# All about JSON: How to develop frontends

Borg does not have a public API on the Python level. That does not keep you from writing `import borg`, but does mean that there are no release-to-release guarantees on what you might find in that package, not even for point releases (1.1.x), and there is no documentation beyond the code and the internals documents.

Borg does on the other hand provide an API on a command-line level. In other words, a frontend should (for example) create a backup archive by invoking borg create, provide command-line parameters/options as needed, and parse JSON output from Borg.

Important: JSON output is expected to be UTF-8, but currently borg depends on the locale being configured for that (must be a UTF-8 locale and not “C” or “ascii”), so that Python will choose to encode to UTF-8. The same applies to any inputs read by borg, they are expected to be UTF-8 encoded also.

On POSIX systems, you can usually set environment vars to choose a UTF-8 locale:

    export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Another way to get Python’s stdin/stdout/stderr streams to use UTF-8 encoding (without having a UTF-8 locale / LANG / LC_CTYPE) is:

    export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

See #2273 for more details.

## Dealing with non-unicode byte sequences and JSON limitations

Paths on POSIX systems can have arbitrary bytes in them (except 0x00 which is used as string terminator in C).

Nowadays, UTF-8 encoded paths (which decode to valid unicode) are the usual thing, but a lot of systems still have paths from the past, when other, non-unicode codings were used. Especially old Samba shares often have wild mixtures of misc. encodings, sometimes even very broken stuff.

borg deals with such non-unicode paths (“with funny/broken characters”) by decoding such byte sequences using UTF-8 coding and “surrogateescape” error handling mode, which maps invalid bytes to special unicode code points (surrogate escapes). When encoding such a unicode string back to a byte sequence, the original byte sequence will be reproduced exactly.

JSON should only contain valid unicode text without any surrogate escapes, so we can’t just directly have a surrogate-escaped path in JSON (“path” is only one example, this also affects other text-like content).

Borg deals with this situation like this (since borg 2.0):

For a valid unicode path (no surrogate escapes), the JSON will only have “path”: path.

For a non-unicode path (with surrogate escapes), the JSON will have 2 entries:

- “path”: path_approximation (pure valid unicode, all invalid bytes will show up as “?”)

- “path_b64”: path_bytes_base64_encoded (if you decode the base64, you get the original path byte string)

JSON users need to pick whatever suits their needs best. The suggested procedure (shown for “path”) is:

- check if there is a “path_b64” key.

- if it is there, you will know that the original bytes path did not cleanly UTF-8-decode into unicode (has some invalid bytes) and that the string given by the “path” key is only an approximation, but not the precise path. if you need precision, you must base64-decode the value of “path_b64” and deal with the arbitrary byte string you’ll get. if an approximation is fine, use the value of the “path” key.

- if it is not there, the value of the “path” key is all you need (the original bytes path is its UTF-8 encoding).

## Logging

Especially for graphical frontends it is important to be able to convey and reformat progress information in meaningful ways. The `--log-json` option turns the stderr stream of Borg into a stream of JSON lines, where each line is a JSON object. The type key of the object determines its other contents.

Warning

JSON logging requires successful argument parsing. Even with `--log-json` specified, a parsing error will be printed in plain text, because logging set-up happens after all arguments are parsed.

The following types are in use. Progress information is governed by the usual rules for progress information, it is not produced unless `--progress` is specified.

archive_progress

  Output during operations creating archives (borg create and borg recreate). The following keys exist, each represents the current progress.

  original_size

    Original size of data processed so far (before compression and deduplication, may be empty/absent)

  compressed_size

    Compressed size (may be empty/absent)

  deduplicated_size

    Deduplicated size (may be empty/absent)

  nfiles

    Number of (regular) files processed so far (may be empty/absent)

  path

    Current path (may be empty/absent)

  time

    Unix timestamp (float)

  finished

    boolean indicating whether the operation has finished, only the last object for an operation can have this property set to true.

progress_message

  A message-based progress information with no concrete progress information, just a message saying what is currently being worked on.

  operation

    unique, opaque integer ID of the operation

  msgid

    Message ID of the operation (may be null)

  finished

    boolean indicating whether the operation has finished, only the last object for an operation can have this property set to true.

  message

    current progress message (may be empty/absent)

  time

    Unix timestamp (float)

progress_percent

  Absolute progress information with defined end/total and current value.

