What happens when when gdrive upload limit is hit when using VFS?

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So I’m using the (amazing!) VFS mode with a mount, and I’m writing directly to that mount. I’ve got 'vfs-cache-mode=writer’s set.

So my question is, when I’ve hit my daily upload quota, what will the VFS do with the file? Will it only keep it locally up till the vfs-max-age time?

I’m asking because I noticed a large amount of content missing from a recent upload, but I believe it’s because I went over my 24h upload quota. Thanks! :smiley:

p.s please add a limiter so that I can make sure I don’t go over my daily quota, or point me in the direction to it :slight_smile:

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Listed here:

https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/#file-caching

–vfs-cache-mode writes
In this mode files opened for read only are still read directly from the remote, write only and read/write files are buffered to disk first.

This mode should support all normal file system operations.

If an upload fails it will be retried up to --low-level-retries times.

So once it fails the low level retries, that’s it and it won’t try to reupload it.

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Any idea what happens to the file once it fails all the retries? Does it just get deleted?

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Yep, it does get deleted. You could use the --bwlimit flag but it will limit both the upload and download.

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Awh that sucks, is there any way to make it so it doesn’t get removed and it just tries to upload again after a certain amount of time?

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Rclone cache supported the limit - but I switched to VFS which is better in every way. If the limit could be included there as well, life would be perfect :slight_smile:

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Yes this is a limitation of the vfs layer at the moment, one I hope to fix eventually!

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Please could you also consider including a local cache for files that fail to upload, and then to try again after a set time frame?

Thanks! :smiley:

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Can you please make a new issue on github about this so I don’t forget please - thanks!

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Here it is, if anyone would like a similar feature, might I ask that you use the reaction feature on GitHub to show your support :slight_smile:

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maybe we can combine this with issue 2327? :slight_smile: