From 213170e5ce5faf872cf4eec119ecf7f0294288e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: git_admin <gitea@local.domain>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:35:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backup: skip ./sessions in nightly tar (matches reshape
 checkpoint)

---
 templates/backup-cronjob.yaml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/templates/backup-cronjob.yaml b/templates/backup-cronjob.yaml
index b245dcf..9aef2a7 100644
--- a/templates/backup-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/templates/backup-cronjob.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ spec:
                   # treats absent filestore object as "no filestore
                   # captured for this snapshot" (older backups).
                   if [ -d /var/lib/odoo ] && [ -n "$(ls -A /var/lib/odoo 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-                    tar -czf - -C /var/lib/odoo . \
+                    # Exclude ./sessions — HTTP session cache,
+                    # unique per cookie, expires on Odoo restart
+                    # anyway. Including it bloats the archive and
+                    # slows backups by minutes on busy instances.
+                    tar -czf - --exclude=./sessions -C /var/lib/odoo . \
                       | aws --endpoint-url "$S3_ENDPOINT" s3 cp - "s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${FS_KEY}"
                   else
                     echo "(filestore empty; skipping archive)"