  operation

    unique, opaque integer ID of the operation

  msgid

    Message ID of the operation (may be null)

  finished

    boolean indicating whether the operation has finished, only the last object for an operation can have this property set to true.

  message

    A formatted progress message, this will include the percentage and perhaps other information (absent for finished == true)

  current

    Current value (always less-or-equal to total, absent for finished == true)

  info

    Array that describes the current item, may be null, contents depend on msgid (absent for finished == true)

  total

    Total value (absent for finished == true)

  time

    Unix timestamp (float)

file_status

  This is only output by borg create and borg recreate if `--list` is specified. The usual rules for the file listing applies, including the `--filter` option.

  status

    Single-character status as for regular list output

  path

    Path of the file system object

log_message

  Any regular log output invokes this type. Regular log options and filtering applies to these as well.

  time

    Unix timestamp (float)

  levelname

    Upper-case log level name (also called severity). Defined levels are: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL

  name

    Name of the emitting entity

  message

    Formatted log message

  msgid

    Message ID, may be null or absent

See Prompts for the types used by prompts.

Examples (reformatted, each object would be on exactly one line)

borg extract progress:

    {"message": "100.0% Extracting: src/borgbackup.egg-info/entry_points.txt",
     "current": 13000228, "total": 13004993, "info": ["src/borgbackup.egg-info/entry_points.txt"],
     "operation": 1, "msgid": "extract", "type": "progress_percent", "finished": false}
    {"message": "100.0% Extracting: src/borgbackup.egg-info/SOURCES.txt",
     "current": 13004993, "total": 13004993, "info": ["src/borgbackup.egg-info/SOURCES.txt"],
     "operation": 1, "msgid": "extract", "type": "progress_percent", "finished": false}
    {"operation": 1, "msgid": "extract", "type": "progress_percent", "finished": true}

borg create file listing with progress:

    {"original_size": 0, "compressed_size": 0, "deduplicated_size": 0, "nfiles": 0, "type": "archive_progress", "path": "src"}
    {"type": "file_status", "status": "U", "path": "src/borgbackup.egg-info/entry_points.txt"}
    {"type": "file_status", "status": "U", "path": "src/borgbackup.egg-info/SOURCES.txt"}
    {"type": "file_status", "status": "d", "path": "src/borgbackup.egg-info"}
    {"type": "file_status", "status": "d", "path": "src"}
    {"original_size": 13176040, "compressed_size": 11386863, "deduplicated_size": 503, "nfiles": 277, "type": "archive_progress", "path": ""}

Internal transaction progress:

    {"message": "Saving files cache", "operation": 2, "msgid": "cache.commit", "type": "progress_message", "finished": false}
    {"message": "Saving cache config", "operation": 2, "msgid": "cache.commit", "type": "progress_message", "finished": false}
    {"message": "Saving chunks cache", "operation": 2, "msgid": "cache.commit", "type": "progress_message", "finished": false}
    {"operation": 2, "msgid": "cache.commit", "type": "progress_message", "finished": true}

A debug log message:

    {"message": "35 self tests completed in 0.08 seconds",
     "type": "log_message", "created": 1488278449.5575905, "levelname": "DEBUG", "name": "borg.archiver"}

## Prompts

Prompts assume a JSON form as well when the `--log-json` option is specified. Responses are still read verbatim from stdin, while prompts are JSON messages printed to stderr, just like log messages.

Prompts use the question_prompt and question_prompt_retry types for the prompt itself, and question_invalid_answer, question_accepted_default, question_accepted_true, question_accepted_false and question_env_answer types for information about prompt processing.

The message property contains the same string displayed regularly in the same situation, while the msgid property may contain a msgid, typically the name of the environment variable that can be used to override the prompt. It is the same for all JSON messages pertaining to the same prompt.

Examples (reformatted, each object would be on exactly one line)

Providing an invalid answer:

    {"type": "question_prompt", "msgid": "BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING",
     "message": "... Type 'YES' if you understand this and want to continue: "}
    incorrect answer  # input on stdin
    {"type": "question_invalid_answer", "msgid": "BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING", "is_prompt": false,
     "message": "Invalid answer, aborting."}

Providing a false (negative) answer:

    {"type": "question_prompt", "msgid": "BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING",
     "message": "... Type 'YES' if you understand this and want to continue: "}
    NO  # input on stdin
    {"type": "question_accepted_false", "msgid": "BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING",
     "message": "Aborting.", "is_prompt": false}

Providing a true (affirmative) answer:

    {"type": "question_prompt", "msgid": "BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING",
     "message": "... Type 'YES' if you understand this and want to continue: "}
    YES  # input on stdin
    # no further output, just like the prompt without --log-json

## Passphrase prompts

Passphrase prompts should be handled differently. Use the environment variables BORG_PASSPHRASE and BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE (see Environment Variables for reference) to pass passphrases to Borg, don’t use the interactive passphrase prompts.

