chore(deps): update amazon/aws-cli docker tag to v2.36.6

| datasource | package        | from   | to     |
| ---------- | -------------- | ------ | ------ |
| docker     | amazon/aws-cli | 2.36.3 | 2.36.6 |


Signed-off-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ on:
 
 permissions: read-all
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
 jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ${{ vars.CI_RUNNERS || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     permissions:
-      packages: write
-      contents: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - name: Cleanup Disk
         if: vars.CI_RUNNERS == '' || vars.CI_RUNNERS == 'ubuntu-latest'
@@ -39,8 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-      - name: Install QEMU static binaries
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
       - name: Install Task
         uses: arduino/setup-task@v3.0.0
       - name: Install Dagger
@@ -52,6 +53,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CI task
         run: |
           task ci
+
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.CI_RUNNERS || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Install QEMU static binaries
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v3.0.0
+      - name: Install Dagger
+        env:
+          # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=dagger/dagger versioning=semver
+          DAGGER_VERSION: 0.21.7
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin sh
       - name: Write manifest
         run: |
           task manifest

go.mod

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.82.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.36.2
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.2
+	k8s.io/api v0.36.3
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.3
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.3
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.1
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.36.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.36.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260603220949-865597e52e25 // indirect
-	k8s.io/streaming v0.36.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/streaming v0.36.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.34.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -308,24 +308,24 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.36.2 h1:TF6YDLIzKfccK7cq9YpTcGX8TJmEkHVRv78DM51fRYY=
-k8s.io/api v0.36.2/go.mod h1:F4LbMO4brjZYh7yFkXWhynSvtB7YauxV4c+HHkNRGNg=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.2 h1:3O5gqOj/dt2XWWbpMe+TXWpE9yU6pjM/tXxtHHJT/K4=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.2/go.mod h1:cL1tBWe8XSaP1H30iWKGo7hf6iAUUUJPEU70dskmAnA=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.2 h1:0PE/W/WNy1UX61NLbXY5TMbJ6UwLL6E6lAPkYrKFxbQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.2/go.mod h1:fvf/HOLXq9RId0rnDIbN1OEBvHXdQbLMM8nu0LcBUf4=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.2 h1:6vMnkmHZPeBloNkHUhmZYq7Ylv8WIB8xjyEl+eSt26E=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.2/go.mod h1:9PoQ2ikCytrZyZg11mGhLEF5m8Rgsb5FJmYJ4Wvnl1k=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.36.2 h1:bfgxmFKc9CgqsgX4xKLAAdmTQlWee7Ob/HlDOrJ5TBI=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.36.2/go.mod h1:1vgO4OAlfPnoLcb+Rze2GF5rAr14w8qjrYMoyXJzQj0=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.36.2 h1:Z0VH80O7Ng0HDZnZj3WRR3urEGa0kTwmO8CwEwjVK1w=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.36.2/go.mod h1:mGfFOA7Gwpdm1VW2cwSQYbiDIlz8GD2WGwH88QSeCyA=
+k8s.io/api v0.36.3 h1:NxB+05W2UGqXWFXcLO0RB5cnqnUPP5v5sVlaOH0Iz4w=
+k8s.io/api v0.36.3/go.mod h1:JzLQKqRHC5+I8RVj/lS3lCg0mg6nWI9Fo/Sk3ElxHzg=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.3 h1:dPmOAPhwTtqb1bTxbFPsy18KHPhktQeO3WUPXunZIB0=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.3/go.mod h1:KTXFqgXiuw2pRoL+Wpmttqc+up9Xt/GohadPWeLLOa4=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.3 h1:PkzMRBRG8joFD8EhCuQAtNPvJlxb82FwplP26HIzvAM=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.3/go.mod h1:cTSjBWgPe/6CQyBKzY/hDIRWCQQQeK0mfLbml0UYFHE=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.3 h1:MGSg2SkdfuytiDEcRylT5mQFmmSsbx90XFUO67Y4bsQ=
+k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.3/go.mod h1:fVH7zv9EUNUA7Fl7LtDKh8aB9W7u1VQPSGtWV5SjUxg=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.36.3 h1:M4JdVzXxYcZk4fGpfDdYnxSwhLKWCFoQsHW6t+z8Hfg=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.36.3/go.mod h1:gcPwr0c87vjjG6HB6pWEqOeuYVoXSsREjzux2j6GF30=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.36.3 h1:vc/UFvPCkW0irPz84LAodAL1j3f4xktPM6dDJIEheAY=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.36.3/go.mod h1:hZbNFG+gCMl9EbykDGEu73feKP9/Cq6JsV4pTo9GTO8=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0/go.mod h1:o+/RWfJ6PwpnFn7OyAG3QnO47BFsymfEfrz6XyYSSp0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260603220949-865597e52e25 h1:mPMaPMpBij2V1Wv/fR+HW124vVGXXvOSS9ver/9yjWs=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260603220949-865597e52e25/go.mod h1:V/QaCUYDa+0QpcHhVVc5l99Uz56wEMEXBSj9oCDkNDY=
-k8s.io/streaming v0.36.2 h1:NSKthPPg9UFSKsRauVJUVGH2Dvn8fhKmY4qrMkw/p98=
-k8s.io/streaming v0.36.2/go.mod h1:z6fV3D+NVkoeqRMtWwlUZK6U17SY/LqNzOxWL6GyR/s=
+k8s.io/streaming v0.36.3 h1:9rAaqBk0C0Pc7+/fqGekj07NV+/Xrew58p647A0JT8w=
+k8s.io/streaming v0.36.3/go.mod h1:z6fV3D+NVkoeqRMtWwlUZK6U17SY/LqNzOxWL6GyR/s=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 h1:jVkFFVfXdXP74B/zbO3hM3hpSFD0xvhQ5U686DPurkE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3/go.mod h1:M2s5JB1lIYP3jzZdorPLHXIPJzt9vv2muW5a6L9DtNM=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.34.0 h1:hSfpvjjTQXQY2Fol2CS0QHMNs/WI1MOSGzCm1KhM5ec=

