Chat logs lost after update from 1.19 -> 1.20

[infogulch]

Ok well the new update loses chat logs again. I guess I can't use cloudron for irc.

[jdaviescoates]

@nebulon said in Chat logs lost after update from 1.19 -> 1.20:

I wonder how we can reproduce this.

Try what @infogulch suggested above?

[girish]

@infogulch @jdaviescoates the package incorrectly assumes that logs directory is app logs. It's actually the irc logs (messages). I am making a new package.

Usually, this is caught in our tests... But unfortunately, thelounge has no proper tests because this is not easy to test....

[girish]

New package is out. Unfortunately, the old versions still lose the irc logs

[infogulch]

Backups cover a lot of sins. I still have the archived backup from the last time this happened.

Now we need a process for restoring the chat logs. I guess we can start by cloning the app from an old backup, but I'm not sure how to copy files between containers. Any ideas?

[infogulch]

Oh. So because logs were assumed to be app logs and redirected to the ephemeral /run directory so they were not backed up.

How did this issue persist when we had a whole discussion about how logs are chat logs not app logs nearly 6 months ago?

[infogulch]

I updated to package version io.github.thelounge@1.20.1-1 and I still see that logs is a symlink to the ephemeral run directory:

[girish]

@infogulch said in Chat logs lost after update from 1.19 -> 1.20:

Oh. So because logs were assumed to be app logs and redirected to the ephemeral /run directory so they were not backed up.

yes, pretty much

How did this issue persist when we had a whole discussion about how logs are chat logs not app logs nearly 6 months ago?

I think this just fell through the cracks. We didn't investigate further and lost track.

[girish]

@infogulch said in Chat logs lost after update from 1.19 -> 1.20:

I updated to package version io.github.thelounge@1.20.1-1 and I still see that logs is a symlink to the ephemeral run directory:

My bad, that symlink has to get deleted. I pushed another package now, can you please check?

[infogulch]

It looks like it's working now.