When setting a new passphrase (borg repo-create, borg key change-passphrase) normally Borg prompts whether it should display the passphrase. This can be suppressed by setting the environment variable BORG_DISPLAY_PASSPHRASE to no.

When “confronted” with an unknown repository, where the application does not know whether the repository is encrypted, the following algorithm can be followed to detect encryption:

1. Set BORG_PASSPHRASE to gibberish (for example a freshly generated UUID4, which cannot possibly be the passphrase)

2. Invoke `borg list repository ...`

3. If this fails, due the repository being encrypted and the passphrase obviously being wrong, you’ll get an error with the PassphraseWrong msgid.

   The repository is encrypted, for further access the application will need the passphrase.

4. If this does not fail, then the repository is not encrypted.

## Standard output

stdout is different and more command-dependent than logging. Commands like borg info, borg create and borg list implement a `--json` option which turns their regular output into a single JSON object.

Some commands, like borg list and borg diff, can produce a lot of JSON. Since many JSON implementations don’t support a streaming mode of operation, which is pretty much required to deal with this amount of JSON, these commands implement a `--json-lines` option which generates output in the JSON lines format, which is simply a number of JSON objects separated by new lines.

Dates are formatted according to ISO 8601 in local time. No explicit time zone is specified at this time (subject to change). The equivalent strftime format string is ‘%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f’, e.g. `2017-08-07T12:27:20.123456`.

The root object of ‘--json’ output will contain at least a repository key with an object containing:

id

  The ID of the repository, normally 64 hex characters

location

  Canonicalized repository path, thus this may be different from what is specified on the command line

last_modified

  Date when the repository was last modified by the Borg client

The encryption key, if present, contains:

mode

  Textual encryption mode name (same as borg repo-create `--encryption` names)

keyfile

  Path to the local key file used for access. Depending on mode this key may be absent.

The cache key, if present, contains:

path

  Path to the local repository cache

stats

  Object containing cache stats:

  total_chunks

    Number of chunks

  total_unique_chunks

    Number of unique chunks

  total_size

    Total uncompressed size of all chunks multiplied with their reference counts

  unique_size

    Uncompressed size of all chunks

Example borg info output:

    {
        "cache": {
            "path": "/home/user/.cache/borg/0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
            "stats": {
                "total_chunks": 511533,
                "total_size": 22635749792,
                "total_unique_chunks": 54892,
                "unique_size": 2449675468
            }
        },
        "encryption": {
            "mode": "repokey"
        },
        "repository": {
            "id": "0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
            "last_modified": "2017-08-07T12:27:20.789123",
            "location": "/home/user/testrepo"
        },
        "security_dir": "/home/user/.config/borg/security/0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
        "archives": []
    }

### Archive formats

borg info uses an extended format for archives, which is more expensive to retrieve, while borg list uses a simpler format that is faster to retrieve. Either return archives in an array under the archives key, while borg create returns a single archive object under the archive key.

Both formats contain a name key with the archive name, the id key with the hexadecimal archive ID, and the start key with the start timestamp.

borg info and borg create further have:

end

  End timestamp

duration

  Duration in seconds between start and end in seconds (float)

stats

  Archive statistics (freshly calculated, this is what makes “info” more expensive)

  original_size

    Size of files and metadata before compression

  compressed_size

    Size after compression

  deduplicated_size

    Deduplicated size (against the current repository, not when the archive was created)

  nfiles

    Number of regular files in the archive

command_line

  Array of strings of the command line that created the archive

  The note about paths from above applies here as well.

chunker_params

  The chunker parameters the archive has been created with.

borg info further has:

hostname

  Hostname of the creating host

username

  Name of the creating user

comment

  Archive comment, if any

Some keys/values are more expensive to compute than others (e.g. because it requires opening the archive, not just the manifest). To optimize for speed, borg list repo does not determine these values except when they are requested. The --format option is used for that (for normal mode as well as for --json mode), so, to have the comment included in the json output, you will need:

    borg list repo --format "{name}{comment}" --json`

Example of a simple archive listing (`borg list --last 1 --json`):

