diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21866 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21866
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..815a472c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21866
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Hide progress bar for stats command in JSON mode
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, the stats command shows a progress bar. However,
+it was also active when given the `--json` option resulting in text
+mixed with JSON. This has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21866
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21871
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21869 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21869
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..774c5e4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21869
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Bugfix: Restore old behavior of `snapshots --latest <n>` without `--group-by`
+
+Restic 0.19.0 changed the behavior of `snapshots --latest <n>` to no longer
+group snapshots by default.
+
+`snapshots --latest <n>` has been reverted to the old behavior if `--group-by`
+is not specified. When specifying `--group-by`, the output is still grouped as
+requested like in restic 0.19.0.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21869
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21875
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21895 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21895
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a566df2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21895
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Remove read-only files via the SFTP backend on Windows servers
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, repository files on the SFTP backend are marked
+read-only after save. On Windows SFTP servers, removing them failed
+with a permission error. The SFTP backend now clears the read-only flag
+before removing the file.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21895
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21897
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-21899 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21899
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eceba1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-21899
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Fix excludes of duplicate directory entries during `backup`
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, creating a backup of a directory containing
+duplicate directory entries always resulted in "Warning: at least
+one source file could not be read" even if the files in question
+were excluded. This has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/21899
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21900
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1374efdfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5234
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Bugfix: Prevent mounting over the repository directory
+
+Using a local repository directory as the `mount` target — or a path
+that contains it, or that it contains — caused the FUSE server to
+read its own backend files through the new mount, deadlocking the
+kernel and requiring a long reboot to recover.
+
+Restic now resolves both paths and refuses any such overlap with a
+clear error before mounting.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5234
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/5348
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5667 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5667
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dcbc45d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5667
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Skip inaccessible `backup` source paths
+
+The `backup` command only skipped source paths that did not exist. A path that
+could not be accessed for another reason, such as a malformed path on Windows,
+was kept and produced an empty snapshot. Restic now skips any such path and
+aborts if none remain.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5667
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21852
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-5722 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5722
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffe9338f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-5722
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Bugfix: Update `mount` latest symlink after snapshot reload
+
+When `restic mount` was kept running while new snapshots were
+created, the new snapshots appeared in the mountpoint, but the `latest`
+symlink could still point to the previously latest snapshot. Restic now
+invalidates the cached snapshot directory entries after a snapshot reload so
+that `latest` points to the newest snapshot.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5722
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21873
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec8e2d8f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21876
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Show timezone location in `snapshots` output
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, the `snapshots` command printed the current timezone when
+listing snapshots. However, the timezone can change during the year, for example,
+due to daylight saving time. Instead just print the name of the current location.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21876
+https://forum.restic.net/t/possible-bug-in-timezone-naming/10867
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-21879 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21879
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a64a4900f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-21879
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Bugfix: prevent crash in mountpoint validation if mountpoint is inaccessible
+
+Since restic 0.19.0, the `mount` command validates a mountpoint before loading
+the repository. If restic was unable to stat the mountpoint, this would result
+in a crash. This has been fixed to correctly return an error instead.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21879
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index e0f901738..94348880f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -171,13 +171,17 @@ var ErrInvalidSourceData = errors.New("at least one source file could not be rea
 // ErrNoSourceData is used to report that no source data was found
 var ErrNoSourceData = errors.Fatal("all source directories/files do not exist")
 
-// filterExisting returns a slice of all existing items, or an error if no
-// items exist at all.
+// filterExisting returns the items that exist and can be accessed. It returns
+// ErrNoSourceData if none remain, or ErrInvalidSourceData if some were skipped.
 func filterExisting(items []string, warnf func(msg string, args ...interface{})) (result []string, err error) {
 	for _, item := range items {
 		_, err := fs.Lstat(item)
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			warnf("%v does not exist, skipping\n", item)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+				warnf("%v does not exist, skipping\n", item)
+			} else {
+				warnf("%v cannot be accessed, skipping\n", item)
+			}
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup_test.go
index e6f00aa5d..07b62c335 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	rtest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
 )
 
@@ -76,6 +77,28 @@ func TestCollectTargets(t *testing.T) {
 	rtest.Assert(t, err == ErrInvalidSourceData, "expected error when not all targets exist")
 }
 
+func TestFilterExistingUnreadable(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := rtest.TempDir(t)
+
+	existing := filepath.Join(dir, "existing")
+	rtest.OK(t, os.Mkdir(existing, 0755))
+
+	file := filepath.Join(dir, "file")
+	rtest.OK(t, os.WriteFile(file, []byte("x"), 0600))
+
+	// Regression test for #5667. A target whose Lstat fails with an error other
+	// than ErrNotExist must be skipped (ENOTDIR on unix, NUL byte everywhere).
+	for _, unreadable := range []string{filepath.Join(file, "child"), "invalid\x00path"} {
+		result, err := filterExisting([]string{unreadable}, t.Logf)
+		rtest.Assert(t, errors.Is(err, ErrNoSourceData), "input %q: expected ErrNoSourceData; got %v", unreadable, err)
+		rtest.Assert(t, len(result) == 0, "input %q: expected no targets; got %v", unreadable, result)
+
+		result, err = filterExisting([]string{existing, unreadable}, t.Logf)
+		rtest.Assert(t, errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidSourceData), "input %q: expected ErrInvalidSourceData; got %v", unreadable, err)
+		rtest.Equals(t, []string{existing}, result)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReadFilenamesRaw(t *testing.T) {
 	// These should all be returned exactly as-is.
 	expected := []string{
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
index 976db4d0d..1472e02b3 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func runForget(ctx context.Context, opts ForgetOptions, pruneOptions PruneOption
 			}
 
 			var key data.SnapshotGroupKey
-			if json.Unmarshal([]byte(k), &key) != nil {
+			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(k), &key); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
index cf521d643..a47734dbb 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/local"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/location"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/data"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
@@ -131,22 +134,8 @@ func runMount(ctx context.Context, opts MountOptions, gopts global.Options, args
 	}
 
