Will the storage on my Seedvault flash drive run out?

[lazytownfan]

I would like to know what happens to the flash drive I use for Seedvault when the flash drive I'm using runs out of storage space.

Will I have to get a new flash drive for my Seedvault backups? Or, is Seedvault somehow capable of deleting the oldest data in order to make room for new Seedvault backups?

[grote]

There's no automatic storage handling implemented for app backups so far. "File/storage backups" do delete all backups automatically.

For app backups, you should have numeric folders inside .SeedvaultAndroidBackup which you can delete if they haven't been changed recently and you have other backups available.

[lazytownfan]

Does this still apply even when the flash drive is only used for Seedvault and nothing else?

I don't store any other data on my Seedvault flash drive.

[grote]

Yes, Seedvault doesn't care about other data. It only touches what's inside that .SeedvaultAndroidBackup folder.

[LeSpocky]

Is this still recent behaviour? I'm using a Fairphone 3 with LineageOS 20 (Android 13) for two weeks now and Seedvault already uses 100 GB of the 128 GB uSD card (using the external sd as backup target). One backup including apps is around 3.3 GB and there are ~30 backups stored. Is it possible to limit the number of backups kept by Seedvault?

[steadfasterX]

see: #559 :)

[milindpatel63]

There's no automatic storage handling implemented for app backups so far. "File/storage backups" do delete all backups automatically.

For app backups, you should have numeric folders inside .SeedvaultAndroidBackup which you can delete if they haven't been changed recently and you have other backups available.

If those numeric folders haven't been changed recently, and I delete them, then a backup of an app gets deleted right? But how do I know if there's a newer backup of that app is available?

Does seedvault make new numbered folders each time it backups for each app?

Also, what about Storage backup? If I remove a folder from backup which was previously getting backed up, will it also remove the backup for that folder when the backup runs next? Or will it be permanently saved in my backup forever?

Would really love if there were some docs and faq regarding this.

[grote]

Does seedvault make new numbered folders each time it backups for each app?

No, it creates a new "restore set" only under specific circumstances like after selecting a new backup location.

Would really love if there were some docs and faq regarding this.

Would you write one based on the answers you get here? However, these things are considered internal implementation details and may change in any new version.

I personally think a feature like #100 would make knowing those internal details mostly unnecessary.