02-selfhosting/storage-backup/restic-b2-fleet-backups.md

@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ To recover a database, restore the dump then load it: `mysql <db> < mysql-<db>.s
 - **Exclude data that's already offsite.** Media already synced to object storage (S3/B2 via the app or `rclone`) should be `--exclude`d so you don't pay to store it twice.
 - **First upload is slow, the rest are fast.** The initial snapshot reads and uploads everything; subsequent runs only ship changed blocks. For a large first run, fire it detached and watch from a transient unit that emails you on completion.
 - **Keep secrets out of git.** The repo password and B2 key belong in an Ansible vault (committed encrypted), referenced into the role — never in plaintext vars.
-- **Changing a host's backup paths starts a new snapshot group.** `restic forget` groups snapshots by `host`+`paths` by default, so adding or removing a path on an existing host creates a *separate* lineage: the old path-set and the new one each retain their own 7d/4w/6m snapshots, and `restic snapshots` shows both. Expected, not a bug — but it means the old-path snapshots age out on their own schedule rather than being superseded. To collapse everything into one retention bucket, run `forget` with `--group-by host` (be deliberate: it then treats *any* path-set on that host as the same group).
 
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