do not treat snapshot check failures as fatal errors

main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"brainbaking.com/restictray/restic"
-	"errors"
 	"fyne.io/systray"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ func addMenuError(err error) {
 	}()
 }
 
-func handleError(err error) {
+func handleFatalError(err error) {
 	log.Err(err).Msg("")
 	systray.ResetMenu()
 	addMenuError(err)
@@ -64,16 +63,12 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 // Updates snapshot information in restic wrapper and menu labels. This is a blocking call.
+// This should be resilient as it's frequently called.
 func updateSnapshots(cnf *restic.Config, mnu *resticmenu) {
 	err := wrapper.UpdateLatestSnapshots(cnf)
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, restic.ResticCmdTimeoutError) {
-			log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("update snapshot timeout")
-			mnu.latestSnapshot.SetTitle("‼️ Latest: timeout while updating")
-			mnu.backupNowEnable()
-		} else {
-			handleError(err)
-		}
+		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("update snapshot")
+		mnu.latestSnapshot.SetTitle("‼️ " + err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -131,7 +126,7 @@ func onSystrayReady() {
 
 	cnf, err := restic.ReadConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		handleError(err)
+		handleFatalError(err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ func onSystrayReady() {
 
 	backupCheckTime := make(chan bool, 1)
 	hourlyBackupCheckFn := func() {
-		time.Sleep(1 * time.Minute)
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Hour)
 		backupCheckTime <- true
 	}
 	go hourlyBackupCheckFn()
@@ -217,7 +212,7 @@ func buildMenu() *resticmenu {
 func mountBackups(cnf *restic.Config) {
 	err := wrapper.MountBackups(cnf)
 	if err != nil {
-		handleError(err)
+		handleFatalError(err)
 	}
 }
 

restic/wrapper.go

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func openFolder(folder string) error {
 }
 
 // UpdateLatestSnapshots updates LatestSnapshots or returns an error. If timed out, returns an error as well.
+// Returns a ResticCmdTimeoutError if no response from restic after cmdTimeout
 func (w *Wrapper) UpdateLatestSnapshots(c *Config) error {
 	cmd := resticCmd("--json", "--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "snapshots")
 
@@ -125,11 +126,11 @@ func (w *Wrapper) UpdateLatestSnapshots(c *Config) error {
 	case <-done:
 	case <-time.After(cmdTimeout):
 		cmd.Process.Kill()
-		return fmt.Errorf("restic snapshots cmd: %w", ResticCmdTimeoutError)
+		return fmt.Errorf("snapshot cmd: %w", ResticCmdTimeoutError)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("restic snapshots cmd: %s: %w", string(out), err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("snapshot cmd: %s: %w", string(out), err)
 	}
 
 	err = json.Unmarshal(out, &w.LatestSnapshots)
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ func (w *Wrapper) UpdateLatestSnapshots(c *Config) error {
 }
 
 // Backup uses "restic backup" to create a new snapshot. This is a blocking call.
+// Returns a ResticCmdTimeoutError if no response from restic after cmdTimeout
 func (w *Wrapper) Backup(c *Config) error {
 	cmd := resticCmd("--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "--exclude-file", ExcludeFile(), "backup", c.Backup, "--no-scan")
 	stdout, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()