 	mountpoint := args[0]
-
-	// Check the existence of the mount point at the earliest stage to
-	// prevent unnecessary computations while opening the repository.
-	stat, err := os.Stat(mountpoint)
-	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		printer.P("Mountpoint %s doesn't exist", mountpoint)
-		return errors.Fatal("invalid mountpoint")
-	} else if !stat.IsDir() {
-		printer.P("Mountpoint %s is not a directory", mountpoint)
-		return errors.Fatal("invalid mountpoint")
-	}
-
-	err = unix.Access(mountpoint, unix.W_OK|unix.X_OK)
-	if err != nil {
-		printer.P("Mountpoint %s is not writeable or not executable", mountpoint)
-		return errors.Fatal("inaccessible mountpoint")
+	if err := validateMountpoint(mountpoint, gopts); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	debug.Log("start mount")
@@ -230,3 +219,91 @@ func runMount(ctx context.Context, opts MountOptions, gopts global.Options, args
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func validateMountpoint(mountpoint string, gopts global.Options) error {
+	// Check the existence of the mount point at the earliest stage to
+	// prevent unnecessary computations while opening the repository.
+	stat, err := os.Stat(mountpoint)
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s does not exist", mountpoint))
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s is inaccessible: %v", mountpoint, err))
+	} else if !stat.IsDir() {
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s is not a directory", mountpoint))
+	}
+
+	err = unix.Access(mountpoint, unix.W_OK|unix.X_OK)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s is not writeable or not executable", mountpoint))
+	}
+
+	// Refuse to mount onto (or under, or over) the local repository directory.
+	// Doing so makes the FUSE server read its own backend files through the
+	// mount it just created, deadlocking the kernel (GH #5234).
+	loc, err := location.Parse(gopts.Backends, gopts.Repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if loc.Scheme == "local" {
+		if err := checkMountpointOverlap(loc.Config.(*local.Config).Path, mountpoint); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// checkMountpointOverlap returns an error.Fatal if the local repository at
+// repoPath and the mountpoint overlap: equal paths, mountpoint nested inside
+// the repo, or the repo nested inside the mountpoint. Any overlap deadlocks
+// the FUSE server (GH #5234).
+func checkMountpointOverlap(repoPath, mountpoint string) error {
+	rp, err := resolvePath(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	mp, err := resolvePath(mountpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	const tail = "; refusing to mount to avoid deadlocking the FUSE server"
+	switch {
+	case rp == mp:
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s is the local repository directory%s", mp, tail))
+	case isInside(rp, mp):
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("mountpoint %s is inside the local repository directory %s%s", mp, rp, tail))
+	case isInside(mp, rp):
+		return errors.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("local repository directory %s is inside the mountpoint %s%s", rp, mp, tail))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// resolvePath returns p as an absolute, symlink-resolved path. If EvalSymlinks
+// fails (e.g. the path does not fully exist), it falls back to the absolute
+// form: overlap detection is best-effort and we'd rather refuse a clear
+// overlap than abort on an unrelated stat error.
+func resolvePath(p string) (string, error) {
+	abs, err := filepath.Abs(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	resolved, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(abs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return abs, nil
+	}
+	return resolved, nil
+}
+
+// isInside reports whether child is strictly nested inside parent. Both paths
+// must already be cleaned and absolute. Equal paths return false; the caller
+// handles equality separately so it can produce a distinct error message.
+func isInside(parent, child string) bool {
+	rel, err := filepath.Rel(parent, child)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if rel == "." || rel == ".." {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !strings.HasPrefix(rel, ".."+string(filepath.Separator))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount_integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount_integration_test.go
index a5f4a7aef..6f5557778 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount_integration_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -212,6 +213,62 @@ func TestMount(t *testing.T) {
 	checkSnapshots(t, env.gopts, env.mountpoint, snapshotIDs, 4)
 }
 
+func TestCheckMountpointOverlap(t *testing.T) {
+	tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	repo := filepath.Join(tempdir, "repo")
+	repoSub := filepath.Join(repo, "sub")
+	sibling := filepath.Join(tempdir, "mnt")
+	for _, d := range []string{repo, repoSub, sibling} {
+		rtest.OK(t, os.MkdirAll(d, 0700))
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		repo    string
+		mount   string
+		wantSub string // substring of expected error; empty means expect nil
+	}{
+		{"equal", repo, repo, "is the local repository directory"},
+		{"mount inside repo", repo, repoSub, "is inside the local repository directory"},
+		{"repo inside mount", repoSub, repo, "is inside the mountpoint"},
+		{"disjoint", repo, sibling, ""},
+		{"prefix-not-subpath", repo, repo + "-other", ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rtest.OK(t, os.MkdirAll(tc.mount, 0700))
+			err := checkMountpointOverlap(tc.repo, tc.mount)
+			if tc.wantSub == "" {
+				rtest.OK(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error containing %q, got nil", tc.wantSub)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.wantSub) {
+				t.Fatalf("error %q does not contain %q", err.Error(), tc.wantSub)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckMountpointOverlapSymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	repo := filepath.Join(tempdir, "repo")
+	rtest.OK(t, os.MkdirAll(repo, 0700))
+	link := filepath.Join(tempdir, "link-to-repo")
+	rtest.OK(t, os.Symlink(repo, link))
+
+	err := checkMountpointOverlap(repo, link)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected overlap error when mountpoint is a symlink to repo, got nil")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is the local repository directory") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMountSameTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 	if !rtest.RunFuseTest {
 		t.Skip("Skipping fuse tests")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 5f938fbe8..015b218cf 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect.
 `,
 		GroupID:           cmdGroupDefault,
 		DisableAutoGenTag: true,
+		PreRunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return opts.Finalize()
+		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			finalizeSnapshotFilter(&opts.SnapshotFilter)
 			return runSnapshots(cmd.Context(), opts, *globalOptions, args, globalOptions.Term)
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ Exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect.
 type SnapshotOptions struct {
 	data.SnapshotFilter
 	Compact bool
-	Last    bool // This option should be removed in favour of Latest.
+	last    bool // Deprecated in favour of Latest.
 	Latest  int
 	GroupBy data.SnapshotGroupByOptions
 }
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ type SnapshotOptions struct {
 func (opts *SnapshotOptions) AddFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	initMultiSnapshotFilter(f, &opts.SnapshotFilter, true)
 	f.BoolVarP(&opts.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact output format")
-	f.BoolVar(&opts.Last, "last", false, "only show the last snapshot for each host and path")
+	f.BoolVar(&opts.last, "last", false, "only show the last snapshot for each host and path")
 	err := f.MarkDeprecated("last", "use --latest 1")
 	if err != nil {
 		// MarkDeprecated only returns an error when the flag is not found
@@ -70,6 +73,13 @@ func (opts *SnapshotOptions) AddFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	f.VarP(&opts.GroupBy, "group-by", "g", "`group` snapshots by host, paths and/or tags, separated by comma")
 }
 
+func (opts *SnapshotOptions) Finalize() error {
+	if opts.last && opts.Latest == 0 {
+		opts.Latest = 1
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func runSnapshots(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions, gopts global.Options, args []string, term ui.Terminal) error {
 	printer := ui.NewProgressPrinter(gopts.JSON, gopts.Verbosity, term)
 	ctx, repo, unlock, err := openWithReadLock(ctx, gopts, gopts.NoLock, printer)
@@ -95,12 +105,12 @@ func runSnapshots(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions, gopts global.Option
 			return ctx.Err()
 		}
 