internal/cnpgi/common/wal.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
+	barmanapi "github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/archiver"
 	barmanCommand "github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/command"
 	barmanCredentials "github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/credentials"
@@ -155,13 +156,17 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) Archive(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Step 2: Check if the archive location is safe to perform archiving
-	checkFileExisting, err := fileutils.FileExists(emptyWalArchiveFile)
+	// Step 2: Check if the archive location is safe to perform archiving.
+	checkEmptyWalArchive, err := resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck(
+		request.CheckEmptyWalArchive,
+		configuration.Cluster,
+		emptyWalArchiveFile,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while checking for empty wal archive check file %q: %w", emptyWalArchiveFile, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if utils.IsEmptyWalArchiveCheckEnabled(&configuration.Cluster.ObjectMeta) && checkFileExisting {
+	if checkEmptyWalArchive {
 		if err := CheckBackupDestination(
 			ctx,
 			&objectStore.Spec.Configuration,
@@ -223,6 +228,31 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) Archive(
 	return &wal.WALArchiveResult{}, nil
 }
 
+// resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck reports whether the WAL archive
+// destination must be verified before archiving this segment.
+//
+// The operator owns the marker file's lifecycle, so when it sets the decision
+// (non-nil) that value already accounts for the marker and is obeyed as-is. A
+// nil value comes from an operator that predates this field, so we fall back to
+// the previous logic: the Cluster annotation combined with the on-disk marker
+// file.
+func resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck(
+	operatorDecision *bool,
+	cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster,
+	markerFilePath string,
+) (bool, error) {
+	if operatorDecision != nil {
+		return *operatorDecision, nil
+	}
+
+	markerFilePresent, err := fileutils.FileExists(markerFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("while checking for empty wal archive check file %q: %w", markerFilePath, err)
+	}
+
+	return utils.IsEmptyWalArchiveCheckEnabled(&cluster.ObjectMeta) && markerFilePresent, nil
+}
+
 // Restore implements the WALService interface
 func (w WALServiceImplementation) Restore(
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -249,9 +279,11 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) Restore(
 		"Restoring WAL file",
 		"objectStore", objectStore.Name,
 		"serverName", serverName,
-		"walName", walName)
+		"walName", walName,
+		"mode", request.GetMode())
 	return &wal.WALRestoreResult{}, w.restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
-		ctx, configuration.Cluster, &objectStore, serverName, walName, destinationPath)
+		ctx, configuration.Cluster, &objectStore, serverName, walName, destinationPath,
+		request.GetMode() == wal.WALRestoreRequest_MODE_REWIND)
 }
 
 // resolveRestoreObjectStore selects the object store and server name to use when
@@ -288,6 +320,7 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
 	serverName string,
 	walName string,
 	destinationPath string,
+	rewindMode bool,
 ) error {
 	contextLogger := log.FromContext(ctx)
 	startTime := time.Now()
@@ -319,6 +352,20 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
 		return fmt.Errorf("while creating the restorer: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// A flag left over from a normal-recovery invocation that ran before this pod
+	// was demoted must not survive into a pg_rewind restore: the flag machinery
+	// does not apply while restoring on behalf of pg_rewind (see
+	// shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag below), so it is never checked here, but left
+	// untouched it would resurface and wrongly abort the first normal-recovery
+	// invocation that runs once the rewind is done. This runs unconditionally,
+	// before the spool short-circuit in Step 1, so a request for a WAL file that
+	// happens to already be staged in the spool cannot skip the clear.
+	if rewindMode {
+		if err := clearEndOfWALStreamFlag(walRestorer); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Step 1: check if this WAL file is not already in the spool
 	var wasInSpool bool
 	if wasInSpool, err = walRestorer.RestoreFromSpool(walName, destinationPath); err != nil {
@@ -331,8 +378,10 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// We skip this step if streaming connection is not available
-	if isStreamingAvailable(cluster, w.InstanceName) {
+	// Step 2: return error if the end-of-wal-stream flag is set.
+	// We skip this step if the flag machinery does not apply to this invocation
+	useEndOfWALStreamFlag := shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag(cluster, w.InstanceName, rewindMode)
+	if useEndOfWALStreamFlag {
 		if err := checkEndOfWALStreamFlag(walRestorer); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -340,10 +389,7 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
 
