
Data-directory exclusions and safety copies
lib/common.sh, lib/pasarguard-backup.sh, lib/pasarguard-restore.sh, tests/unit_restore_recovery.sh, docs/backup-and-restore.md, docs/backup-and-restore.fa.md
Backup and restore use shared exclusions for top-level database storage and Xray directories. Restore uses the exclusions for its safety copy and synchronization, and aborts if the safety copy fails.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: mahdibutcher

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a7417

The restore safeguards appear mergeable, but the Persian guidance should be corrected so operators understand which backups are refused and which data directories are preserved.

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Review comments at @docs/backup-and-restore.fa.md:
- Around line 134-135: Revise the preservation statement in the backup and
restore documentation to clarify that only top-level xray-core and
database-storage directories are excluded from deletion; nested directories with
those names may still be deleted by rsync --delete when absent from the backup.
- Around line 126-127: در متن مربوط به رد بکاپ، ادعا را به رد پایگاه‌داده‌های
متعلق به خانواده‌های موتور متفاوت محدود کنید، نه انواع متفاوت پایگاه‌داده؛ روشن
کنید که MySQL و MariaDB هم‌خانواده‌اند.

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Comment on lines +126 to +127
برای دیتابیس سروری، Compose و مشخصات اتصال مقصد حفظ می‌شوند. بکاپ نوع دیگری از
دیتابیس (مثلاً بکاپ SQLite روی نصب PostgreSQL) پیش از هر تغییری رد می‌شود. وقتی نسخه مبدا

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Specify engine families in the refusal claim.

An ordinary restore rejects different engine families, not every different database type. MySQL and MariaDB share a family, and the version guard does not compare them when the source version is unknown. Say “different engine family” here so operators do not rely on a refusal that may not occur.

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Review comment at @docs/backup-and-restore.fa.md around lines 126 - 127:
در متن مربوط به رد بکاپ، ادعا را به رد پایگاه‌داده‌های متعلق به خانواده‌های
موتور متفاوت محدود کنید، نه انواع متفاوت پایگاه‌داده؛ روشن کنید که MySQL و
MariaDB هم‌خانواده‌اند.

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Comment on lines +134 to +135
می‌شود؛ اگر این کپی شکست بخورد، بازیابی متوقف می‌شود. فضای دیتابیس و فایل‌های
Xray داخل پوشه داده دست‌نخورده می‌مانند و کپی نمی‌شوند. آرشیو دارای symbolic link

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Limit the preservation claim to top-level directories.

The exclusions protect only top-level xray-core and database-storage directories. A nested directory with one of those names remains subject to rsync --delete if it is absent from the backup. State the top-level scope here so operators do not mistake nested data for protected data.

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Review comment at @docs/backup-and-restore.fa.md around lines 134 - 135:
Revise the preservation statement in the backup and restore documentation to
clarify that only top-level xray-core and database-storage directories are
excluded from deletion; nested directories with those names may still be deleted
by rsync --delete when absent from the backup.

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