Release version 7.2.0

baudolo-seed took the database password only as a positional argument, so it showed in the process list of the host that seeds the backup catalog (infinito-nexus/core #1213). --password-stdin reads it from stdin without the trailing newline. The positional argument still works for existing callers but warns on stderr that it is visible in the process list; giving the password both ways, or neither, is rejected with a usage error and writes nothing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.2.0] - 2026-11-03
+
+Added:
+
+- Seed: *--password-stdin* reads the database password from stdin
+- Seed: a password given both ways or not at all is rejected
+
+Changed:
+
+- Seed: the password argument still works but warns it is visible in *ps*
+
+Upgrade notes:
+
+- Seed: pass the password via *--password-stdin*; the argument is deprecated
+
+## [7.1.2] - 2026-10-18
+
+Fixed:
+
+- Backup: *--snapshot zfs* found no snapshot inside a container; now mounts it
+- Tests: e2e zfs pool now sits on a loop device; a file vdev never worked
+
+Upgrade notes:
+
+- Backup: zfs snapshots mount at *.baudolo-TAG* in the subject, not *.zfs*
+- Image: first ghcr image since 3.1.2; the 4.0.0 to 7.1.1 notes apply
+
+## [7.1.1] - 2026-10-17
+
+Fixed:
+
+- Tests: e2e MariaDB probe ran root passwordless and timed out at random
+- Tests: probe now logs in with the root password, skips the temp server
+- Tests: anonymous-preemption bootstrap now uses the root password too
+
+Upgrade notes:
+
+- 7.1.0 never reached stable: its CI failed, no image was published
+- 7.1.1 is the first published -aHAX build; 7.1.0 upgrade notes apply
+
+## [7.1.0] - 2026-10-17
+
+Fixed:
+
+- Backup: rsync -a stored no xattrs, ACLs or hardlinks; now -aHAX
+- Restore: restore_volume_files had the same gap; now -aHAX too
+- An OpenCloud volume lost its storage metadata through a DR drill
+
+Upgrade notes:
+
+- First backup re-copies every attribute-carrying volume once in full
+- A destination without xattr support now fails the backup run outright
+- exFAT, xattr-less NFS and object-storage FUSE mounts must move first
+
 ## [7.0.2] - 2026-09-23
 
 * Backup: failed live pre-copy no longer aborts when a stopped copy follows

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "backup-docker-to-local"
-version = "7.0.2"
+version = "7.2.0"
 description = "Backup Docker volumes to local with rsync and optional DB dumps."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 # Pinned: a ruff minor bump changes which rules fire, and `make test` gates on
 # a clean run, so an unpinned lint would fail the suite on an unrelated day.
-lint = ["ruff==0.16.7"]
+lint = ["ruff==0.17.3"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 baudolo = "baudolo.backup.__main__:main"

src/baudolo/backup/snapshot.py

@@ -58,27 +58,50 @@ def _resolver(subject: str, root: str) -> Callable[[str], str]:
     return resolve
 
 
+def _remove(
+    root: str, commands: list[list[str]], run: Callable[[list[str]], list[str]]
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        for command in commands:
+            run(command)
+    except BackupError as error:
+        # Raising here would also mask whatever the body raised.
+        print(f"WARNING: {root} could not be removed: {error}", flush=True)
+
+
 def _btrfs(
     subject: str, name: str, run: Callable[[list[str]], list[str]]
-) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+) -> tuple[str, list[list[str]]]:
     # The snapshot goes inside the subject, never beside it: the kernel rejects
     # a snapshot whose destination is on another filesystem, which is exactly
     # what the parent directory is when the subject is a mountpoint of its own.
     target = str(Path(os.path.abspath(subject)) / f".{name}")  # noqa: PTH100 - see _resolver
     run(["btrfs", "subvolume", "snapshot", "-r", subject, target])
-    return target, ["btrfs", "subvolume", "delete", target]
+    return target, [["btrfs", "subvolume", "delete", target]]
 
