Failed to authenticate decrypted block - bad password?

These are both normal messages when copying to a new location with --crypt-pass-bad-blocks. The first one just indicates that the source file does not yet exist at the destination (which is expected if the dest is a new empty directory). The second one indicates that there was a "failed to authenticate..." error which we are ignoring due to --crypt-pass-bad-blocks.

Can you say more about this? This is actually a little surprising, as normally I would expect the encrypted file to be slightly larger than the original (about 0.05% overhead). It makes me wonder if the data is not actually encrypted and somehow only the filename is. (This would be great news for you.) This would also explain why crypt can decrypt the filenames but not the contents. So, some specificity would be helpful -- are the sizes exactly the same down to the byte (or, byte + 32-byte header)? Or is it approximate / rounded to MiB or GiB? (Also, I'm curious how you know the original size since I thought you no longer have the original files.)

I wonder if this could have had something to do with the above... is it possible that at some point files were server-side-copied from google: to google-crypt: and this option caused only the filename (not the data) to get encrypted? (It shouldn't have... but maybe there was a bug?)

A few things that would be helpful to know:

  • Do any of the files get decrypted successfully or do 100% of them fail?
  • When you try with --crypt-pass-bad-blocks, do the files have any good blocks or are 100% of them bad?
  • Does trying with --crypt-no-data-encryption yield anything useful?
  • Is the file content (minus the header) definitely encrypted and unreadable? For example, inspect one that should be a plain text file, and see if any parts are readable? (This won't work as well with jpg, mp4, etc.)

The log suggests that your dest is actually /some/test/path, not /some/path/test (in case this helps explain some confusing results.)

Again this is a normal message -- it is talking about the destination, not the source. It would only be unexpected if /some/path/test already contained a copy of every file.

Given that using these options this way is not logical I was considering it myself as a possibility but:

So I assume content is encrypted if it has crypt headers.

I have replicated exactly the same setup with gdrive, crypt and server_side_across_configs = true. All works perfectly fine. I can encrypt and decrypt files no issue. Of course there is always possibility that in some special cases (retry on throttle maybe) this flag interferers - but I can not reproduce it.

Now unfortunately as it is impossible to test original setup it is all in realm of speculations. Could be anything really. Interestingly there are few more similar topics on the forum - always about google drive. None was concluded definitely, e.g.:

Apologies for the confusion. When I said "correct amount" I was saying the files were in the right ballpark of MiB. I didn't mean to make it sound like an attention to detail figure.