    {
        "archives": [
            {
                "id": "80cd07219ad725b3c5f665c1dcf119435c4dee1647a560ecac30f8d40221a46a",
                "name": "host-system-backup-2017-02-27",
                "start": "2017-08-07T12:27:20.789123"
            }
        ],
        "encryption": {
            "mode": "repokey"
        },
        "repository": {
            "id": "0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
            "last_modified": "2017-08-07T12:27:20.789123",
            "location": "/home/user/repository"
        }
    }

The same archive with more information (`borg info --last 1 --json`):

    {
        "archives": [
            {
                "chunker_params": [
                    "buzhash",
                    13,
                    23,
                    16,
                    4095
                ],
                "command_line": [
                    "/home/user/.local/bin/borg",
                    "create",
                    "/home/user/repository",
                    "..."
                ],
                "comment": "",
                "duration": 5.641542,
                "end": "2017-02-27T12:27:20.789123",
                "hostname": "host",
                "id": "80cd07219ad725b3c5f665c1dcf119435c4dee1647a560ecac30f8d40221a46a",
                "name": "host-system-backup-2017-02-27",
                "start": "2017-02-27T12:27:20.789123",
                "stats": {
                    "compressed_size": 1880961894,
                    "deduplicated_size": 2791,
                    "nfiles": 53669,
                    "original_size": 2400471280
                },
                "username": "user"
            }
        ],
        "cache": {
            "path": "/home/user/.cache/borg/0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
            "stats": {
                "total_chunks": 511533,
                "total_size": 22635749792,
                "total_unique_chunks": 54892,
                "unique_size": 2449675468
            }
        },
        "encryption": {
            "mode": "repokey"
        },
        "repository": {
            "id": "0cbe6166b46627fd26b97f8831e2ca97584280a46714ef84d2b668daf8271a23",
            "last_modified": "2017-08-07T12:27:20.789123",
            "location": "/home/user/repository"
        }
    }

### File listings

Each archive item (file, directory, …) is described by one object in the borg list output. Refer to the borg list documentation for the available keys and their meaning.

Example (excerpt) of `borg list --json-lines`:

    {"type": "d", "mode": "drwxr-xr-x", "user": "user", "group": "user", "uid": 1000, "gid": 1000, "path": "linux", "target": "", "flags": null, "mtime": "2017-02-27T12:27:20.023407", "size": 0}
    {"type": "d", "mode": "drwxr-xr-x", "user": "user", "group": "user", "uid": 1000, "gid": 1000, "path": "linux/baz", "target": "", "flags": null, "mtime": "2017-02-27T12:27:20.585407", "size": 0}

### Archive Differencing

Each archive difference item (file contents, user/group/mode) output by borg diff is represented by an ItemDiff object. The properties of an ItemDiff object are:

path:

  The filename/path of the Item (file, directory, symlink).

changes:

  A list of Change objects describing the changes made to the item in the two archives. For example, there will be two changes if the contents of a file are changed, and its ownership are changed.

The Change object can contain a number of properties depending on the type of change that occurred. If a ‘property’ is not required for the type of change, it is not output. The possible properties of a Change object are:

type:

  The type property is always present. It identifies the type of change and will be one of these values:

  - modified - file contents changed.

  - added - the file was added.

  - removed - the file was removed.

  - added directory - the directory was added.

  - removed directory - the directory was removed.

  - added link - the symlink was added.

  - removed link - the symlink was removed.

  - changed link - the symlink target was changed.

  - mode - the file/directory/link mode was changed. Note - this could indicate a change from a file/directory/link type to a different type (file/directory/link), such as -- a file is deleted and replaced with a directory of the same name.

  - owner - user and/or group ownership changed.

size:

  If type == ‘added’ or ‘removed’, then size provides the size of the added or removed file.

added:

  If type == ‘modified’ and chunk ids can be compared, then added and removed indicate the amount of data ‘added’ and ‘removed’. If chunk ids can not be compared, then added and removed properties are not provided and the only information available is that the file contents were modified.

removed:

  See added property.

old_mode:

  If type == ‘mode’, then old_mode and new_mode provide the mode and permissions changes.

new_mode:

  See old_mode property.

old_user:

  If type == ‘owner’, then old_user, new_user, old_group and new_group provide the user and group ownership changes.

old_group:

  See old_user property.

new_user:

  See old_user property.

new_group:

  See old_user property.