-		if opts.Last {
-			// This branch should be removed in the same time
-			// that --last.
-			list = filterLatestSnapshotsInGroup(list, 1)
-		} else if opts.Latest > 0 {
-			list = filterLatestSnapshotsInGroup(list, opts.Latest)
+		if opts.Latest > 0 {
+			if grouped {
+				list = filterLatestSnapshotsInGroup(list, opts.Latest)
+			} else {
+				list = filterLatestSnapshots(list, opts.Latest)
+			}
 		}
 		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(list))
 		snapshotGroups[k] = list
@@ -134,6 +144,43 @@ func runSnapshots(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions, gopts global.Option
 	return nil
 }
 
+// filterLastSnapshotsKey is used by FilterLastSnapshots.
+type filterLastSnapshotsKey struct {
+	Hostname    string
+	JoinedPaths string
+}
+
+// newFilterLastSnapshotsKey initializes a filterLastSnapshotsKey from a Snapshot
+func newFilterLastSnapshotsKey(sn *data.Snapshot) filterLastSnapshotsKey {
+	// Shallow slice copy
+	var paths = make([]string, len(sn.Paths))
+	copy(paths, sn.Paths)
+	sort.Strings(paths)
+	return filterLastSnapshotsKey{sn.Hostname, strings.Join(paths, "|")}
+}
+
+// filterLatestSnapshots filters a list of snapshots to only return
+// the limit last entries for each hostname and path. If the snapshot
+// contains multiple paths, they will be joined and treated as one
+// item.
+func filterLatestSnapshots(list data.Snapshots, limit int) data.Snapshots {
+	// Sort the snapshots so that the newer ones are listed first
+	sort.SliceStable(list, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return list[i].Time.After(list[j].Time)
+	})
+
+	var results data.Snapshots
+	seen := make(map[filterLastSnapshotsKey]int)
+	for _, sn := range list {
+		key := newFilterLastSnapshotsKey(sn)
+		if seen[key] < limit {
+			seen[key]++
+			results = append(results, sn)
+		}
+	}
+	return results
+}
+
 // filterLatestSnapshotsInGroup filters a list of snapshots to only return
 // the `limit` last entries. It is assumed that the snapshot list only contains
 // one group of snapshots.
@@ -245,11 +292,8 @@ func PrintSnapshots(stdout io.Writer, list data.Snapshots, reasons []data.KeepRe
 	// Each snapshot can be registered in different timezones,
 	// but we display them all in local timezone on this output.
 	footer := fmt.Sprintf("%d snapshots", len(list))
-	zoneName, _ := time.Now().Local().Zone()
-	if zoneName != "" {
-		footer = fmt.Sprintf("Timestamps shown in %s timezone\n%s", zoneName, footer)
-	}
-	tab.AddFooter(footer)
+	zoneName := time.Now().Local().Location().String()
+	tab.AddFooter(fmt.Sprintf("Timestamps shown in %s timezone\n%s", zoneName, footer))
 
 	if multiline {
 		// print an additional blank line between snapshots
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots_integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots_integration_test.go
index 2401544d7..761d50e96 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots_integration_test.go
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ func testRunSnapshots(t testing.TB, gopts global.Options) (newest *Snapshot, sna
 	return
 }
 
-func TestSnapshotsGroupByAndLatest(t *testing.T) {
-	env, cleanup := withTestEnvironment(t)
-	defer cleanup()
-
+func snapshotsGroupTestData(t *testing.T, env *testEnvironment, keepPath bool) string {
 	testSetupBackupData(t, env)
 	// two backups on the same host but with different paths
 	opts := BackupOptions{Host: "testhost", TimeStamp: time.Now().Format(time.DateTime)}
@@ -46,9 +43,22 @@ func TestSnapshotsGroupByAndLatest(t *testing.T) {
 	// Use later timestamp for second backup
 	opts.TimeStamp = time.Now().Add(time.Second).Format(time.DateTime)
 	snapshotsIDs := loadSnapshotMap(t, env.gopts)
-	testRunBackup(t, filepath.Dir(env.testdata), []string{"testdata/0"}, opts, env.gopts)
+
+	targets := []string{"testdata/0"}
+	if keepPath {
+		targets = []string{"testdata"}
+	}
+	testRunBackup(t, filepath.Dir(env.testdata), targets, opts, env.gopts)
 	_, secondSnapshotID := lastSnapshot(snapshotsIDs, loadSnapshotMap(t, env.gopts))
 
+	return secondSnapshotID
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotsGroupByAndLatest(t *testing.T) {
+	env, cleanup := withTestEnvironment(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	secondSnapshotID := snapshotsGroupTestData(t, env, false)
 	buf, err := withCaptureStdout(t, env.gopts, func(ctx context.Context, gopts global.Options) error {
 		gopts.JSON = true
 		// only group by host but not path
@@ -65,3 +75,21 @@ func TestSnapshotsGroupByAndLatest(t *testing.T) {
 	rtest.Assert(t, len(snapshots[0].Snapshots) == 1, "expected only one latest snapshot, got %d", len(snapshots[0].Snapshots))
 	rtest.Equals(t, snapshots[0].Snapshots[0].ID.String(), secondSnapshotID, "unexpected snapshot ID")
 }
+
+func TestSnapshotsLatest(t *testing.T) {
+	env, cleanup := withTestEnvironment(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	secondSnapshotID := snapshotsGroupTestData(t, env, true)
+
+	buf, err := withCaptureStdout(t, env.gopts, func(ctx context.Context, gopts global.Options) error {
+		gopts.JSON = true
+		opts := SnapshotOptions{Latest: 1}
+		return runSnapshots(ctx, opts, gopts, []string{}, gopts.Term)
+	})
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+	snapshots := []Snapshot{}
+	rtest.OK(t, json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &snapshots))
+	rtest.Assert(t, len(snapshots) == 1, "expected only one snapshot, got %d", len(snapshots))
+	rtest.Equals(t, snapshots[0].ID.String(), secondSnapshotID, "unexpected snapshot ID")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
index f2b793bbc..d09f97ecb 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func runStats(ctx context.Context, opts StatsOptions, gopts global.Options, args
 		snapshots = append(snapshots, sn)
 	}
 
-	statsProgress := newStatsProgress(term, uint64(len(snapshots)))
+	statsProgress := newStatsProgress(term, !gopts.JSON, uint64(len(snapshots)))
 
 	updater := progress.NewUpdater(ui.CalculateProgressInterval(!gopts.Quiet, gopts.JSON, term.CanUpdateStatus()), func(runtime time.Duration, final bool) {
 		statsProgress.printProgress(runtime, final)
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ type statsProgress struct {
 	term          ui.Terminal
 	m             sync.Mutex
 	snapshotCount uint64
+	show          bool
 
 	processedSnapshotCount uint64
 	processedFileCount     uint64
@@ -382,14 +383,18 @@ type statsProgress struct {
 	processedSize          uint64
 }
 