 	// Step 3: gather the WAL files names to restore. If the required file isn't a regular WAL, we download it directly.
 	var walFilesList []string
-	maxParallel := 1
-	if barmanConfiguration.Wal != nil && barmanConfiguration.Wal.MaxParallel > 1 {
-		maxParallel = barmanConfiguration.Wal.MaxParallel
-	}
+	maxParallel := maxWALFilesPerInvocation(barmanConfiguration, rewindMode)
 	if IsWALFile(walName) {
 		// If this is a regular WAL file, we try to prefetch
 		if walFilesList, err = gatherWALFilesToRestore(walName, maxParallel); err != nil {
@@ -365,9 +411,9 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) restoreFromBarmanObjectStore(
 		return classifyWALRestoreError(walStatus[0].WalName, walStatus[0].Err)
 	}
 
-	// We skip this step if streaming connection is not available
+	// We skip this step if the flag machinery does not apply to this invocation
 	endOfWALStream := isEndOfWALStream(walStatus)
-	if isStreamingAvailable(cluster, w.InstanceName) && endOfWALStream {
+	if useEndOfWALStreamFlag && endOfWALStream {
 		contextLogger.Info(
 			"Set end-of-wal-stream flag as one of the WAL files to be prefetched was not found")
 
@@ -415,6 +461,38 @@ func (w WALServiceImplementation) SetFirstRequired(
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
+// maxWALFilesPerInvocation returns how many WAL files a single restore
+// invocation is allowed to fetch, the requested one included. Prefetching is
+// disabled when restoring on behalf of pg_rewind, which walks the WAL
+// backward: the following segments would never be requested, and past the end
+// of the timeline they do not even exist
+func maxWALFilesPerInvocation(barmanConfiguration *barmanapi.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration, rewindMode bool) int {
+	if rewindMode {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if barmanConfiguration.Wal != nil && barmanConfiguration.Wal.MaxParallel > 1 {
+		return barmanConfiguration.Wal.MaxParallel
+	}
+
+	return 1
+}
+
+// shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag returns true when the end-of-wal-stream flag
+// machinery applies to the current invocation. The flag makes the following
+// invocation fail, so that PostgreSQL stops polling the WAL archive and
+// switches to streaming replication. It does not apply when no streaming
+// connection is available, nor when restoring on behalf of pg_rewind:
+// pg_rewind cannot fall back to streaming replication, and a stale flag would
+// make it abort on a segment that is available in the archive
+func shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag(cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster, podName string, rewindMode bool) bool {
+	if rewindMode {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return isStreamingAvailable(cluster, podName)
+}
+
 // isStreamingAvailable checks if this pod can replicate via streaming connection.
 func isStreamingAvailable(cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster, podName string) bool {
 	if cluster == nil {
@@ -491,6 +569,22 @@ func checkEndOfWALStreamFlag(walRestorer *barmanRestorer.WALRestorer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// clearEndOfWALStreamFlag removes the end-of-wal-stream flag, if present, without
+// treating it as an error. It is used instead of checkEndOfWALStreamFlag when
+// restoring on behalf of pg_rewind, which must not abort on a flag it did not
+// set itself.
+func clearEndOfWALStreamFlag(walRestorer *barmanRestorer.WALRestorer) error {
+	contain, err := walRestorer.IsEndOfWALStream()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if contain {
+		return walRestorer.ResetEndOfWalStream()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // isEndOfWALStream returns true if one of the downloads has returned
 // a file-not-found error.
 func isEndOfWALStream(results []barmanRestorer.Result) bool {

