From 8118963d6ecc5b75da8a2375a89d14c11e62b81f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:19:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cache: remove dependency on crypto package for truncation
 checks

The cache backend + repository can by now properly recover from damaged
files stored in the cache. Thus, remove the legacy sanity check.
---
 internal/backend/cache/file.go | 15 +--------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/backend/cache/file.go b/internal/backend/cache/file.go
index 062d6ea3f..864f12ed6 100644
--- a/internal/backend/cache/file.go
+++ b/internal/backend/cache/file.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/util"
-	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/crypto"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 )
@@ -55,11 +54,6 @@ func (c *Cache) load(h backend.Handle, length int, offset int64) (io.ReadCloser,
 	}
 
 	size := fi.Size()
-	if size <= int64(crypto.CiphertextLength(0)) {
-		_ = f.Close()
-		return nil, true, errors.Errorf("cached file %v is truncated", h)
-	}
-
 	if size < offset+int64(length) {
 		_ = f.Close()
 		return nil, true, errors.Errorf("cached file %v is too short", h)
@@ -102,20 +96,13 @@ func (c *Cache) save(h backend.Handle, rd io.Reader) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	n, err := io.Copy(f, rd)
+	_, err = io.Copy(f, rd)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = f.Close()
 		_ = os.Remove(f.Name())
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "Copy")
 	}
 
-	if n <= int64(crypto.CiphertextLength(0)) {
-		_ = f.Close()
-		_ = os.Remove(f.Name())
-		debug.Log("trying to cache truncated file %v, removing", h)
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	// Close, then rename. Windows doesn't like the reverse order.
 	if err = f.Close(); err != nil {
 		_ = os.Remove(f.Name())