-func newStatsProgress(term ui.Terminal, snapshotCount uint64) *statsProgress {
+func newStatsProgress(term ui.Terminal, show bool, snapshotCount uint64) *statsProgress {
 	return &statsProgress{
 		term:          term,
+		show:          show,
 		snapshotCount: snapshotCount,
 	}
 }
 
 func (s *statsProgress) printProgress(runtime time.Duration, final bool) {
+	if !s.show {
+		return
+	}
 	s.m.Lock()
 
 	progressBase := s.processedSnapshotCount
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats_test.go
index 231bd65ff..a2068de44 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_stats_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_stats_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestSizeHistogramString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStatsProgress(t *testing.T) {
 	term := &ui.MockTerminal{}
 
-	progress := newStatsProgress(term, 2)
+	progress := newStatsProgress(term, true, 2)
 	progress.printProgress(0*time.Second, false)
 	rtest.Equals(t, []string{"[0:00] 0.00%  0 / 2 snapshots, 0 B"}, term.Output)
 
@@ -88,3 +88,12 @@ func TestStatsProgress(t *testing.T) {
 	progress.printProgress(20*time.Second, true)
 	rtest.Equals(t, []string{"[0:20] 100.00%  2 / 2 snapshots, 4 files, 5 blobs, 6 B"}, term.Output)
 }
+
+func TestStatsProgressJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	term := &ui.MockTerminal{}
+
+	progress := newStatsProgress(term, false, 2)
+	progress.printProgress(0*time.Second, false)
+	// JSON output is not available yet, so just make sure to not break normal json output
+	rtest.Equals(t, nil, term.Output)
+}
diff --git a/doc/050_restore.rst b/doc/050_restore.rst
index ec88d55c0..2ab37e5ba 100644
--- a/doc/050_restore.rst
+++ b/doc/050_restore.rst
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ command needs to be in the ``PATH``. On macOS, you need `FUSE-T
 <https://www.fuse-t.org/>`__ or `FUSE for macOS <https://osxfuse.github.io/>`__.
 On FreeBSD, you may need to install FUSE and load the kernel module (``kldload fuse``).
 
+.. note:: The mountpoint must not overlap the local repository directory.
+   Using the repository directory itself, a subdirectory of it, or a parent
+   of it as the mountpoint causes the FUSE server to read its own backend
+   files through the new mount and deadlock the kernel. ``restic mount``
+   detects this and refuses such mountpoints.
+
 Restic supports storage and preservation of hard links. However, since
 hard links exist in the scope of a filesystem by definition, restoring
 hard links from a FUSE mount should be done by a program that preserves
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4b9584c6..00e1171de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.3.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.1.0
 	github.com/ncw/swift/v2 v2.0.5
 	github.com/peterbourgon/unixtransport v0.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 93a347a04..aa573603e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/keybase/go-keychain v0.0.1 h1:way+bWYa6lDppZoZcgMbYsvC7GxljxrskdNInRtuthU=
 github.com/keybase/go-keychain v0.0.1/go.mod h1:PdEILRW3i9D8JcdM+FmY6RwkHGnhHxXwkPPMeUgOK1k=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4 h1:RPhnKRAQ4Fh8zU2FY/6ZFDwTVTxgJ/EMydqSTzE9a2c=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4/go.mod h1:R0h/fSBs8DE4ENlcrlib3PsXS61voFxhIs2DeRhCvJ4=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6 h1:2jupLlAwFm95+YDR+NwD2MEfFO9d4z4Prjl1XXDjuao=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.11 h1:0OwqZRYI2rFrjS4kvkDnqJkKHdHaRnCm68/DY4OxRzU=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.11/go.mod h1:hqwkgyIinND0mEev00jJYCxPNVRVXFQeu1XKlok6oO0=
diff --git a/helpers/prepare-release/main.go b/helpers/prepare-release/main.go
index 1bb042969..b0a636c29 100644
--- a/helpers/prepare-release/main.go
+++ b/helpers/prepare-release/main.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func updateVersionDev() {
 		die("unable to write version to file: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	newVersion := fmt.Sprintf(`var version = "%s-dev (compiled manually)"`, opts.Version)
+	newVersion := fmt.Sprintf(`const Version = "%s-dev (compiled manually)"`, opts.Version)
 	replace(versionCodeFile, versionPattern, newVersion)
 
 	msg("committing cmd/restic/global.go with dev version")
diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index 312119884..eddb84f78 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ func (arch *Archiver) saveDir(ctx context.Context, snPath string, dir string, me
 	finder := data.NewTreeFinder(previous)
 	defer finder.Close()
 
+	var lastExcluded string
+
 	for _, name := range names {
 		// test if context has been cancelled
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -327,6 +329,12 @@ func (arch *Archiver) saveDir(ctx context.Context, snPath string, dir string, me
 			return futureNode{}, ctx.Err()
 		}
 
+		if name == lastExcluded {
+			// Skip duplicate directory entry if it was already excluded.
+			// This avoids printing errors about duplicate directory entries even though the entry in question is ignored.
+			continue
+		}
+
 		pathname := arch.FS.Join(dir, name)
 		oldNode, err := finder.Find(name)
 		err = arch.error(pathname, err)
@@ -348,6 +356,7 @@ func (arch *Archiver) saveDir(ctx context.Context, snPath string, dir string, me
 		}
 
 		if excluded {
+			lastExcluded = name
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go b/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
index 104818910..7111688f9 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver_test.go
@@ -894,6 +894,90 @@ func TestArchiverSaveDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type duplicateReaddirFS struct {
+	fs.FS
+	dir   string
+	names []string
+}
+
+func (d *duplicateReaddirFS) OpenFile(name string, flag int, metadataOnly bool) (fs.File, error) {
+	f, err := d.FS.OpenFile(name, flag, metadataOnly)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if name == d.dir {
+		return &duplicateReaddirFile{File: f, names: d.names}, nil
+	}
+	return f, nil
+}
+
+type duplicateReaddirFile struct {
+	fs.File
+	names []string
+}
+
+func (f *duplicateReaddirFile) Readdirnames(int) ([]string, error) {
+	return append([]string(nil), f.names...), nil
+}
+
+func TestArchiverSaveDirDuplicateExcludedEntry(t *testing.T) {
+	const targetNodeName = "targetdir"
+
+	src := TestDir{
+		"excluded": TestFile{Content: "skip me"},
+		"keep":     TestFile{Content: "keep me"},
+	}
+	tempdir, repo := prepareTempdirRepoSrc(t, src)
+
+	testFS := fs.Track{FS: &duplicateReaddirFS{
+		FS:    &fs.Local{},
+		dir:   ".",
+		names: []string{"excluded", "excluded", "keep"},
+	}}
+	arch := New(repo, testFS, Options{})
+	arch.summary = &Summary{}
+	arch.Select = func(item string, fi *fs.ExtendedFileInfo, _ fs.FS) bool {
+		return filepath.Base(item) != "excluded"
+	}
+	arch.Error = func(item string, err error) error {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected archiver error for %v: %v", item, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	back := rtest.Chdir(t, tempdir)
+	defer back()
+
+	// duplicate node check in tree finder is only done if the previous tree is not nil
+	previousTree, err := data.NewTreeNodeIterator(strings.NewReader(`{"nodes":[]}`))
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+
+	var treeID restic.ID
+	err = repo.WithBlobUploader(context.TODO(), func(ctx context.Context, uploader restic.BlobSaverWithAsync) error {
+		wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+		arch.runWorkers(ctx, wg, uploader)
+		meta, err := testFS.OpenFile(".", fs.O_NOFOLLOW, true)
+		rtest.OK(t, err)
+		ft, err := arch.saveDir(ctx, "/", ".", meta, previousTree, nil)
+		rtest.OK(t, err)
+		rtest.OK(t, meta.Close())
+
+		fnr := ft.take(ctx)
+		node := fnr.node
+		node.Name = targetNodeName
+		treeID = data.TestSaveNodes(t, ctx, uploader, []*data.Node{node})
+		arch.stopWorkers()
+		return wg.Wait()
+	})
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+
+	TestEnsureTree(context.TODO(), t, "/", repo, treeID, TestDir{
+		"targetdir": TestDir{
+			"keep": TestFile{Content: "keep me"},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestArchiverSaveDirIncremental(t *testing.T) {
 	tempdir := rtest.TempDir(t)
 
