Only apply --delete on merge-run when the pull pass completed

A capped or failed pull leaves the remote holding content the local never received, so
deleting against it destroys the only copy.

Rsync/rsync.sh

@@ -41,9 +41,59 @@
 # using version-stable field names.
 #
 # ==============================================================================================
+# DESIGN PRINCIPLES
+# ==============================================================================================
+#
+# Deletion Is Opt-In, Never Inherited
+#   DEFAULT_RSYNC_OPTS deliberately omits --delete. Media shares only ever gain files
+#   here; the arr cleanup scripts own deletion and are the only things that understand
+#   whether a file is genuinely orphaned. --delete appears in exactly two places: a
+#   profile that sets it explicitly, and the push pass of --merge-run.
+#
+# Profiles Replace, Not Extend
+#   PROFILE_RSYNC_OPTS does not inherit DEFAULT_RSYNC_OPTS. A profile states its full
+#   flag set, so reading one profile tells you exactly what will run — no tracing
+#   through a base list to discover an inherited --delete.
+#
+# Local Is Authoritative
+#   In --merge-run the remote may contribute content the local lacks, but never a
+#   competing version. Pass 1 pulls only with --ignore-existing, so the push in pass 2
+#   can safely be authoritative. Reversing that order would let the remote overwrite
+#   local files before the delete pass.
+#
+# Pre-flight Before Payload
+#   Connectivity, version parity, remote rootfs, remote share, remote disks and drive
+#   temperature are all checked before a byte moves. A transfer aborted halfway is more
+#   expensive to reason about than one that never started.
+#
+# Bounded, Resumable Transfers
+#   No single attempt may exceed RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS. This is safe only because
+#   --partial is in the default opts: a terminated transfer resumes rather than
+#   restarting, so bounding it costs nothing and prevents one huge or stuck transfer
+#   from holding its lock indefinitely and starving every other profile of a turn.
+#
+# Silent on Success
+#   Only failures produce visible output. A quiet run is a successful one.
+#
+# ==============================================================================================
 # OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
 # ==============================================================================================
 #
+# Root Enforcement
+#   rsync over SSH as root and container stop/start both require it.
+#
+# Docker Presence Check
+#   Verified before any profile container operations.
+#
+# Source Path Depth Guard
+#   The source must be an absolute path at least three levels deep. It is pushed to
+#   root@remote at the same absolute path and --merge-run adds --delete, so a truncated
+#   argument is a remote-side hazard: /mnt/user would sync every share at once.
+#
+# Source Existence Check
+#   The local directory must exist. Without this, --merge-run's pull pass would create
+#   a mistyped directory, populate it from the remote, then push it back with --delete.
+#
 # Global Rsync Gate
 #   check_rsync_enabled() — RSYNC_ENABLED=false exits cleanly before any operation.
 #
@@ -72,8 +122,23 @@
 #   acquire_rsync_lock() — per-profile lock prevents parallel runs of the same profile.
 #   Global concurrent limit prevents too many simultaneous rsync processes.
 #
-# Notification Validated
-#   platform_require_cmd confirms the notify script is present before use.
+# Runtime Ceiling
+#   RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS terminates a single attempt that overruns, releasing the
+#   per-profile lock for the next scheduled run. --partial in the default opts means the
+#   paused transfer resumes rather than restarting from scratch.
+#
+# Merge-Run Ordering
+#   Pass 1 pulls remote-unique content with --ignore-existing before pass 2 pushes with
+#   --delete. Content the remote had and the local did not is preserved locally before
+#   anything is deleted remotely.
+#
+# Merge-Run Delete Interlock
+#   --delete is applied only when pass 1 completed. Its entire justification is that the
+#   local is now the authoritative superset, and a capped or failed pull means it is not:
+#   the remote still holds content the local never received. On an incomplete pull the
+#   push proceeds without --delete and notifies, so local content still propagates while
+#   nothing remote-unique is destroyed. The delete happens on a later run whose pull
+#   succeeded.
 #
 # ==============================================================================================
 # CONFIGURATION
@@ -176,6 +241,25 @@ parse_args "${RAW_ARGS[@]}"
     exit 1
 }
 