  • Absolutely no files have been successfully decrypted.
  • 100% of them are bad.
  • Unfortunately none.
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.65.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "copy" "-vv" "--crypt-no-data-encryption" "/path/to/local-crypt/" "/path/to/somewhere/"]
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/home/imtl/data/rclone-crypt/"
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/imtl/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "/home/imtl/data/rclone-crypt/" to be canonical "/home/imtl/data/rclone-crypt"
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/home/imtl/Desktop/test/"
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "/home/imtl/Desktop/test/" to be canonical "/home/imtl/Desktop/test"
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ruf6839ln4i0agopk0n1j5hth2e48vr59irhke1afmgnk1f0obct8inigq5fildifkndrkf8al02e: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ns)
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ruf6839ln4i0agopk0n1j5hth2e48vr59irhke1afmgnk1f0obct8inigq5fildifkndrkf8al02e: Unchanged skipping
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ngo6m6n5kl3ie1jm3g8ib280ps/l50jrhsrmnssn92ma13m1njavthh7nhthsub3tfi4h3fgovv86htg3sln8dno4sr01imbord1ednq: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ns)
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ngo6m6n5kl3ie1jm3g8ib280ps/l50jrhsrmnssn92ma13m1njavthh7nhthsub3tfi4h3fgovv86htg3sln8dno4sr01imbord1ednq: Unchanged skipping
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/ep6a26o292eeh1kl0pqmkr3tts: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/i6uuugejqnl3bide6qoip0jei4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/r7sb3af4bdq12uv1hb58rfdhpkqvlqjfen9ec81oijtnk3obm6t0/4ktisg41agiii3lvu2dovrf16pltj7i39qnkimopjgf99hcusopjfec1vrl16e6hga3qqgrj3gdvgpls43rtivlv4r5m7u56nmtci4hg28tn52mac0md9ehtb63hvc3c878i1mekk3s3hohivpofrihmtc: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/9jbc57pikbr5evohlq2ks1bkf0/94cdc1vcvacd4s82ts0enc1o4os83bdj8cukr3r3avk2dahscbjk9s66qeev0anffmnu34shacjm5t07mltv62t8he0fsbdeoo1sm2g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/9jbc57pikbr5evohlq2ks1bkf0/mjjdlftims358o6jldun08kadqgmgkhmtcg3f0vplc39tnqk4p09llc0angsvt7ih3sv1m0o1sk42: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/ah0ui80brsafg83e3532klb4388j3g56b72hs16aqi3rkmm1v0qg/7f7rk7q63q7dupkfe27q36m5om908bg9fu63v6h3f4ij6spgl60f1iqkop6b41e05fgph4jkaaccru65045pvka5k0ulku676avadag: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/ah0ui80brsafg83e3532klb4388j3g56b72hs16aqi3rkmm1v0qg/a34o5it3e79ju8l21n43fknsp4rgfq0g6ukbkusd53e6dtoio1b11gpmtgridruqnnbvhu5b1n8v6: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/2ii0vo5cfne80tqaus71p64rt4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/34bq1b4hb8hpdefhna0k145hms: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/6cl092473jjh9b1eq1k0dq7i9g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/fm0is22rggler0coleqh1gooqk: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/nac2897ttlk7k42ve6181ptv9s: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/pu0ovc93m4sl3i20e0sca99p3c: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/nchvfa9iisv9c2opeorg789qjg388slom66llbh166ju6arndoh0/0cp0fc3b4lfgsod1f85dom49qk: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/nchvfa9iisv9c2opeorg789qjg388slom66llbh166ju6arndoh0/5kiv25q8lj1ld2b3pl6k5i30uo: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/nchvfa9iisv9c2opeorg789qjg388slom66llbh166ju6arndoh0/if8pbpgda5n7l1egochsd6i5rc: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/nchvfa9iisv9c2opeorg789qjg388slom66llbh166ju6arndoh0/lgijsj8t0s2qk7vmi8f70loobo: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/nchvfa9iisv9c2opeorg789qjg388slom66llbh166ju6arndoh0/mb6rds10uslgvths3fahdlfmd0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/5m2ptjbvok6kj6nh21i70bm5h4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/5n7bjejqhal897tkb5048untt76f68fr6137ek0r9plfv5kqj5mg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/d8u8ilsjp2v8gbf0sdfkhm23vvdf49ub712rasp9okdk64g6tka0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/eei3beujlu7djna6dkdnf5b43k: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/g9qt0v5ts8br53qv99n2vaovcnmgnrh93sdoo15mj5l1rvd5h440: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/incmfij4d8dum38j4v43eaj36s: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/od0ecfgendn2rrn99c16ddeenngcdjs2omkemqhmrv4l15hcm4i0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/780sls9075mluoprm3i6g46ems/fja8aj5l08aesqb50b1h5iugvq3briehg0oms9t8bmc7l92ldkjg/rm4mp3hd9d7nnln5gthgr4dc0qgj1jp2at6bgbgqt8i2ctbkugog: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/eifh4kom51gl0k36om9e2g2e18/r5ict0ugehb8173l5dokl8ogouual5ar2oq321pfik2pms2tjorqbtgjls074gefd6hrl115mbao4e4neo8a8b3f89vd0a42u7ieob0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/eifh4kom51gl0k36om9e2g2e18/s5sahsp0pdbf4tpr15kvd3vcd3b2orsq29idcbicv10vu7t5qupo3rddlgvkb8dbdrnfgcvgj0876: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/etcf2nh2elle7tr6erlqeb0o4c/j2u5d16mmdqt9qdklhevhk0627upsivpbascgpcmsmig4qvlbbdfp9cqb211krqom7jau1le35eue81vtemqr4rc05kme5ej9afk47g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/etcf2nh2elle7tr6erlqeb0o4c/m2389mv47bns00l6s5nhh7dbsn62ia57lrmt09des6s12trq2f7b6c4lgrm5mc6mptk9ar6kh4uis: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/h6kuit6528skrv07bt1sejakgo/jru4p1n45ah3vothua3eaq17h7qpsvfborn37ui8eeac621074k74fahbgvtks9ncflvqc34o3hs3agd8gfvsa1cjo69q5bku43ck6g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/h6kuit6528skrv07bt1sejakgo/slobmng30crh8i6fbp60p3knts78iickvpa7tu76mqv2ul4c08ihfvjptu5g8mshmqa7ujvhtfm48: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/mbjkpmr40u86g26p45hf65hmj3qm05mmlt6iplrgqque0e78046g/qi970kb8pl1ushtophuug1cbdk2nbt4clgk542u7jn0ssdkrk28hsprg4qiccgad89rc0sqtrh2pe: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/mbjkpmr40u86g26p45hf65hmj3qm05mmlt6iplrgqque0e78046g/schkigsfggj68ruffv5kd8bkcpmupkso0av258e39o185pokuod13afj7cg2sct1uqlflp5o8d03l7rt3qv2usabppqpem9qr1n4tb0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/qhsipkna3rdd4oistp576v8qm0/a3g5db9k5bjabhrge80po56ks9dleijuh49as8tdi15lgu8777mvaqedugtg6232d0129kdhmsvi4