diff --git a/internal/backend/b2/b2.go b/internal/backend/b2/b2.go
index 6e751479d..646d28d8e 100644
--- a/internal/backend/b2/b2.go
+++ b/internal/backend/b2/b2.go
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ func (be *b2Backend) Save(ctx context.Context, h backend.Handle, rd backend.Rewi
 
 	// sanity check
 	if n != rd.Length() {
+		_ = w.Close()
 		return errors.Errorf("wrote %d bytes instead of the expected %d bytes", n, rd.Length())
 	}
 	return errors.Wrap(w.Close(), "Close")
diff --git a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
index d0158ab58..c3ed1801f 100644
--- a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
+++ b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ func (b *Backend) openReader(ctx context.Context, h backend.Handle, length int,
 	}
 
 	if feature.Flag.Enabled(feature.BackendErrorRedesign) && length > 0 && resp.ContentLength != int64(length) {
+		_ = drainAndClose(resp)
 		return nil, &restError{h, http.StatusRequestedRangeNotSatisfiable, "partial out of bounds read"}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go b/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
index 141b71bac..dcc2ea5a7 100644
--- a/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
+++ b/internal/backend/sftp/sftp.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ type SFTP struct {
 	cmd    *exec.Cmd
 	result <-chan error
 
-	posixRename bool
+	posixRename       bool
+	chmodBeforeRemove atomic.Bool
 
 	layout.Layout
 	Config
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ func (r *SFTP) Save(_ context.Context, h backend.Handle, rd backend.RewindReader
 	if err == nil {
 		err = f.Chmod(r.Modes.File)
 		if err != nil {
+			_ = f.Close()
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "Chmod %v", tmpFilename)
 		}
 	}
@@ -404,12 +407,11 @@ func (r *SFTP) Save(_ context.Context, h backend.Handle, rd backend.RewindReader
 	} else {
 		err = r.c.Rename(tmpFilename, filename)
 	}
-	err = setFileReadonly(r.c, filename, r.Modes.File)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("sftp setFileReadonly: %v", err)
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Rename %v", tmpFilename)
 	}
-
-	return errors.Wrapf(err, "Rename %v", tmpFilename)
+	err = setFileReadonly(r.c, filename, r.Modes.File)
+	return errors.Wrapf(err, "setFileReadonly %v", filename)
 }
 
 // checkNoSpace checks if err was likely caused by lack of available space
@@ -507,7 +509,37 @@ func (r *SFTP) Remove(_ context.Context, h backend.Handle) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return errors.Wrapf(r.c.Remove(r.Filename(h)), "Remove %v", r.Filename(h))
+	path := r.Filename(h)
+
+	if r.chmodBeforeRemove.Load() {
+		return r.removeWithChmod(path)
+	}
+
+	// optimistically try to remove the file
+	err := r.c.Remove(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Remove %v", path)
+	}
+
+	// fallback to chmod + remove
+	// this is necessary on Windows where read-only files cannot be deleted without chmod.
+	if err := r.removeWithChmod(path); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	r.chmodBeforeRemove.Store(true)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *SFTP) removeWithChmod(path string) error {
+	err := r.c.Chmod(path, r.Modes.File)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "Chmod %v", path)
+	}
+
+	return errors.Wrapf(r.c.Remove(path), "Remove %v", path)
 }
 
 // List runs fn for each file in the backend which has the type t. When an
diff --git a/internal/backend/util/defaults.go b/internal/backend/util/defaults.go
index e5b6fc456..1f6c4965f 100644
--- a/internal/backend/util/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/backend/util/defaults.go
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ func DefaultDelete(ctx context.Context, be backend.Backend) error {
 
 	for _, t := range alltypes {
 		err := be.List(ctx, t, func(fi backend.FileInfo) error {
-			return be.Remove(ctx, backend.Handle{Type: t, Name: fi.Name})
+			err := be.Remove(ctx, backend.Handle{Type: t, Name: fi.Name})
+			if err != nil && be.IsNotExist(err) {
+				// deletion of files created by TestSaveError may happen with a delay for the REST server, so we ignore the error
+				err = nil
+			}
+			return err
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	err := be.Remove(ctx, backend.Handle{Type: backend.ConfigFile})
diff --git a/internal/checker/checker_test.go b/internal/checker/checker_test.go
index eb53b14c2..3d7cd3c00 100644
--- a/internal/checker/checker_test.go
+++ b/internal/checker/checker_test.go
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ func assertOnlyMixedPackHints(t *testing.T, hints []error) {
 }
 
 func TestCheckRepo(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	chkr := checker.New(repo, false)
 	hints, errs := chkr.LoadIndex(context.TODO(), nil)
@@ -93,8 +92,7 @@ func TestCheckRepo(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMissingPack(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, be, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, be := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	packID := restic.TestParseID("657f7fb64f6a854fff6fe9279998ee09034901eded4e6db9bcee0e59745bbce6")
 	test.OK(t, be.Remove(context.TODO(), backend.Handle{Type: restic.PackFile, Name: packID.String()}))
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ func TestMissingPack(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUnreferencedPack(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, be, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, be := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	// index 3f1a only references pack 60e0
 	packID := "60e0438dcb978ec6860cc1f8c43da648170ee9129af8f650f876bad19f8f788e"
@@ -147,8 +144,7 @@ func TestUnreferencedPack(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUnreferencedBlobs(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, be, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, be := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	snapshotID := restic.TestParseID("51d249d28815200d59e4be7b3f21a157b864dc343353df9d8e498220c2499b02")
 	test.OK(t, be.Remove(context.TODO(), backend.Handle{Type: restic.SnapshotFile, Name: snapshotID.String()}))
@@ -182,8 +178,7 @@ func TestUnreferencedBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestModifiedIndex(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, be, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, be := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(done)
@@ -259,8 +254,7 @@ func TestModifiedIndex(t *testing.T) {
 var checkerDuplicateIndexTestData = filepath.Join("testdata", "duplicate-packs-in-index-test-repo.tar.gz")
 