+# ── Source path guards ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# This script pushes to root@remote at the same absolute path, and --merge-run adds --delete on
+# the push pass. A truncated or mistyped source is therefore a remote-side data hazard, not just
+# a local no-op: /mnt/user would sync every share at once, and / would target the filesystem
+# root. Every real job path (see HOST*_*_SYNC_SHARES) is at least three levels deep.
+_rsync_depth="${DIRECTORY//[^\/]/}"
+if [[ "$DIRECTORY" != /* || "${#_rsync_depth}" -lt 3 ]]; then
+    error "Refusing unsafe source path: '$DIRECTORY' — expected an absolute path at least 3 levels deep"
+    exit 1
+fi
+unset _rsync_depth
+
+# Without this, --merge-run's pull pass would create a mistyped local directory, fill it with
+# remote content, then push it back with --delete.
+if [[ ! -d "$DIRECTORY" ]]; then
+    error "Source directory does not exist locally: $DIRECTORY"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Setup ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -380,23 +464,39 @@ if [[ "$MERGE_RUN" == true ]]; then
     _pull_exit=$?
     _pull_bytes=$(echo "$_pull_output" | \
         awk '/Total transferred file size:/{gsub(/,/,"",$NF); gsub(/[^0-9]/,"",$NF); print $NF+0}')
+    _pull_complete=false
     if [[ "$_pull_exit" -eq 0 ]]; then
         echo "$ICON_DONE Merge pass 1 complete — ${_pull_bytes:-0} bytes pulled"
+        _pull_complete=true
     elif [[ "$_pull_exit" -eq 124 ]]; then
         # Same cap as the main push — never let one direction of the merge run unbounded.
         # Files already completed before the timeout stay pulled; next scheduled run
         # picks up whatever's still remote-unique (no --partial here, so an in-flight
         # file at the moment of the kill is discarded, not corrupted).
-        warn "Merge pass 1 exceeded ${RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS}h cap — continuing with push, will resume pull next scheduled run"
+        warn "Merge pass 1 exceeded ${RSYNC_MAX_RUNTIME_HOURS}h cap — pull incomplete"
     else
-        warn "Merge pass 1 failed (exit $_pull_exit) — continuing with push"
+        warn "Merge pass 1 failed (exit $_pull_exit)"
         echo "$_pull_output" | grep -iE "error|rsync:|permission denied" | while read -r _line; do
             warn "  $_line"
         done
     fi
-    unset _pull_opts _pull_output _pull_exit _pull_bytes
-    # Pass 2: push with --delete — local is now the authoritative superset
-    RSYNC_OPTS+=(--delete)
+
+    # Pass 2: push with --delete — but ONLY if pass 1 actually finished.
+    # --delete is justified solely by "local is now the authoritative superset", and that
+    # premise holds only on a complete pull. If pass 1 was capped or failed, the remote still
+    # holds content the local never received; deleting it here would destroy it permanently
+    # and make the "resume the pull next run" promise impossible to keep. Push without
+    # --delete instead — local content still propagates, nothing remote-unique is lost, and
+    # the delete happens on a later run whose pull completed.
+    if [[ "$_pull_complete" == true ]]; then
+        RSYNC_OPTS+=(--delete)
+    else
+        warn "Skipping --delete this run — pass 1 did not complete, remote may hold content the local lacks"
+        warn "Local content still pushes; the delete pass runs once a full pull succeeds"
+        notify "Merge run on $(hostname) pushed without --delete — pass 1 incomplete for $PROFILE_NAME" \
+            "Rsync" "warning"
+    fi
+    unset _pull_opts _pull_output _pull_exit _pull_bytes _pull_complete
 fi
 
 START=$(date +%s)