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/qhsipkna3rdd4oistp576v8qm0/srigp843l1fl364lar2bad0eghphmnoupa4nln2r2jrq5p9ihtnqes34sn8a2ggj1qcuaqqasl51v1o4eda8h7b9qe69djp65nm2m1g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/sqtlt289o573gijd7gam19a17o/4b158bdrlap86gei5k0ek0cujkhfkmg2nk5pmga94911safco2ksl5r3r701mpanocvvggghrmbdu: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/sqtlt289o573gijd7gam19a17o/843js8e709qv1nh6fm4ol1t047a2ifgnm71cl9htbudun8p1da03iiejlkt9k6trmjv21iqr2em1cca3drplnnoomfu6akib95uicco: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/srl7nmsdj4iar1d9i9luaapg6jc7edh9m414hjoipvii7d7ah0dg/jpli7b5309tm76s9dbb0k0q59hnmhl5u0aha3a6pbpvked42e6adhnkvjjnd38gmje85ac2vh6vv6nqi4fobd8nm8gknf7fuem51kao: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/srl7nmsdj4iar1d9i9luaapg6jc7edh9m414hjoipvii7d7ah0dg/qla8o86ndkls5o7g0er7surntbl60iuvm9v149slvmjcs5f3qve3am6kpktdvblqglms6i5ee8pji: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/e9j750t04sr4623v6qh6qm8k7er8hqiufc30m71mlekb6pn7it0g/5431kj8fod6cq9mu0l098oshg19cel711h0unjir3ah32vkeqkihuu1sp90qbo78nfbtq6h3rqvgk: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/e9j750t04sr4623v6qh6qm8k7er8hqiufc30m71mlekb6pn7it0g/6d7d1i76h7ta9tgm2m2eg7dr8gj5r0us760njs4qs8hmp8po2tbtq59v95i98584klmrntg5g3leq: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/e9j750t04sr4623v6qh6qm8k7er8hqiufc30m71mlekb6pn7it0g/o0g5gvsequka5850n2j7onj85te0i61tqd556sjr6jshmk5b4t9atvjt5jrmatnqd4rsmq8nse64m: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/e9j750t04sr4623v6qh6qm8k7er8hqiufc30m71mlekb6pn7it0g/u2h358mji42bdjv6oh1u5i74ijo1ff86nte8hjc4hjn4q6o5ankc1rhpfrfk8g8jb3la913afq6cm: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/v74kqkocqqbq77pkojt2kl1sh8/203tkubve19s1uucf0v2nsn5h8vg45ql3u72088n6v14j4tj5lgcck1g4ao0sf5i5nv06sp9e1hgs85t00qb1tu82372kclroeqd9fo: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/mn3h6rglbk00462rlqh2os7spsqn1bc18aecg8nsdt6gvvmta8og/v74kqkocqqbq77pkojt2kl1sh8/fd74il9q2472eq23s9nevl3oq5uv2k741k47ksmgntmsb2lgvs4ef46k38586skr3a1clodi38qp4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/pte77j3gnu1glfambuuv87ekb0/3iq3q19ogfj3n8gap4rb78n6bk: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:25 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/n9su6pfkuqjj322fq4cpvj958c/pte77j3gnu1glfambuuv87ekb0/ank4riddgse9cht08q4gt2jvp8: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/1icj52ad65igdharkm0scmpovnuf2pvr6trbht089642cbctfn2g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/37fetqvlehed2bv4lrv7ub8tnnr2eqsujf5q38ehb87s1glsajt0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/3f9mobnfsj7ign6rb65m0oj0tebngdndj8k12itdbd2mspfidjgg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/4eg6i5lp12dcnb1lk91plm2drn231c0noip9ohbn59t4d14qi6v0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/4gah5m4eip84m9b9t6s1h4atc6ud64ct62lahdoo1gq6v6e9gmsg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/54iu9ue4eettvh9ggdimdte3d9maq62hlthn21lvdjggfhfg4d8g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/5lctq52vb82uqu89k9kd2suk4vdij58432n28necnvb8k5dn4s9g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/5vj5l241acfuntgd1f3lssti419jjsu9dhfo2rif196g5mu1jojg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/69agfhmhjqqvs4ma53mn684iar5dmsk7ribk8cbc5jsa9qi4ji80: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/6b6ukb9o9htec4nfl1e7rvt54lv2fprdecb6chl6eab0ikl4pbjg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/d7c6lkq1a43ofukeg9s0pdthg4m4ilt1tcijooq2um49ilkj1eig/b8aqrk7beojdj80ml4sbp114ndle2mv3s2nh203c76a8910d85p0/72vg3itlt6gi6adva82j8109i555tg2s85g0ocgd2g633554fdd0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/6lvl6rvqa2205lq2tl6769asug: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/btqcisltkpff71nuq6uch0milmf3ek25lknl4tejr1pounmaiddg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/co8rt1cc57n04ms0b293nofuh4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/elphkk6v6bt1hospvrspvuubkc: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/fhhahqicmrthjpn9k5qtns3ikhk7f1ra89vkflko27p5tam6m0fg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/ilnhc7qauhp70kadh6rut82sn0k751hu942kda1s0oirfu5ll110: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/p4v5st4dl4jhgfisaba7p10nek: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/r69t3q80gphmpveh04hakkmrfc: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/rff40qcm8oskivv83d326t8j9k: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/ttjbub2eh6n45k9mso56ev1ce4mpoa6mlm9drf9llst07ul82qkg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:26 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/qjvh2mgoojo01jn73sic85lhnrj4av8rbtm3b4ff1kdjjo0qes7g/46tq022bl4iilh5c76rsl048io/u4u2ik8bf42efga4mtvl0hsl2k: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/5s6lbfenvko2tnld028sfv41mj46dog4npo3euoakqsks17gvla0: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/6cl092473jjh9b1eq1k0dq7i9g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/7357o75bscl976ig6psbfpjju6oagggui2k17b2bvmfpihj5opkg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/gfqehi355jt8aj4ao9lmjij95g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/h9pdkmhsm2pg7eo0bfb21snpg4: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/ujnhrlsb5tufi9o5pl1lc0f2n14va60t3au1efk1crkpepd301tg: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/v187k9f51qr0dqk8cbn92jeed5nk5o5hc72ui337tped6uv1isvg/n5rn7kcr0bfk2e21n0sdms1h1o/vf5g30lov20acbr912r8j3u4bk: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/0n1nrh7dletue0g4v72gjppbbo: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/2rull94q7utuu3jrmo84fc1ebc: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/3qi558ck1pgabrj0hovkfem52s: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/4hi2gab5ddvfhnabc2sksmltvs: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/6t4pnl04kbfarkndkjcq7nqsas: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/a1eipnkjr0c405j4cuvje64j20: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2024/02/22 17:22:27 DEBUG : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/c2hgcvujhr4vt71qvqqkmogh989r3l6umunregqe7u0827pgrc8g/4tpmscga5g9reeu5olu5v93atk/54aagmk4gpgg2beuh4rk3sv60k/h7ajekqaes9oeruclp2n2c6a0g: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination

(Omitted)

^C2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : Signal received: interrupt
2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/tab8oal2trpuvvmsbvkmmddsq0.foqeyap1.partial: Removing failed copy
2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/t6qcidd9sm072ssf6fnpt5f368/uh0empj7ldil9dgg56avcn7qcg01ct66j0i3ciqd1bnemnbp88hg.qeperef9.partial: Removing failed copy
2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ngo6m6n5kl3ie1jm3g8ib280ps/c46uijom6ftmdqv02s0prjgih7daek5km3pp2fdve07i2quma04c6j0jaa3uo2fuvo5ss546rgtoq/91u1m0fc5ob0jq1mocf3naodgsn21i7aumc5dr969d88qcl8f8ug.xuliqaw9.partial: Removing failed copy
2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : ghfr5k0ljim5mhlihqngmi4m8o/m8q035t7n886gkbcmae5vlav0nvns3v8pd4qq1uq0jtrvikhnm8g/26q50o285sdn10i3t9a330bbqc/ee40rg8r6756iopqren443d9qc/ngo6m6n5kl3ie1jm3g8ib280ps/c46uijom6ftmdqv02s0prjgih7daek5km3pp2fdve07i2quma04c6j0jaa3uo2fuvo5ss546rgtoq/5ool5b302erbn83fk0dams6k1he90qba45r5p2mbqik10hn4p4fg.zamisap2.partial: Removing failed copy
2024/02/22 17:22:27 INFO  : Exiting...
  • None. all except one, among those files I have inspected, display null data displaying
00000000
00000010
00000020
00000030
(omitted)