 func TestDuplicatePacksInIndex(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerDuplicateIndexTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerDuplicateIndexTestData)
 
 	chkr := checker.New(repo, false)
 	hints, errs := chkr.LoadIndex(context.TODO(), nil)
@@ -459,8 +453,7 @@ func (r *loadTreesOnceRepository) LoadBlob(ctx context.Context, t restic.BlobTyp
 }
 
 func TestCheckerNoDuplicateTreeDecodes(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 	checkRepo := &loadTreesOnceRepository{
 		Repository:  repo,
 		loadedTrees: restic.NewIDSet(),
@@ -608,13 +601,12 @@ func TestCheckerBlobTypeConfusion(t *testing.T) {
 	test.Assert(t, delayRepo.Triggered, "delay repository did not trigger")
 }
 
-func loadBenchRepository(t *testing.B) (*checker.Checker, restic.Repository, func()) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
+func loadBenchRepository(t *testing.B) (*checker.Checker, restic.Repository) {
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, checkerTestData)
 
 	chkr := checker.New(repo, false)
 	hints, errs := chkr.LoadIndex(context.TODO(), nil)
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
-		defer cleanup()
 		t.Fatalf("expected no errors, got %v: %v", len(errs), errs)
 	}
 
@@ -623,12 +615,11 @@ func loadBenchRepository(t *testing.B) (*checker.Checker, restic.Repository, fun
 			t.Fatalf("expected mixed pack hint, got %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	return chkr, repo, cleanup
+	return chkr, repo
 }
 
 func BenchmarkChecker(t *testing.B) {
-	chkr, _, cleanup := loadBenchRepository(t)
-	defer cleanup()
+	chkr, _ := loadBenchRepository(t)
 
 	t.ResetTimer()
 
@@ -640,8 +631,7 @@ func BenchmarkChecker(t *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func benchmarkSnapshotScaling(t *testing.B, newSnapshots int) {
-	chkr, repo, cleanup := loadBenchRepository(t)
-	defer cleanup()
+	chkr, repo := loadBenchRepository(t)
 
 	snID := restic.TestParseID("51d249d28815200d59e4be7b3f21a157b864dc343353df9d8e498220c2499b02")
 	sn2, err := data.LoadSnapshot(context.TODO(), repo, snID)
diff --git a/internal/fs/node_xattr.go b/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
index d6289c74a..71ecf92c1 100644
--- a/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
+++ b/internal/fs/node_xattr.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func nodeFillExtendedAttributes(node *data.Node, path string, ignoreListError bo
 	for _, attr := range xattrs {
 		attrVal, err := getxattr(path, attr)
 		if err != nil {
-			warnf("can not obtain extended attribute %v for %v:\n", attr, path)
+			warnf("can not obtain extended attribute %v for %v: %v\n", attr, path, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		attr := data.ExtendedAttribute{
diff --git a/internal/fuse/dir.go b/internal/fuse/dir.go
index df558ac1f..94b18e2aa 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/dir.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/dir.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (d *dir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string) (fs.Node, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return d.cache.lookupOrCreate(name, func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
+	return d.cache.lookupOrCreate(name, -1, func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
 		node, ok := d.items[name]
 		if !ok {
 			debug.Log("  Lookup(%v) -> not found", name)
diff --git a/internal/fuse/fuse_test.go b/internal/fuse/fuse_test.go
index 05dc5f91e..ec4ee4eab 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/fuse_test.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/fuse_test.go
@@ -247,6 +247,39 @@ func TestStableNodeObjects(t *testing.T) {
 	testStableLookup(t, dir, "file-2")
 }
 
+func TestSnapshotsDirLatestSymlinkUpdatesAfterReload(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := repository.TestRepository(t)
+	timeTemplate := "2006-01-02T15:04:05"
+
+	firstTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2017-01-24T10:42:56Z")
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+	secondTime := firstTime.Add(time.Hour)
+
+	data.TestCreateSnapshot(t, repo, firstTime, 0)
+	root := NewRoot(repo, Config{
+		TimeTemplate:  timeTemplate,
+		PathTemplates: []string{"snapshots/%T"},
+	})
+
+	snapshotsDir := testStableLookup(t, root, "snapshots")
+	rtest.Equals(t, firstTime.Format(timeTemplate), readLatestTarget(t, snapshotsDir))
+
+	data.TestCreateSnapshot(t, repo, secondTime, 0)
+	root.SnapshotsDir.dirStruct.lastCheck = time.Now().Add(-2 * minSnapshotsReloadTime)
+
+	rtest.Equals(t, secondTime.Format(timeTemplate), readLatestTarget(t, snapshotsDir))
+}
+
+func readLatestTarget(t testing.TB, node fs.Node) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	latest, err := node.(fs.NodeStringLookuper).Lookup(context.TODO(), "latest")
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+	target, err := latest.(fs.NodeReadlinker).Readlink(context.TODO(), nil)
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
+	return target
+}
+
 // Test reporting of fuse.Attr.Blocks in multiples of 512.
 func TestBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 	root := &Root{}
diff --git a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
index 645249417..e9733c2cb 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dir.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (d *SnapshotsDir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) ([]fuse.Dirent, error) {
 	debug.Log("ReadDirAll()")
 
 	// update snapshots
-	meta, err := d.dirStruct.UpdatePrefix(ctx, d.prefix)
+	meta, _, err := d.dirStruct.UpdatePrefix(ctx, d.prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, unwrapCtxCanceled(err)
 	} else if meta == nil {
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ func (d *SnapshotsDir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) ([]fuse.Dirent, error) {
 func (d *SnapshotsDir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, name string) (fs.Node, error) {
 	debug.Log("Lookup(%s)", name)
 
-	meta, err := d.dirStruct.UpdatePrefix(ctx, d.prefix)
+	meta, gen, err := d.dirStruct.UpdatePrefix(ctx, d.prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, unwrapCtxCanceled(err)
 	} else if meta == nil {
 		return nil, syscall.ENOENT
 	}
 
-	return d.cache.lookupOrCreate(name, func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
+	return d.cache.lookupOrCreate(name, gen, func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
 		entry := meta.names[name]
 		if entry == nil {
 			return nil, syscall.ENOENT
diff --git a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dirstruct.go b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dirstruct.go
index e9b7e7aa6..a8d126b9f 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/snapshots_dirstruct.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/snapshots_dirstruct.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ type SnapshotsDirStructure struct {
 
 	hash      [sha256.Size]byte // Hash at last check.
 	lastCheck time.Time
+
+	// generation is incremented whenever the directory structure is rebuilt.
+	// It allows treeCache instances to detect stale entries and reset themselves.
+	generation int64
 }
 