 
 def _zfs(
     subject: str, name: str, run: Callable[[list[str]], list[str]]
-) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+) -> tuple[str, list[list[str]]]:
     output = run(["zfs", "list", "-H", "-o", "name", subject])
     dataset = (output[0] if output else "").strip()
     if not dataset:
         raise SnapshotError(f"no zfs dataset is mounted at {subject}")
-    run(["zfs", "snapshot", f"{dataset}@{name}"])
+    snapshot = f"{dataset}@{name}"
-    root = str(Path(subject) / ".zfs" / "snapshot" / name)
+    # Exception: mounted here rather than read through .zfs/snapshot, which the
-    return root, ["zfs", "destroy", f"{dataset}@{name}"]
+    # kernel automounts via a usermode helper in the host's mount namespace,
+    # so a containerised run never sees it.
+    root = str(Path(os.path.abspath(subject)) / f".{name}")  # noqa: PTH100 - see _resolver
+    run(["zfs", "snapshot", snapshot])
+    remove = [["zfs", "destroy", snapshot]]
+    try:
+        run(["mkdir", root])
+        remove.insert(0, ["rmdir", root])
+        run(["mount", "-t", "zfs", snapshot, root])
+    except BaseException:
+        _remove(root, remove, run)
+        raise
+    return root, [["umount", root], *remove]
 
 
 _CREATE = {"btrfs": _btrfs, "zfs": _zfs}
@@ -169,8 +192,4 @@ def volume_snapshot(
     try:
         yield _resolver(subject, root)
     finally:
-        try:
+        _remove(root, remove, run)
-            run(remove)
-        except BackupError as error:
-            # Raising here would also mask whatever the body raised.
-            print(f"WARNING: {root} could not be removed: {error}", flush=True)

src/baudolo/backup/volume.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def backup_volume(
     pathlib.Path(dest).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     last = get_last_backup_dir(versions_dir, volume_name, dest)
-    cmd = ["rsync", "-aP", "--no-D", "--delete", "--delete-excluded"]
+    cmd = ["rsync", "-aHAX", "-P", "--no-D", "--delete", "--delete-excluded"]
     if authoritative:
         cmd.append("--checksum")
     if last:

src/baudolo/restore/files.py

@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ def restore_volume_files(volume_name: str, backup_files_dir: str) -> int:
     # rsync reads "dir/" as its contents and "dir" as the directory itself.
     src = f"{Path(backup_files_dir)}{os.sep}"
     dest = f"{Path(mountpoint)}{os.sep}"
-    run(["rsync", "-avv", "--delete", src, dest])
+    run(["rsync", "-aHAX", "-vv", "--delete", src, dest])
     print("File restore complete.")
     return 0

src/baudolo/seed/__main__.py

@@ -73,9 +73,30 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="Database name or '*' to dump all databases",
     )
     parser.add_argument("username", help="Database username")
-    parser.add_argument("password", help="Database password")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "password",
+        nargs="?",
+        help="Deprecated: database password as an argument, visible in the "
+        "process list; use --password-stdin",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--password-stdin",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Read the database password from stdin",
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.password_stdin == (args.password is not None):
+        parser.error("give the password either via --password-stdin or as an argument")
+    if args.password_stdin:
+        password = sys.stdin.read().removesuffix("\n")
+    else:
+        print(
+            "WARNING: a password argument is visible in the process list; "
+            "use --password-stdin",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        password = args.password
 
     try:
         check_and_add_entry(
@@ -83,7 +104,7 @@ def main() -> None:
             instance=args.instance,
             database=args.database,
             username=args.username,
-            password=args.password,
+            password=password,
         )
     except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - CLI boundary: any failure becomes exit 1
         print(f"ERROR: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)

tests/e2e/helpers/process.py

@@ -96,12 +96,13 @@ def wait_for_mariadb(
     container: str, *, root_password: str, timeout_s: int = 90
 ) -> None:
     """
-    Liveness probe for MariaDB.
+    Readiness probe for MariaDB, as root over the socket.
 
-    IMPORTANT (MariaDB 11):
+    The entrypoint drops root@127.0.0.1, so root is socket-only, and it
-    Root TCP auth is often restricted (unix_socket auth), so a TCP ping like
+    installs root@localhost without unix_socket auth: a probe without the
-    `mariadb-admin -uroot -p... -h localhost ping` can fail even though the server is up.
+    password only passes in the init window before the password is set.
-    We therefore check readiness via a socket-based query.
+    `@@skip_networking` must be 0 so the entrypoint's temporary server,
+    which shuts down right after init, does not count as ready.
     """
     deadline = time.time() + timeout_s
     while time.time() < deadline:
@@ -112,12 +113,15 @@ def wait_for_mariadb(
                 container,
                 "sh",
                 "-lc",
-                'mariadb -uroot --protocol=socket -e "SELECT 1;"',
+                (
+                    f"mariadb -uroot -p{root_password} --protocol=socket "
+                    '-N -e "SELECT @@skip_networking;"'
+                ),
             ],
             capture=True,
             check=False,
         )
-        if p.returncode == 0:
+        if p.returncode == 0 and p.stdout.strip() == "0":
             return
         time.sleep(1)
     raise TimeoutError(

