[PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Jonas Theisen]

Currently running tasks are returned by the PBS API in the query
for errored tasks.
This patch adds an additional condition to filter out running tasks
when queried for errored tasks.

Reported in https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/163872/,
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/185999/ and
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6251

Signed-off-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
---
 src/api2/node/tasks.rs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
index 96f5e080f..4786820a3 100644
--- a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ pub fn list_tasks(
             (Some(state), Some(filters)) if !filters.contains(&tasktype(state)) => {
                 continue;
             }
+            (None, _) if errors => continue,
             (None, Some(_)) => continue,
             _ => {}
         }
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Maximiliano Sandoval]

Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com> writes:

> Currently running tasks are returned by the PBS API in the query
> for errored tasks.
> This patch adds an additional condition to filter out running tasks
> when queried for errored tasks.
>
> Reported in https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/163872/,
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/185999/ and
> https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6251
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
> ---
>  src/api2/node/tasks.rs | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> index 96f5e080f..4786820a3 100644
> --- a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> +++ b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> @@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ pub fn list_tasks(
>              (Some(state), Some(filters)) if !filters.contains(&tasktype(state)) => {
>                  continue;
>              }
> +            (None, _) if errors => continue,
>              (None, Some(_)) => continue,
>              _ => {}
>          }

What I tested:

>From one terminal:

    proxmox-backup-manager garbage-collection start <datastore>

before the task finished, from another terminal:

    proxmox-backup-debug api get /nodes/$(hostname)/tasks --limit 3 --errors true

Without this patch, the GC task would show in the task list even though
it does not have errors. This is addressed by the patch.

lgtm.

Tested-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
Reviewed-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>

-- 
Maximiliano

Re: [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Christian Ebner]

On 8/27/26 5:48 PM, Jonas Theisen wrote:
> Currently running tasks are returned by the PBS API in the query
> for errored tasks.
> This patch adds an additional condition to filter out running tasks
> when queried for errored tasks.
> 
> Reported in https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/163872/,
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/185999/ and
> https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6251
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
> ---
>   src/api2/node/tasks.rs | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> index 96f5e080f..4786820a3 100644
> --- a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> +++ b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> @@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ pub fn list_tasks(
>               (Some(state), Some(filters)) if !filters.contains(&tasktype(state)) => {
>                   continue;
>               }
> +            (None, _) if errors => continue,
>               (None, Some(_)) => continue,
>               _ => {}
>           }

Thanks for the patch! Did you also check the task filter implementations 
in PVE/PDM?

At least for PDM there is some analogous logic [0] which at first glance 
requires adaption as well. Note that there it is shared for PVE and PBS.

[0] 
https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-datacenter-manager.git;a=blob;f=server/src/remote_tasks/mod.rs;h=5fba867dfc675970ebc5037165f49efee439f545;hb=HEAD#l143

Re: [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Jonas Theisen]

On 8/28/26 09:10, Christian Ebner wrote:
> -snip-
>
> Thanks for the patch! Did you also check the task filter 
> implementations in PVE/PDM?
>
> At least for PDM there is some analogous logic [0] which at first 
> glance requires adaption as well. Note that there it is shared for PVE 
> and PBS.
>
> [0] 
> https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-datacenter-manager.git;a=blob;f=server/src/remote_tasks/mod.rs;h=5fba867dfc675970ebc5037165f49efee439f545;hb=HEAD#l143
I've now checked the behavior on all four platforms.
For PVE the tasks endpoint is just run against finished tasls [1] and
only returns tasks with errors as intended.
For PDM there are two patches [2], one for the PDM internal tasks
API since it has the same problem as the PBS API.
The additional one aligns the fetched tasks from PVE to the ones
from PBS and PDM alike since the linked filter logic in [0] already
works for these types of running tasks.
PMG also does not return running tasks, so nothing to do.

[1] 
https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-manager.git;a=blob;f=PVE/API2/Tasks.pm;h=df39dc77c2c0bbd917431be4881d654a50b72a21;hb=HEAD#l39
[2] 
https://lore.proxmox.com/pdm-devel/20260828155110.563237-1-j.theisen@proxmox.com/T/#t 

Re: [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Jonas Theisen]

Gentle ping

On 8/27/26 17:47, Jonas Theisen wrote:
> Currently running tasks are returned by the PBS API in the query
> for errored tasks.
> This patch adds an additional condition to filter out running tasks
> when queried for errored tasks.
>
> Reported in https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/163872/,
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/185999/ and
> https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6251
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
> ---
>   src/api2/node/tasks.rs | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> index 96f5e080f..4786820a3 100644
> --- a/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> +++ b/src/api2/node/tasks.rs
> @@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ pub fn list_tasks(
>               (Some(state), Some(filters)) if !filters.contains(&tasktype(state)) => {
>                   continue;
>               }
> +            (None, _) if errors => continue,
>               (None, Some(_)) => continue,
>               _ => {}
>           }

applied: [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #6251: api: Remove running tasks from errors output

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:47:32 +0200, Jonas Theisen wrote:
> Currently running tasks are returned by the PBS API in the query
> for errored tasks.
> This patch adds an additional condition to filter out running tasks
> when queried for errored tasks.
> 
> Reported in https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/163872/,
> https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/185999/ and
> https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6251
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

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