 // NewSnapshotsDirStructure returns a new directory structure for snapshots.
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ func (d *SnapshotsDirStructure) makeDirs(snapshots data.Snapshots) {
 	}
 
 	d.entries = entries
+	d.generation++
 }
 
 const minSnapshotsReloadTime = 60 * time.Second
@@ -337,13 +342,13 @@ func (d *SnapshotsDirStructure) updateSnapshots(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *SnapshotsDirStructure) UpdatePrefix(ctx context.Context, prefix string) (*MetaDirData, error) {
+func (d *SnapshotsDirStructure) UpdatePrefix(ctx context.Context, prefix string) (*MetaDirData, int64, error) {
 	err := d.updateSnapshots(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 
 	d.mutex.Lock()
 	defer d.mutex.Unlock()
-	return d.entries[prefix], nil
+	return d.entries[prefix], d.generation, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/fuse/tree_cache.go b/internal/fuse/tree_cache.go
index 4b60aeb11..e4fb2fe23 100644
--- a/internal/fuse/tree_cache.go
+++ b/internal/fuse/tree_cache.go
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ package fuse
 import (
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/debug"
+
 	"github.com/anacrolix/fuse/fs"
 )
 
 type treeCache struct {
-	nodes map[string]fs.Node
-	m     sync.Mutex
+	nodes      map[string]fs.Node
+	m          sync.Mutex
+	generation int64
 }
 
 type forgetFn func()
@@ -21,19 +24,28 @@ func newTreeCache() *treeCache {
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *treeCache) lookupOrCreate(name string, create func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error)) (fs.Node, error) {
+func (t *treeCache) lookupOrCreate(name string, generation int64, create func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error)) (fs.Node, error) {
 	t.m.Lock()
 	defer t.m.Unlock()
 
+	if generation >= 0 && generation != t.generation {
+		debug.Log("treeCache generation changed %d -> %d, resetting cache", t.generation, generation)
+		t.nodes = make(map[string]fs.Node)
+		t.generation = generation
+	}
+
 	if node, ok := t.nodes[name]; ok {
 		return node, nil
 	}
 
+	cacheGeneration := t.generation
 	node, err := create(func() {
 		t.m.Lock()
 		defer t.m.Unlock()
 
-		delete(t.nodes, name)
+		if t.generation == cacheGeneration {
+			delete(t.nodes, name)
+		}
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/fuse/tree_cache_test.go b/internal/fuse/tree_cache_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..594b47336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fuse/tree_cache_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//go:build darwin || freebsd || linux
+
+package fuse
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/anacrolix/fuse"
+	"github.com/anacrolix/fuse/fs"
+
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
+)
+
+type cacheTestNode struct {
+	id int
+}
+
+func (n cacheTestNode) Attr(context.Context, *fuse.Attr) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestTreeCacheGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	cache := newTreeCache()
+	created := 0
+	create := func(forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
+		created++
+		return cacheTestNode{id: created}, nil
+	}
+
+	node1, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 1, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	node2, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 1, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node1 == node2, "lookup should reuse cached node")
+	test.Equals(t, 1, created)
+
+	node3, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 2, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node1 != node3, "lookup should recreate node after generation change")
+	test.Equals(t, 2, created)
+
+	node4, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", -1, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node3 == node4, "negative generation should not reset cache")
+	test.Equals(t, 2, created)
+
+	node5, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 3, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node4 != node5, "lookup should still track later generation changes")
+	test.Equals(t, 3, created)
+}
+
+func TestTreeCacheForgetOnlyRemovesSameGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	cache := newTreeCache()
+	created := 0
+	var forgets []forgetFn
+	create := func(forget forgetFn) (fs.Node, error) {
+		created++
+		forgets = append(forgets, forget)
+		return cacheTestNode{id: created}, nil
+	}
+
+	node1, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 1, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	node2, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 2, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node1 != node2, "lookup should recreate node after generation change")
+	test.Equals(t, 2, created)
+
+	forgets[0]()
+	node3, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 2, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node2 == node3, "forget from an old generation must not remove the current node")
+	test.Equals(t, 2, created)
+
+	forgets[1]()
+	node4, err := cache.lookupOrCreate("node", 2, create)
+	test.OK(t, err)
+	test.Assert(t, node3 != node4, "forget from the current generation should remove the cached node")
+	test.Equals(t, 3, created)
+}
diff --git a/internal/repository/checker.go b/internal/repository/checker.go
index 691ffe961..6a77074c7 100644
--- a/internal/repository/checker.go
+++ b/internal/repository/checker.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *Checker) ReadPacks(ctx context.Context, filter func(packs map[restic.ID
 			bufRd := bufio.NewReaderSize(nil, maxStreamBufferSize)
 			dec, err := zstd.NewReader(nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(dec)
+				panic(err)
 			}
 			defer dec.Close()
 			for {
diff --git a/internal/repository/index/index_parallel_test.go b/internal/repository/index/index_parallel_test.go
index 96f1c2a6a..030fb9ea0 100644
--- a/internal/repository/index/index_parallel_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/index/index_parallel_test.go
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ import (
 var repoFixture = filepath.Join("..", "testdata", "test-repo.tar.gz")
 
 func TestRepositoryForAllIndexes(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, repoFixture)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, repoFixture)
 
 	expectedIndexIDs := restic.NewIDSet()
 	rtest.OK(t, repo.List(context.TODO(), restic.IndexFile, func(id restic.ID, size int64) error {
diff --git a/internal/repository/index/master_index.go b/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
index 84db0d962..5aeda7e42 100644
--- a/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
+++ b/internal/repository/index/master_index.go
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) MergeFinalIndexes() error {
 }
 
 func (mi *MasterIndex) Load(ctx context.Context, r restic.ListerLoaderUnpacked, p *progress.Counter, cb func(id restic.ID, idx *Index, err error) error) error {
+	defer p.Done()
 	indexList, err := restic.MemorizeList(ctx, r, restic.IndexFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -302,7 +303,6 @@ func (mi *MasterIndex) Load(ctx context.Context, r restic.ListerLoaderUnpacked,
 			return err
 		}
 		p.SetMax(numIndexFiles)
-		defer p.Done()
 	}
 
