update 1.2.2.2 beta

scripts/backup_restore/backup_host.sh

@@ -228,8 +228,12 @@ _bk_borg() {
 
     t_start=$SECONDS
     : > "$log_file"
+    # Include manifest.json (top-level) when present — without it,
+    # parse_manifest.sh can't read the schema'd manifest on restore.
+    local -a _bk_borg_paths=(rootfs metadata)
+    [[ -f "$staging_root/manifest.json" ]] && _bk_borg_paths+=(manifest.json)
     if (cd "$staging_root" && "$borg_bin" create --stats --progress \
-        "$repo::$archive_name" rootfs metadata) 2>&1 | tee -a "$log_file"; then
+        "$repo::$archive_name" "${_bk_borg_paths[@]}") 2>&1 | tee -a "$log_file"; then
 
         elapsed=$((SECONDS - t_start))
         # Extract compressed size from borg stats if available

scripts/backup_restore/lib_host_backup_common.sh

@@ -627,6 +627,33 @@ hb_prepare_staging() {
         find . -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -0 sha256sum 2>/dev/null \
             > "$meta/checksums.sha256" || true
     )
+
+    # ── Structured manifest.json (proxmenux_backup_manifest) ──
+    # build_manifest.sh composes the collectors output into the
+    # exact JSON shape parse_manifest.sh + run_restore.sh expect.
+    # Without it, every restore flow degrades to "no manifest found"
+    # and the Monitor's View Contents / restore preview shows nothing.
+    # The collectors live next to this library file.
+    local _hb_lib_dir _hb_collector_dir _hb_build_manifest
+    _hb_lib_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+    _hb_collector_dir="$_hb_lib_dir/collectors"
+    _hb_build_manifest="$_hb_collector_dir/build_manifest.sh"
+    if [[ -x "$_hb_build_manifest" ]]; then
+        local -a _hb_archived=()
+        if [[ -s "$meta/selected_paths.txt" ]]; then
+            mapfile -t _hb_archived < "$meta/selected_paths.txt"
+        fi
+        if (( ${#_hb_archived[@]} > 0 )); then
+            bash "$_hb_build_manifest" --paths-archived "${_hb_archived[@]}" \
+                > "$staging_root/manifest.json" 2>/dev/null || true
+        else
+            bash "$_hb_build_manifest" \
+                > "$staging_root/manifest.json" 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+        # Drop the file if the collectors emitted nothing useful so
+        # parse_manifest doesn't read a 0-byte JSON downstream.
+        [[ -s "$staging_root/manifest.json" ]] || rm -f "$staging_root/manifest.json"
+    fi
 }
 
 hb_load_restore_paths() {

scripts/backup_restore/run_scheduled_backup.sh

@@ -193,8 +193,13 @@ _sb_run_borg() {
     return 1
   fi
 
+  # Include manifest.json (top-level) when present. Borg needs the
+  # paths spelled out explicitly — without this, parse_manifest can't
+  # find the schema'd manifest on a restored Borg archive.
+  local -a _borg_paths=(rootfs metadata)
+  [[ -f "$stage_root/manifest.json" ]] && _borg_paths+=(manifest.json)
   (cd "$stage_root" && "$borg_bin" create --stats \
-    "${repo}::${archive_name}" rootfs metadata) 2>&1 || return 1
+    "${repo}::${archive_name}" "${_borg_paths[@]}") 2>&1 || return 1
 
   "$borg_bin" prune -v --list "$repo" \
     ${KEEP_LAST:+--keep-last "$KEEP_LAST"} \
@@ -271,9 +276,14 @@ _sb_run_pbs() {
   local stage_root="$1"
   local backup_id="$2"
   local epoch="$3"
+  # Stage the WHOLE root (rootfs/ + metadata/ + manifest.json), not
+  # just rootfs/. Mirrors backup_host.sh::_bk_pbs (the TUI flow) — and
+  # parse_manifest.sh / run_restore.sh need metadata/ + manifest.json
+  # to compose a meaningful restore plan. With only rootfs/ in the
+  # pxar, View Contents reports "no manifest.json" forever.
   local -a cmd=(
     proxmox-backup-client backup
-    "hostcfg.pxar:${stage_root}/rootfs"
+    "hostcfg.pxar:${stage_root}"
     --repository "$PBS_REPOSITORY"
     --backup-type host
     --backup-id "$backup_id"
@@ -378,7 +388,12 @@ main() {
   if [[ "${PROFILE_MODE:-default}" == "custom" && -f "${JOBS_DIR}/${job_id}.paths" ]]; then
     mapfile -t paths < "${JOBS_DIR}/${job_id}.paths"
   else
-    mapfile -t paths < <(hb_default_profile_paths)
+    # Default profile = base paths + operator-saved extras (the
+    # TUI flow does the same — see hb_resolve_paths_mode in
+    # lib_host_backup_common.sh). Without the extras line, the
+    # `backup-extra-paths.txt` set in Settings was silently
+    # ignored for scheduled / manual runs from the Monitor.
+    mapfile -t paths < <(hb_default_profile_paths; hb_load_extra_paths)
   fi
 
   if [[ ${#paths[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then