apple / apple/foundationdb

FDB throws “The last backup happened in the future” when a backup is re-triggered from a different timezone

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Description

The error output is:

```
2020/12/10 07:58:01 ERROR: The last backup `2020-12-10-12-33-01.722470' happened in the future.
ERROR: An error was encountered during submission
Fatal Error: Backup error
```
The code here seems to be the offending part - https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/blob/master/fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp#L3835

We probably need to store the backup time as epoch, or with timezone info.

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Research direction

Read fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp around line 3835 and trace how the last-backup timestamp is stored and compared when a backup is re-triggered from another timezone. Reproduce the timezone change scenario, then verify that the backup no longer reports a future timestamp and completes successfully.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
databases, distributed-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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