All the encrypted files start with RCLONE though.

Sorry, any inconsistencies regarding the path like that are typos made during redacting.

This was also a one-off issue for me as well. As I have previously mentioned, I use both rclone and Cryptomator. Both have been extensively been put to use uploading encrypted data to Google Drive for files of various type and name length. With rclone, this one incident is the only trouble I have ever had with the crypt backend and Google Drive. crypt has never failed me for local files. But with Cryptomator, I have never faced any issue like this before.

It is indeed unfortunate that I no longer have both the original files and the Google Drive to do additional tests. But your remark about the tendency of only Google Drive being involved in similar cases as mine does seem to shed a light.

My personal working theory is that (not verified, circumstantial):

  1. Google Drive has an inelegant way of handling files uploaded via methods other than the web UI. This some how interrupts or corrupts the data streams being uploaded to it.
  2. rclone assumes that Google Drive engages in orthodox behavior as described in API documents, and does not do additional checks(?) OR there is simply no way rclone is able to check how Google Drive treats the uploaded data on Google's servers. This damages the data DURING UPLOAD.
  3. The end user ends up with corrupted data.

Grounds for Assumption #1:
I have yet to see any public reports on a corrupted file for those uploaded via the web UI. Whereas there are multiple reports of data corruption for uploads made via the Google Drive API (such as with user credentials and rclone). There is a clear trend of this happening only with Google Drive. I could be that the users of other cloud services did not bother to report to the forum or Github, and that Google Drive is just hugely popular. But a trend is a trend.

Grounds for Assumption #2:
If rclone itself had a bug, we would be seeing much more bug reports about similar cases. What we are seeing is that there are reports of data corruption "when using rclone crypt" AND "Google Drive".

It's not impossible, but I would say that the probability of "Google" Drive going through bit flips/data loss/data corruption/etc. and that causing visible damage to user data is appreciably low. Especially at storage time. We would be seeing major complaints on the internet even outside of the rclone community for such grave incidents.

Given that the conditions of this data corruption issue are currently observed to be usage of rclone crypt and Google Drive, and that the probability of Google facing critical data loss/corruption at storage stage is quite low, I come to the working theory that there is something unorthodox about how Google Drive treats binary data streams uploaded via its web UI.

Darn. Since the files have crypt headers, it seems like either the filename and data were crypted with different passwords (unlikely, since you said you never used another one), or it was data corruption on upload.

One question to ask, in addition to how it happened, is why didn't rclone notice it? Rclone has a check in place to verify checksums after upload -- even for crypt, as ncw explains here. Towards the end of that post he addresses a "bad ram" scenario that this wouldn't catch -- I wonder if that's what happened here?

In my reply, I mentioned one other possible scenario that wouldn't be caught, specifically due to a flaw in Google Drive. At the time, it was merely hypothetical -- but maybe this is the first real case of it in the wild?

Unfortunately, since you no longer have the original files or the Google Drive remote, our debugging options are very limited. We probably will never know for sure what happened here. :confused:

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