tests/e2e/test_e2e_mariadb_anonymous_preemption.py

@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ class TestE2EMariaDBAnonymousPreemption(unittest.TestCase):
                 cls.db_container,
                 "sh",
                 "-lc",
-                f'mariadb -uroot --protocol=socket -e "{bootstrap_sql}"',
+                (
+                    f"mariadb -uroot -p{cls.root_password} --protocol=socket "
+                    f'-e "{bootstrap_sql}"'
+                ),
             ]
         )
 

tests/e2e/test_e2e_snapshot.py

@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ ZFS_READY = "{ [ -c /dev/zfs ] || modprobe zfs 2>/dev/null; }; [ -c /dev/zfs ]"
 def mount_script(fstype: str) -> str:
     """Build a filesystem on a loop device and carve out the snapshot subject."""
     if fstype == "zfs":
+        # Exception: a loop device, not the /img file, because the kernel opens
+        # vdevs from a taskq thread that resolves paths in the host's root.
+        # The pool is kernel-wide, so it is destroyed on exit, but only once
+        # this script created it.
         return (
-            f"{PACKAGES} && {ZFS_READY} && truncate -s 400M /img "
+            f"{PACKAGES} && {ZFS_READY} && truncate -s 400M /img && {ATTACH} "
-            "&& zpool create -m none baudolo /img "
+            '&& zpool create -m none baudolo "$LOOP" '
+            "&& trap 'zpool destroy -f baudolo; losetup -d \"$LOOP\"' EXIT "
             "&& zfs create -o mountpoint=/subject/docker baudolo/docker"
         )
     return (

tests/integration/test_seed_integration.py

@@ -65,6 +65,32 @@ def run_seed_expect_fail(
     )
 
 
+def run_seed_stdin(
+    csv_path: Path, instance: str, database: str, username: str, stdin: str, *extra: str
+) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    """
+    Run the real CLI with --password-stdin, feeding the password on stdin.
+    Any extra arguments are appended after the username.
+    """
+    return subprocess.run(
+        [
+            sys.executable,
+            "-m",
+            "baudolo.seed",
+            "--password-stdin",
+            str(csv_path),
+            instance,
+            database,
+            username,
+            *extra,
+        ],
+        input=stdin,
+        text=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+
 def read_csv_semicolon(path: Path) -> list[dict]:
     with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
         reader = csv.DictReader(f, delimiter=";")
@@ -195,6 +221,61 @@ class TestSeedIntegration(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(len(rows), 1)
             self.assertEqual(rows[0]["database"], "my_db-1")
 
+    def test_password_stdin_stores_the_password_without_its_trailing_newline(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            p = Path(td) / "databases.csv"
+
+            cp = run_seed_stdin(p, "docker.test", "appdb", "alice", "s3cr;et\n")
+
+            self.assertEqual(cp.returncode, 0, cp.stderr)
+            self.assertNotIn("WARNING", cp.stderr)
+            rows = read_csv_semicolon(p)
+            self.assertEqual(len(rows), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(rows[0]["username"], "alice")
+            self.assertEqual(rows[0]["password"], "s3cr;et")
+
+    def test_password_argument_still_works_with_a_deprecation_warning(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            p = Path(td) / "databases.csv"
+
+            cp = run_seed(p, "docker.test", "appdb", "alice", "secret")
+
+            self.assertIn("--password-stdin", cp.stderr)
+            self.assertEqual(read_csv_semicolon(p)[0]["password"], "secret")
+
+    def test_password_given_both_ways_is_rejected(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            p = Path(td) / "databases.csv"
+
+            cp = run_seed_stdin(p, "docker.test", "appdb", "alice", "pw\n", "pw")
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(cp.returncode, 0)
+            self.assertFalse(p.exists(), "Should not create file on invalid input")
+
+    def test_password_given_no_way_is_rejected(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+            p = Path(td) / "databases.csv"
+
+            cp = subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    sys.executable,
+                    "-m",
+                    "baudolo.seed",
+                    str(p),
+                    "docker.test",
+                    "appdb",
+                    "alice",
+                ],
+                text=True,
+                capture_output=True,
+                check=False,
+            )
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(cp.returncode, 0)
+            self.assertFalse(p.exists(), "Should not create file on invalid input")
+
     def test_file_is_semicolon_delimited_and_has_header(self) -> None:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
             p = Path(td) / "databases.csv"

tests/unit/backup/test_snapshot.py

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ class Runner:
         return []
 