 	err = ForAllIndexes(ctx, indexList, r, func(id restic.ID, idx *Index, err error) error {
diff --git a/internal/repository/prune.go b/internal/repository/prune.go
index 393c2e45b..9828d7027 100644
--- a/internal/repository/prune.go
+++ b/internal/repository/prune.go
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ func (plan *PrunePlan) Execute(ctx context.Context, printer progress.Printer) er
 	// unreferenced packs can be safely deleted first
 	if len(plan.removePacksFirst) != 0 {
 		printer.P("deleting unreferenced packs\n")
+		// ignoring errors is fine here as keeping too many packs cannot damage the repository
 		_ = deleteFiles(ctx, true, &internalRepository{repo}, plan.removePacksFirst, restic.PackFile, printer)
 		// forget unused data
 		plan.removePacksFirst = nil
@@ -643,6 +644,7 @@ func (plan *PrunePlan) Execute(ctx context.Context, printer progress.Printer) er
 
 	if len(plan.removePacks) != 0 {
 		printer.P("removing %d old packs", len(plan.removePacks))
+		// ignoring errors is fine here as keeping too many packs cannot damage the repository
 		_ = deleteFiles(ctx, true, &internalRepository{repo}, plan.removePacks, restic.PackFile, printer)
 	}
 	if ctx.Err() != nil {
diff --git a/internal/repository/repair_pack.go b/internal/repository/repair_pack.go
index 39d057976..7e7261d53 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repair_pack.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repair_pack.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func resolveBlobsForPacks(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, ids restic.IDSe
 		if ids.Has(id) {
 			blobs, _, err := repo.ListPack(ctx, id, size)
 			if err != nil {
+				// ignore errors for broken pack files to be able to salvage as much as possible
 				return nil
 			}
 			packToBlobs[id] = blobs
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 86eab8183..3e0ae33c3 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -380,11 +380,13 @@ func (r *Repository) saveAndEncrypt(ctx context.Context, t restic.BlobType, data
 
 	uncompressedLength := 0
 	if r.cfg.Version > 1 {
-
 		// we have a repo v2, so compression is available. if the user opts to
 		// not compress, we won't compress any data, but everything else is
 		// compressed.
-		if r.opts.Compression != CompressionOff || t != restic.DataBlob {
+		// uncompressedLength != 0 is used to indicate compressed data. Thus, a zero-sized blob
+		// cannot be compressed. This special case is only relevant for tests, normal operation does not
+		// generate zero-sized blobs.
+		if len(data) > 0 && (r.opts.Compression != CompressionOff || t != restic.DataBlob) {
 			uncompressedLength = len(data)
 			data = r.getZstdEncoder().EncodeAll(data, nil)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository_test.go b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
index 7bb89d385..5e0e04376 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
@@ -319,8 +319,7 @@ func benchmarkLoadUnpacked(b *testing.B, version uint) {
 var repoFixture = filepath.Join("testdata", "test-repo.tar.gz")
 
 func TestRepositoryLoadIndex(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, _, cleanup := repository.TestFromFixture(t, repoFixture)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repo, _ := repository.TestFromFixture(t, repoFixture)
 
 	rtest.OK(t, repo.LoadIndex(context.TODO(), nil))
 }
@@ -373,8 +372,7 @@ func (be *damageOnceBackend) Load(ctx context.Context, h backend.Handle, length
 }
 
 func TestRepositoryLoadUnpackedRetryBroken(t *testing.T) {
-	repodir, cleanup := rtest.Env(t, repoFixture)
-	defer cleanup()
+	repodir := rtest.Env(t, repoFixture)
 
 	be, err := local.Open(context.TODO(), local.Config{Path: repodir, Connections: 2}, t.Logf)
 	rtest.OK(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/repository/testing.go b/internal/repository/testing.go
index 1cdca4110..3f8473f4a 100644
--- a/internal/repository/testing.go
+++ b/internal/repository/testing.go
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ func TestRepositoryWithVersion(t testing.TB, version uint) (*Repository, restic.
 	return repo, &internalRepository{repo}, be
 }
 
-func TestFromFixture(t testing.TB, repoFixture string) (*Repository, backend.Backend, func()) {
-	repodir, cleanup := test.Env(t, repoFixture)
+func TestFromFixture(t testing.TB, repoFixture string) (*Repository, backend.Backend) {
+	repodir := test.Env(t, repoFixture)
 	repo, be := TestOpenLocal(t, repodir)
 
-	return repo, be, cleanup
+	return repo, be
 }
 
 // TestOpenLocal opens a local repository.
diff --git a/internal/selfupdate/download.go b/internal/selfupdate/download.go
index 271383d86..00721af80 100644
--- a/internal/selfupdate/download.go
+++ b/internal/selfupdate/download.go
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ func extractToFile(buf []byte, filename, target string, printf func(string, ...i
 		return err
 	}
 	if err = newFile.Sync(); err != nil {
+		_ = newFile.Close()
+		_ = os.Remove(newFile.Name())
 		return err
 	}
 	if err = newFile.Close(); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(newFile.Name())
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/selfupdate/github.go b/internal/selfupdate/github.go
index 2ac1ef07f..8cb825b7b 100644
--- a/internal/selfupdate/github.go
+++ b/internal/selfupdate/github.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func GitHubLatestRelease(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string) (Release, erro
 			var msg githubError
 			jerr := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&msg)
 			if jerr == nil {
+				_ = res.Body.Close()
 				return Release{}, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status %v (%v) returned, message:\n  %v", res.StatusCode, res.Status, msg.Message)
 			}
 		}
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ func getGithubData(ctx context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		_ = res.Body.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status %v (%v) returned", res.StatusCode, res.Status)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/test/helpers.go b/internal/test/helpers.go
index e3fded66e..035afff0e 100644
--- a/internal/test/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/test/helpers.go
@@ -137,10 +137,18 @@ func SetupTarTestFixture(t testing.TB, outputDir, tarFile string) {
 
 // Env creates a test environment and extracts the repository fixture.
 // Returned is the repo path and a cleanup function.
-func Env(t testing.TB, repoFixture string) (repodir string, cleanup func()) {
+func Env(t testing.TB, repoFixture string) string {
 	t.Helper()
-	tempdir, err := os.MkdirTemp(TestTempDir, "restic-test-env-")
-	OK(t, err)
+
+	var tempdir string
+	if TestCleanupTempDirs {
+		tempdir = t.TempDir()
+	} else {
+		var err error
+		tempdir, err = os.MkdirTemp(TestTempDir, "restic-test-env-")
+		OK(t, err)
+		t.Logf("leaving temporary directory %v used for test", tempdir)
+	}
 
 	fd, err := os.Open(repoFixture)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -150,14 +158,7 @@ func Env(t testing.TB, repoFixture string) (repodir string, cleanup func()) {
 
 	SetupTarTestFixture(t, tempdir, repoFixture)
 
-	return filepath.Join(tempdir, "repo"), func() {
-		if !TestCleanupTempDirs {
-			t.Logf("leaving temporary directory %v used for test", tempdir)
-			return
-		}
-
-		RemoveAll(t, tempdir)
-	}
+	return filepath.Join(tempdir, "repo")
 }
 
 func isFile(fi os.FileInfo) bool {