Example (excerpt) of `borg diff --json-lines`:

    {"path": "file1", "changes": [{"path": "file1", "changes": [{"type": "modified", "added": 17, "removed": 5}, {"type": "mode", "old_mode": "-rw-r--r--", "new_mode": "-rwxr-xr-x"}]}]}
    {"path": "file2", "changes": [{"type": "modified", "added": 135, "removed": 252}]}
    {"path": "file4", "changes": [{"type": "added", "size": 0}]}
    {"path": "file3", "changes": [{"type": "removed", "size": 0}]}

## Message IDs

Message IDs are strings that essentially give a log message or operation a name, without actually using the full text, since texts change more frequently. Message IDs are unambiguous and reduce the need to parse log messages.

Assigned message IDs and related error RCs (exit codes) are:

Errors
  Error rc: 2 traceback: no

    Error: {}

  ErrorWithTraceback rc: 2 traceback: yes

    Error: {}

  Buffer.MemoryLimitExceeded rc: 2 traceback: no

    Requested buffer size {} is above the limit of {}.

  EfficientCollectionQueue.SizeUnderflow rc: 2 traceback: no

    Could not pop_front first {} elements, collection only has {} elements..

  RTError rc: 2 traceback: no

    Runtime Error: {}

  CancelledByUser rc: 3 traceback: no

    Cancelled by user.

  CommandError rc: 4 traceback: no

    Command Error: {}

  PlaceholderError rc: 5 traceback: no

    Formatting Error: “{}”.format({}): {}({})

  InvalidPlaceholder rc: 6 traceback: no

    Invalid placeholder “{}” in string: {}

  Repository.AlreadyExists rc: 10 traceback: no

    A repository already exists at {}.

  Repository.CheckNeeded rc: 12 traceback: yes

    Inconsistency detected. Please run “borg check {}”.

  Repository.DoesNotExist rc: 13 traceback: no

    Repository {} does not exist.

  Repository.InsufficientFreeSpaceError rc: 14 traceback: no

    Insufficient free space to complete transaction (required: {}, available: {}).

  Repository.InvalidRepository rc: 15 traceback: no

    {} is not a valid repository. Check repo config.

  Repository.InvalidRepositoryConfig rc: 16 traceback: no

    {} does not have a valid configuration. Check repo config [{}].

  Repository.ObjectNotFound rc: 17 traceback: yes

    Object with key {} not found in repository {}.

  Repository.ParentPathDoesNotExist rc: 18 traceback: no

    The parent path of the repo directory [{}] does not exist.

  Repository.PathAlreadyExists rc: 19 traceback: no

    There is already something at {}.

  Repository.PathPermissionDenied rc: 21 traceback: no

    Permission denied to {}.

  MandatoryFeatureUnsupported rc: 25 traceback: no

    Unsupported repository feature(s) {}. A newer version of borg is required to access this repository.

  NoManifestError rc: 26 traceback: no

    Repository has no manifest.

  UnsupportedManifestError rc: 27 traceback: no

    Unsupported manifest envelope. A newer version is required to access this repository.

  Archive.AlreadyExists rc: 30 traceback: no

    Archive {} already exists

  Archive.DoesNotExist rc: 31 traceback: no

    Archive {} does not exist

  Archive.IncompatibleFilesystemEncodingError rc: 32 traceback: no

    Failed to encode filename “{}” into file system encoding “{}”. Consider configuring the LANG environment variable.

  KeyfileInvalidError rc: 40 traceback: no

    Invalid key data for repository {} found in {}.

  KeyfileMismatchError rc: 41 traceback: no

    Mismatch between repository {} and key file {}.

  KeyfileNotFoundError rc: 42 traceback: no

    No key file for repository {} found in {}.

  NotABorgKeyFile rc: 43 traceback: no

    This file is not a borg key backup, aborting.

  RepoKeyNotFoundError rc: 44 traceback: no

    No key entry found in the config of repository {}.

  RepoIdMismatch rc: 45 traceback: no

    This key backup seems to be for a different backup repository, aborting.

  UnencryptedRepo rc: 46 traceback: no

    Key management not available for unencrypted repositories.

  UnknownKeyType rc: 47 traceback: no

    Key type {0} is unknown.

  UnsupportedPayloadError rc: 48 traceback: no

    Unsupported payload type {}. A newer version is required to access this repository.

  UnsupportedKeyFormatError rc: 49 traceback:no

    Your borg key is stored in an unsupported format. Try using a newer version of borg.

