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Bogdan Timofte
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# Incident Reports
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## 2026-05-15 - GoPro Chapter Import Overwrite
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### Summary
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An import from `/Volumes/NO NAME` into `~/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro`
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processed 9 GoPro MP4 files and reported success for all of them, but the import
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collapsed multiple chapter files onto one destination filename. Because the script
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continued after detecting the collision, each later copy overwrote the previous
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destination file and the source file was then deleted after verification.
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The surviving destination file appears to be the last chapter (`GX091621.MP4`),
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stored as:
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```text
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/Users/bogdan/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro/2026-05-15/2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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```
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### User Command
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```bash
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media-importer.sh -s "/Volumes/NO NAME" -d ~/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro
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```
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Effective settings from the log:
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```text
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Organization pattern: ymd
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Destination: /Users/bogdan/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro
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Keep originals: No
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Verify mode: size
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Dry run: No
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Keep empty dirs: No
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Source patterns:
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- /Volumes/NO NAME
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```
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### Impact
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- Total files found: 9
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- Total size found: 30GB
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- Script reported: 9 successfully processed, 0 errors
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- Actual observed result: only one full-resolution MP4 remained in destination
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- Source MP4 files were removed from the card
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- Remaining card artifacts included `.LRV` proxy files and `.THM` thumbnails
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The original full-resolution data for the first 8 chapters was not recoverable
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from the mounted filesystem at the time of inspection. No recovery tool was run.
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### Evidence
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The import log repeatedly mapped each source chapter to the same destination:
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```text
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GX011621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX021621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX031621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX041621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX051621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX061621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX071621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX081621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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GX091621.MP4 -> 2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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```
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The script emitted warnings like:
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```text
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Destination already exists: .../2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4 - proceeding to move/copy and letting external tools handle conflicts
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```
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That warning was the bug signal. The script should have chosen a unique destination
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or failed closed. Instead it proceeded.
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Post-incident inspection found:
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```text
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/Users/bogdan/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro/2026-05-15/2026-05-15_22-20-09.mp4
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size: 586M
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duration: 0:01:49
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QuickTime CreateDate: 2026:05:15 19:20:09
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The duration matched the surviving low-resolution proxy:
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```text
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GL091621.LRV duration: 108.58s
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This strongly indicates that the surviving full-resolution file was the last
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chapter (`GX091621.MP4`).
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### Timeline Recovered From Card Artifacts
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The full-resolution MP4 files were gone from `/Volumes/NO NAME/DCIM/100GOPRO`,
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but GoPro sidecar/proxy files remained. The `.THM` timestamps preserved a useful
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chapter timeline:
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```text
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GX011621.THM 2026-05-15 19:20:10
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GX021621.THM 2026-05-15 19:31:58
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GX031621.THM 2026-05-15 19:43:44
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GX041621.THM 2026-05-15 19:55:32
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GX051621.THM 2026-05-15 20:07:20
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GX061621.THM 2026-05-15 20:19:08
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GX071621.THM 2026-05-15 20:30:54
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GX081621.THM 2026-05-15 20:42:42
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GX091621.THM 2026-05-15 20:54:30
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The `.LRV` proxy files also remained and can preserve low-resolution visual
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content when full-resolution MP4 recovery is not possible.
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### Root Cause
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There were two separate issues:
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1. Filename collision handling was unsafe.
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- Multiple GoPro chapters had the same metadata timestamp.
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- `generate_destination_path` generated the same destination filename for all
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files.
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- `process_file` detected the existing destination but continued.
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- The copy operation overwrote the destination.
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- Verification then validated the newly overwritten destination.
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- The source file was deleted.
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2. Timestamp interpretation was easy to misunderstand.
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- The script converts QuickTime `CreateDate` values from UTC to local time.
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- The accident log used `22:20:09`, while surviving `.THM/.LRV` filesystem
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timestamps showed `19:20`.
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- This looks like QuickTime UTC conversion rather than a GoPro firmware
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regression.
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- This was not the data-loss mechanism, but it affected the visible names.
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### Corrective Actions
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Implemented in `media-importer.sh`:
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- Added explicit no-overwrite checks in `safe_cp` and `safe_mv`.
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- Changed copy/move flow to copy into a temporary file, verify the temporary
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file, then move it into place only if the final destination does not exist.
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- Added explicit destination conflict handling. Unattended runs append numeric
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suffixes; interactive runs ask the user and can apply the decision to all
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similar conflicts during long imports.
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```text
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2026-05-15_19-20-09.mp4
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2026-05-15_19-20-09_1.mp4
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2026-05-15_19-20-09_2.mp4
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- Sorted discovered files before processing to make chapter order stable.
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- Added `--date-source filesystem` for imports where filesystem timestamps are
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the source of truth.
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- GoPro `GX/GH/GP*.MP4` files now prefer filesystem timestamps in default
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`auto` mode, using matching `THM`, matching `LRV`, then MP4 mtime as fallback.
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- GoPro imports that use filesystem dates automatically write the corrected clip
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start time into destination metadata before deleting the source.
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- Added `--sync-metadata` to force the same metadata write for non-GoPro cases.
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- Prevented accidental execution when the script is sourced rather than run.
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Implemented in `test_runner.sh`:
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- Added `timestamp-collision` regression test.
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- The test creates multiple MP4 files with identical `CreateDate` values.
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paths, with no overwrite collapse.
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Verification command:
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### Operational Guidance
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For the next GoPro import, start with dry-run:
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./media-importer.sh -s "/Volumes/GOPRO" -d "$HOME/Autofs/xdev/autonas/ext01/@Camera/GoPro" --dry-run -v
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Review the dry-run output before removing `--dry-run`. Expected healthy output:
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- each `GX*.MP4` maps to a distinct destination path;
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- date source says `Filesystem:GX*.THM`, `Filesystem:GX*.LRV`, or the MP4
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basename depending on the best available GoPro filesystem source;
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- each GoPro line says metadata date would be synced;
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- no line says that an existing destination will be overwritten;
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- any unavoidable conflict is either a deliberate numeric suffix or an explicit
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After dry-run review, run the same command without `--dry-run`.
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### Regression Rule
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Any future change to date extraction, filename generation, verification, copy,
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move, conflict handling, or GoPro/Garmin/Varia media behavior must run:
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The test must fail if two source media files can collapse into one destination
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file while the script still reports success.
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