 
+class Unmountable(Runner):
+    def __call__(self, command: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+        result = super().__call__(command)
+        if command[0] == "mount":
+            raise BackupError("permission denied")
+        return result
+
+
 class TestBtrfs(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_it_creates_a_read_only_snapshot_inside_the_subject(self) -> None:
         run = Runner()
@@ -95,14 +103,57 @@ class TestZfs(unittest.TestCase):
             run.calls[-1], ["zfs", "destroy", "tank/docker@baudolo-20260731"]
         )
 
-    def test_it_maps_a_volume_path_through_the_dot_zfs_directory(self) -> None:
+    def test_it_mounts_the_snapshot_inside_the_subject(self) -> None:
+        run = self._run()
+        with volume_snapshot("zfs", "/var/lib/docker", "20260731", run=run):
+            pass
+        self.assertIn(
+            [
+                "mount",
+                "-t",
+                "zfs",
+                "tank/docker@baudolo-20260731",
+                "/var/lib/docker/.baudolo-20260731",
+            ],
+            run.calls,
+        )
+
+    def test_it_maps_a_volume_path_into_the_mounted_snapshot(self) -> None:
         run = self._run()
         with volume_snapshot("zfs", "/var/lib/docker", "20260731", run=run) as resolve:
             self.assertEqual(
                 resolve("/var/lib/docker/volumes/postgres_data/_data"),
-                "/var/lib/docker/.zfs/snapshot/baudolo-20260731/volumes/postgres_data/_data",
+                "/var/lib/docker/.baudolo-20260731/volumes/postgres_data/_data",
             )
 
+    def test_it_unmounts_before_it_destroys(self) -> None:
+        run = self._run()
+        with volume_snapshot("zfs", "/var/lib/docker", "20260731", run=run):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(
+            run.calls[-3:],
+            [
+                ["umount", "/var/lib/docker/.baudolo-20260731"],
+                ["rmdir", "/var/lib/docker/.baudolo-20260731"],
+                ["zfs", "destroy", "tank/docker@baudolo-20260731"],
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_a_failed_mount_leaves_no_snapshot_behind(self) -> None:
+        run = Unmountable({"zfs list": ["tank/docker"]})
+        with (
+            self.assertRaises(BackupError),
+            volume_snapshot("zfs", "/var/lib/docker", "20260731", run=run),
+        ):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(
+            run.calls[-2:],
+            [
+                ["rmdir", "/var/lib/docker/.baudolo-20260731"],
+                ["zfs", "destroy", "tank/docker@baudolo-20260731"],
+            ],
+        )
+
     def test_an_unmounted_dataset_is_an_error(self) -> None:
         run = Runner({"zfs list": [""]})
         with (

tests/unit/backup/test_volume.py

@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ class TestBackupVolume(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_it_carries_no_kernel_objects_into_a_generation(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("--no-D", self.copy())
 
+    def test_it_stores_the_metadata_a_restore_has_to_give_back(self) -> None:
+        self.assertIn("-aHAX", self.copy())
+
     def test_it_keeps_no_twin_of_what_the_second_pass_replaces(self) -> None:
         command = self.copy(authoritative=True)
-        self.assertEqual(command[:2], ["rsync", "-aP"])
+        self.assertEqual(command[:3], ["rsync", "-aHAX", "-P"])
         self.assertNotIn("--backup", command)
 
     def test_it_creates_the_destination(self) -> None:

tests/unit/seed/test_main.py

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class TestSeedMain(unittest.TestCase):
         ns.database = "db"
         ns.username = "user"
         ns.password = "pass"
+        ns.password_stdin = False
         parse_args.return_value = ns
 
         seed_main.main()
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ class TestSeedMain(unittest.TestCase):
         ns.database = "db"
         ns.username = "user"
         ns.password = "pass"
+        ns.password_stdin = False
         parse_args.return_value = ns
 
         seed_main.main()