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Supabase•10h ago
nonogaki9674

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Need Help with Backing Up and Restoring Local Supabase Storage Files (File Backend) to Avoid Missing xattrs Hi! I'm self-hosting Supabase (Docker, storage-api:v1.23.0, file backend) and can't restore local storage files to staging without losing xattrs, causing ENODATA errors when accessing images in Studio. Setup: - Local: Storage at /mnt/stub/stub. Files have xattrs (user.supabase.content-type="image/jpeg", user.supabase.cache-control="no-cache") via getfattr. Images work in Studio. - Staging: Storage at /var/lib/storage/stub/stub. Restored files show e in lsattr but no user.supabase.* xattrs, causing errors. storage.objects entries are identical. - Backup: Used tar -czf (Alpine, no --xattrs) and docker cp, extracted on staging with tar --xattrs (Ubuntu container). Also restored DB with pg_dump. - Issue: Restored files lack xattrs; new uploads via Studio/Python script work fine. Logs (staging): 
{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}
{"level":50,"time":"2025-08-20T14:30:45.409Z","error":{"message":"The extended attribute does not exist.","code":"ENODATA"},"operation":"storage.object.get_authenticated"}
Question: How do I backup/restore storage files to preserve user.supabase.* xattrs? Should I use rsync -aAX, GNU tar --xattrs-include='user.supabase.*', or something else? Any tips for syncing storage.objects with files? Sample scripts appreciated! Thanks!
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