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ADR-0023 deferred the off-host copy on two dependencies - an external account and a credential - and both dissolve when the destination is the Pi. What was left was the risk model, and that was answered: "different machine, same building" is accepted for cotel snapshots, with off-site reopening (and returning to the board, because the credential comes back with it) if cotel ever holds data whose loss is materially expensive.

This PR is the decision only. The puller itself is a separate ticket against scripts/.

Two premises corrected before deciding

  • The copy cannot be an rsync of the volume. Snapshots live in the Docker named volume cotel-snapshots; docker info -f '{{.DockerRootDir}}' on robmini answers /var/lib/docker, which does not exist on that host - it is inside Docker Desktop's VM. No host path, so nothing for rsync to read. Transport has to come out through a container.
  • The Pi cannot restore the mirror today. --db-import needs the cotel binary and the published image is amd64 only (docker manifest inspect lists one platform; production's arm64 image is built locally by compose on robmini). So the proof available on the Pi is byte-identity plus the manifest, not a restore. Filed separately as a packaging ticket; not a prerequisite for having the copy.

Transport, exercised before it was written down

ssh robmini "docker run --rm -v cotel-snapshots:/snapshots:ro debian:bookworm-slim \
  tar -cf - -C /snapshots <instant>" | tar -xf - -C <mirror>

One snapshot directory in 1.16 s, 9 of 9 files sha256-identical to the source. The production container is never touched: the stream comes from a throwaway container of the image cotel's own runtime is built on, already present on that host, with the volume mounted :ro.

Measured 2026-10-12: 25 snapshots / 118 MB on the volume, 4.8 MB each, ~270 MB at COTEL_SNAPSHOT_KEEP=56, against 304 GB free on the Pi. Capacity is three orders of magnitude from being the constraint.

The one rule in here that looks like an omission

The mirror does not mirror deletions. It prunes on its own count and never drops a local snapshot because the source stopped having it - otherwise it would faithfully reproduce the accident ADR-0023 named as newly dangerous (docker volume prune on a stopped deploy) into the copy that exists to survive it. That is why the implementation will not be rsync --delete, and the ADR says so explicitly so it does not get "simplified" later.

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  • docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md (new)
  • docs/decisions/index.md, docs/.vitepress/config.js - registered
  • docs/operations/duckdb-snapshots.md - the "Host loss" bullet no longer says the off-host copy is an open decision, and is explicit that until the pull runs the bullet is still the whole story

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    • Added an architecture decision describing hourly snapshot copies to a Pi, including verification, retention, and recovery limitations.
    • Updated the operations guide to clarify that host-loss protection depends on the planned copy being operational; premises loss remains uncovered.

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Adds ADR-0024 to document a planned hourly Pi-side pull of cotel snapshots, its transfer and verification rules, retention policy, and limitations. Adds links to the ADR and updates the snapshot operations page’s host-loss coverage statement.

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Off-host snapshot copy decision

Layer / File(s) Summary
Transfer approach
docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md
The ADR documents the Docker volume access constraints and selects per-snapshot tar streams over SSH. It records that the transfer was tested with a read-only volume mount and SHA-256 comparison.
Pull and verification rules
docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md
The ADR specifies an hourly Pi-side pull, mirror permissions and retention, and checks against source-file SHA-256 values and the snapshot manifest. A verification failure removes the pulled directory and fails the tick.
Limitations and documentation links
docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md, docs/decisions/index.md, docs/.vitepress/config.js, docs/operations/duckdb-snapshots.md
The ADR records the copy’s limitations and consequences. The decision index and sidebar link to ADR-0024. The operations page states that host-loss protection is absent until the pull runs and that premises loss remains uncovered.

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This PR adds a design record and documentation links only, but the docs site currently fails to build. A command example in the new decision page is read as page template syntax. Wrapping that command in a v-pre code element or a fenced block should restore the build before merge.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/.vitepress/config.js: Added an Architecture Decisions sidebar entry for ADR-0024 linking to /decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md: Adds the decision context: the CEO accepts a same-building Pi copy without off-site storage, with reconsideration when cotel holds materially expensive data; the ADR covers what reaches the Pi and how the copy is verified.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md: Records that the named Docker volume is inaccessible as a host path on macOS, requiring container-based access, and documents snapshot size, retention capacity, available tooling, and the runtime image’s lack of rsync.
  • observed — Modified behavior in docs/decisions/0024-off-host-snapshot-copy-pi-pull.md: Rejects host-path rsync, container rsync, and robmini push; chooses per-snapshot tar streams over SSH. Because completed snapshots are immutable and identified by a manifest written last, the sync uses a set difference, skips existing snapshots, and ignores source directories without a manifest.

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The decision was described as "rsync-pull of the snapshots volume over the existing
ssh path". **That shape is not implementable, and the reason is worth recording rather
than working around quietly.** Snapshots live in the Docker named volume
`cotel-snapshots`; `docker info -f '{{.DockerRootDir}}'` on robmini answers

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Prevent Vue from parsing the Go-template expression.

VitePress evaluates {{...}} interpolation inside inline code. It parses {{.DockerRootDir}} as a Vue expression and fails the docs build. Use a fenced code block or a <code v-pre> element for this command. (vitepress.dev)

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-`docker info -f '{{.DockerRootDir}}'`
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Update the inline command in the off-host snapshot decision document to prevent
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Source: Pipeline failures

ADR-0023 left host loss uncovered and deferred the off-host copy on its two
dependencies, an external account and a credential. Both dissolve when the
destination is the Pi, so what remained was the risk model: "different machine,
same building" is accepted for cotel snapshots, with off-site reopening if the
data ever becomes materially expensive to lose.

Records one finding that changes the mechanism. The copy was described as an
rsync of the snapshots volume, and that cannot be built: the volume is a Docker
named volume on macOS, so DockerRootDir is inside Docker Desktop's VM and no
host path exists for rsync to read. Transport is therefore a per-snapshot tar
stream out of a throwaway read-only container, driven by a set difference over
immutable snapshot directories - exercised at 1.16 s for one directory with
9 of 9 files sha256-identical before this was decided.

Also names why the mirror must not propagate source deletions, that the Pi
holds a second copy of every ingest token, and that the published image is
amd64 only so the Pi's available proof is byte-identity rather than a restore.

Co-Authored-By: Daedalus <daedalus@agents.flopbut.local>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fl0p force-pushed the flo-1013-adr-offhost-snapshot-pull branch from 9018b2e to 13067ea Compare October 12, 2026 19:08
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