  NoPassphraseFailure rc: 50 traceback: no

    can not acquire a passphrase: {}

  PasscommandFailure rc: 51 traceback: no

    passcommand supplied in BORG_PASSCOMMAND failed: {}

  PassphraseWrong rc: 52 traceback: no

    passphrase supplied in BORG_PASSPHRASE, by BORG_PASSCOMMAND or via BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD is incorrect.

  PasswordRetriesExceeded rc: 53 traceback: no

    exceeded the maximum password retries

  Cache.CacheInitAbortedError rc: 60 traceback: no

    Cache initialization aborted

  Cache.EncryptionMethodMismatch rc: 61 traceback: no

    Repository encryption method changed since last access, refusing to continue

  Cache.RepositoryAccessAborted rc: 62 traceback: no

    Repository access aborted

  Cache.RepositoryIDNotUnique rc: 63 traceback: no

    Cache is newer than repository - do you have multiple, independently updated repos with same ID?

  Cache.RepositoryReplay rc: 64 traceback: no

    Cache, or information obtained from the security directory is newer than repository - this is either an attack or unsafe (multiple repos with same ID)

  LockError rc: 70 traceback: no

    Failed to acquire the lock {}.

  LockErrorT rc: 71 traceback: yes

    Failed to acquire the lock {}.

  LockFailed rc: 72 traceback: yes

    Failed to create/acquire the lock {} ({}).

  LockTimeout rc: 73 traceback: no

    Failed to create/acquire the lock {} (timeout).

  NotLocked rc: 74 traceback: yes

    Failed to release the lock {} (was not locked).

  NotMyLock rc: 75 traceback: yes

    Failed to release the lock {} (was/is locked, but not by me).

  ConnectionClosed rc: 80 traceback: no

    Connection closed by remote host

  ConnectionClosedWithHint rc: 81 traceback: no

    Connection closed by remote host. {}

  InvalidRPCMethod rc: 82 traceback: no

    RPC method {} is not valid

  PathNotAllowed rc: 83 traceback: no

    Repository path not allowed: {}

  RemoteRepository.RPCServerOutdated rc: 84 traceback: no

    Borg server is too old for {}. Required version {}

  UnexpectedRPCDataFormatFromClient rc: 85 traceback: no

    Borg {}: Got unexpected RPC data format from client.

  UnexpectedRPCDataFormatFromServer rc: 86 traceback: no

    Got unexpected RPC data format from server: {}

  ConnectionBrokenWithHint rc: 87 traceback: no

    Connection to remote host is broken. {}

  IntegrityError rc: 90 traceback: yes

    Data integrity error: {}

  FileIntegrityError rc: 91 traceback: yes

    File failed integrity check: {}

  DecompressionError rc: 92 traceback: yes

    Decompression error: {}

Warnings
  BorgWarning rc: 1

    Warning: {}

  BackupWarning rc: 1

    {}: {}

  FileChangedWarning rc: 100

    {}: file changed while we backed it up

  IncludePatternNeverMatchedWarning rc: 101

    Include pattern ‘{}’ never matched.

  BackupError rc: 102

    {}: backup error

  BackupRaceConditionError rc: 103

    {}: file type or inode changed while we backed it up (race condition, skipped file)

  BackupOSError rc: 104

    {}: {}

  BackupPermissionError rc: 105

    {}: {}

  BackupIOError rc: 106

    {}: {}

  BackupFileNotFoundError rc: 107

    {}: {}

Operations

  - cache.begin_transaction

  - cache.download_chunks, appears with `borg create --no-cache-sync`

  - cache.commit

  - cache.sync

    info is one string element, the name of the archive currently synced.

  - repository.compact_segments

  - repository.replay_segments

  - repository.check

  - check.verify_data

  - check.rebuild_manifest

  - check.rebuild_refcounts

  - extract

    info is one string element, the name of the path currently extracted.

  - extract.permissions

  - archive.delete

  - archive.calc_stats

  - prune

  - upgrade.convert_segments

Prompts
  BORG_UNKNOWN_UNENCRYPTED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK

    For “Warning: Attempting to access a previously unknown unencrypted repository”

  BORG_RELOCATED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK

    For “Warning: The repository at location … was previously located at …”

  BORG_CHECK_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING

    For “This is a potentially dangerous function…” (check --repair)

  BORG_DELETE_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING

    For “You requested to DELETE the repository completely including all archives it contains:”