Verified diagnostic signature
rsync failed completely or produced a partial transfer.
Match output from rsync, understand the likely cause, then continue with sourced, read-only checks.
- Confidence
- high
- Platforms
- linux · macos
- Verified
- 2026-07-24
Recognized output
Signature matched locally
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Likely causes
What usually produces this signal
- Transport interruption
- Path or permission failure
- Source changed during transfer
- Storage exhaustion
Safe next checks
Collect evidence before changing the system
Preview an rsync transfer to a remote host
rsync -avhn --itemize-changes <source> <username>@<host>:<remote-destination>The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.
Preview an rsync mirror that would delete extra destination files
rsync -avhn --delete --itemize-changes <source> <destination>The output matches the expected target and exits without an error.