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pause snapshots config
ygerlach Dec 22, 2025
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ui for pausing and unpausing snapshots
ygerlach Jan 11, 2026
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71 changes: 70 additions & 1 deletion src/Core/Main.vala
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Expand Up @@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ public class Main : GLib.Object{
public int count_hourly = 6;
public int count_boot = 5;

// pause snapshots - use snapshots_paused to query this
private string pause_snapshots_this_boot = ""; // if the string contains the current /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id: enabled; else: disabled
private long pause_snapshots_until = 0; // unix time until snapshots are allowed again [s]

// empty in "gui mode" contains mode in "cli mode"
public string app_mode = "";

public bool dry_run = false;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1083,7 +1088,13 @@ public class Main : GLib.Object{
public bool create_snapshot (bool is_ondemand, Gtk.Window? parent_win){

log_debug("Main: create_snapshot()");


// in scripted mode and snapshots paused
if(App.cmd_scripted && this.snapshots_paused) {
log_msg("Main: snapshots are currently paused");
return false;
}

bool status = true;
bool update_symlinks = false;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3400,6 +3411,12 @@ public class Main : GLib.Object{
}
config.set_array_member("exclude-apps",arr);

if(this.pause_snapshots_until > 0) {
config.set_string_member("pause_snapshots", this.pause_snapshots_until.to_string());
} else if(this.pause_snapshots_this_boot.length > 0) {
config.set_string_member("pause_snapshots", this.pause_snapshots_this_boot);
}

var json = new Json.Generator();
json.pretty = true;
json.indent = 2;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3531,11 +3548,63 @@ public class Main : GLib.Object{
}
}

string pause_snapshots = config.get_string_member_with_default("pause_snapshots", "");
long pause_snapshots_long = 0;
if(long.try_parse(pause_snapshots, out pause_snapshots_long)) {
this.pause_snapshots_until = pause_snapshots_long;
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = "";
} else {
this.pause_snapshots_until = 0;

// read current boot_id
if(TeeJee.System.get_current_boot_id() == pause_snapshots) {
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = pause_snapshots;
} else {
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = "";
}
}

if ((app_mode == "")||(LOG_DEBUG)){
log_msg(_("App config loaded") + ": %s".printf(this.app_conf_path));
}
}

/**
Are snapshots currently paused?
*/
public bool snapshots_paused {
get {
// paused until given time
bool isTimePaused = this.pause_snapshots_until > (GLib.get_real_time() / 1000000);
if(!isTimePaused) {
this.pause_snapshots_until = 0;
}

// paused until reboot
bool bootPaused = this.pause_snapshots_this_boot.length > 0;

return isTimePaused || bootPaused;
}
}

public void pause_snapshots_for(int time_in_s) {
this.pause_snapshots_until = (long) (GLib.get_real_time() / 1000000) + time_in_s;
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = "";
this.save_app_config();
}

public void pause_snapshots_for_this_boot() {
this.pause_snapshots_until = 0;
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = TeeJee.System.get_current_boot_id();
this.save_app_config();
}

public void unpause_snpashots() {
this.pause_snapshots_until = 0;
this.pause_snapshots_this_boot = "";
this.save_app_config();
}

public void set_first_run_flag(){

first_run = true;
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67 changes: 45 additions & 22 deletions src/Gtk/MainWindow.vala
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Expand Up @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class MainWindow : Gtk.Window{
private Gtk.ToolButton btn_browse_snapshot;
private Gtk.ToolButton btn_settings;
private Gtk.ToolButton btn_wizard;
private Gtk.Menu menu_extra;

private SnapshotListBox snapshot_list_box;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -209,9 +208,7 @@ class MainWindow : Gtk.Window{
toolbar.add(button);

// click event
button.clicked.connect(()=>{
menu_extra_popup(null);
});
button.clicked.connect(() => menu_extra_popup());
}

private void init_ui_snapshot_list(){
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -357,47 +354,73 @@ class MainWindow : Gtk.Window{
// TODO: low: refresh device list automatically when a device is plugged in
}

private bool menu_extra_popup(Gdk.EventButton? event){
private bool menu_extra_popup(){

menu_extra = new Gtk.Menu();
Gtk.Menu? menu_extra = new Gtk.Menu();
menu_extra.reserve_toggle_size = false;

Gtk.MenuItem menu_item = null;

if (!App.live_system()){
// app logs
menu_item = create_menu_item(_("View TimeShift Logs"), "", "", 16);
menu_item = create_menu_item(_("View TimeShift Logs"));
menu_extra.append(menu_item);
menu_item.activate.connect(btn_view_app_logs_clicked);

// pause snapshots
menu_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause Snapshots"));
menu_extra.append(menu_item);

Gtk.Menu? menu_pause = new Gtk.Menu();
Gtk.MenuItem? menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause for 30min"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.pause_snapshots_for(1800));
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause for 4h"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.pause_snapshots_for(3600*4));
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause for 8h"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.pause_snapshots_for(3600*8));
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause for 12h"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.pause_snapshots_for(3600*12));
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Pause until shutdown"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.pause_snapshots_for_this_boot());
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item = create_menu_item(_("Unpause"));
menu_pause_item.activate.connect(() => App.unpause_snpashots());
menu_pause.append(menu_pause_item);

menu_pause_item.sensitive = App.snapshots_paused;

menu_item.submenu = menu_pause;
}

// about
menu_item = create_menu_item(_("About"), "", "", 16);
menu_item = create_menu_item(_("About"));
menu_extra.append(menu_item);
menu_item.activate.connect(btn_about_clicked);

menu_extra.show_all();

if (event != null) {
menu_extra.popup (null, null, null, event.button, event.time);
}
else {
menu_extra.popup (null, null, null, 0, Gtk.get_current_event_time());
}

menu_extra.popup (null, null, null, 0, Gtk.get_current_event_time());

return true;
}

private Gtk.MenuItem create_menu_item(
string label_text, string icon_name_stock, string icon_name_custom,
int icon_size, string tooltip_text = ""){

var menu_item = new Gtk.MenuItem();
private Gtk.MenuItem create_menu_item(string label_text, string tooltip_text = ""){

Gtk.MenuItem menu_item = new Gtk.MenuItem();

var box = new Gtk.Box(Orientation.HORIZONTAL, 3);
Gtk.Box box = new Gtk.Box(Orientation.HORIZONTAL, 3);
menu_item.add(box);

var label = new Gtk.Label(label_text);
Gtk.Label label = new Gtk.Label(label_text);
label.xalign = (float) 0.0;
label.margin_end = 6;
label.set_tooltip_text((tooltip_text.length > 0) ? tooltip_text : label_text);
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions src/Utility/TeeJee.System.vala
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Expand Up @@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ namespace TeeJee.System{
return dir_exists("/sys/firmware/efi");
}

private static string? current_boot_id = null;
public static string? get_current_boot_id() {
if(current_boot_id != null) {
return current_boot_id;
}

current_boot_id = file_read("/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id");
if(null != current_boot_id) {
current_boot_id._strip();
}

return current_boot_id;
}

// timers --------------------------------------------------

public GLib.Timer timer_start(){
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