internal/cnpgi/common/wal_test.go

@@ -20,12 +20,21 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 package common
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	barmanapi "github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/api"
+	barmanRestorer "github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud/pkg/restorer"
 	cnpgv1 "github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/api/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+
+	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/internal/cnpgi/metadata"
+	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/internal/cnpgi/operator/config"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
-	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/internal/cnpgi/operator/config"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("resolveRestoreObjectStore", func() {
@@ -96,3 +105,142 @@ var _ = Describe("resolveRestoreObjectStore", func() {
 			"cluster-server", "cluster-store"),
 	)
 })
+
+var _ = Describe("maxWALFilesPerInvocation", func() {
+	configWithMaxParallel := func(maxParallel int) *barmanapi.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration {
+		return &barmanapi.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration{
+			Wal: &barmanapi.WalBackupConfiguration{MaxParallel: maxParallel},
+		}
+	}
+
+	DescribeTable(
+		"computes how many WAL files a single invocation may fetch",
+		func(cfg *barmanapi.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration, rewindMode bool, want int) {
+			Expect(maxWALFilesPerInvocation(cfg, rewindMode)).To(Equal(want))
+		},
+
+		Entry("no WAL configuration", &barmanapi.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration{}, false, 1),
+		Entry("parallel restore configured", configWithMaxParallel(8), false, 8),
+
+		// pg_rewind walks the timeline backwards: prefetching must stay off no
+		// matter what the object store configuration asks for
+		Entry("rewind mode overrides the configured parallelism", configWithMaxParallel(8), true, 1),
+	)
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag", func() {
+	clusterWithPrimary := func(currentPrimary string) *cnpgv1.Cluster {
+		return &cnpgv1.Cluster{
+			Status: cnpgv1.ClusterStatus{CurrentPrimary: currentPrimary},
+		}
+	}
+
+	DescribeTable(
+		"decides whether the end-of-wal-stream flag machinery applies",
+		func(cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster, podName string, rewindMode bool, want bool) {
+			Expect(shouldUseEndOfWALStreamFlag(cluster, podName, rewindMode)).To(Equal(want))
+		},
+
+		Entry("replica with streaming available", clusterWithPrimary("cluster-1"), "cluster-2", false, true),
+		Entry("primary cannot stream from anyone", clusterWithPrimary("cluster-1"), "cluster-1", false, false),
+
+		// pg_rewind cannot fall back to streaming replication: the flag machinery
+		// must stay off even where a standby would use it
+		Entry("rewind mode wins over streaming availability", clusterWithPrimary("cluster-1"), "cluster-2", true, false),
+	)
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("clearEndOfWALStreamFlag", func() {
+	newRestorer := func() *barmanRestorer.WALRestorer {
+		restorer, err := barmanRestorer.New(context.Background(), nil, GinkgoT().TempDir())
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		return restorer
+	}
+
+	It("is a no-op when the flag is not set", func() {
+		restorer := newRestorer()
+
+		Expect(clearEndOfWALStreamFlag(restorer)).To(Succeed())
+
+		isEOS, err := restorer.IsEndOfWALStream()
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(isEOS).To(BeFalse())
+	})
+
+	// Regression guard: a flag left over from a normal-recovery invocation that
+	// ran before this pod was demoted must not survive a pg_rewind restore, or
+	// it would resurface and wrongly abort the first normal-recovery invocation
+	// that runs once the rewind is done.
+	It("removes a pre-existing flag without returning an error", func() {
+		restorer := newRestorer()
+		Expect(restorer.SetEndOfWALStream()).To(Succeed())
+
+		Expect(clearEndOfWALStreamFlag(restorer)).To(Succeed())
+
+		isEOS, err := restorer.IsEndOfWALStream()
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(isEOS).To(BeFalse())
+	})
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck", func() {
+	// skipAnnotation mirrors the unexported constant in cloudnative-pg's
+	// pkg/utils; hard-coding the literal makes a divergence surface as a
+	// failing test rather than silently disabling the check.
+	const skipAnnotation = "cnpg.io/skipEmptyWalArchiveCheck"
+
+	clusterWith := func(annotationValue *string) *cnpgv1.Cluster {
+		cluster := &cnpgv1.Cluster{}
+		if annotationValue != nil {
+			cluster.Annotations = map[string]string{skipAnnotation: *annotationValue}
+		}
+		return cluster
+	}
+
+	// markerPath returns the marker file path inside a fresh temp dir,
+	// creating the file there when present is true.
+	markerPath := func(present bool) string {
+		filePath := filepath.Join(GinkgoT().TempDir(), metadata.CheckEmptyWalArchiveFile)
+		if present {
+			Expect(os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte{}, 0o600)).To(Succeed())
+		}
+		return filePath
+	}
+
+	When("the operator sets the decision", func() {
+		It("obeys true, ignoring the annotation and the marker file", func() {
+			// annotation would skip the check and the marker is absent, yet the
+			// operator's explicit true must still win.
+			got, err := resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck(
+				ptr.To(true), clusterWith(ptr.To("enabled")), markerPath(false))
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(got).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+
+		It("obeys false, ignoring the annotation and the marker file", func() {
+			// annotation would keep the check on and the marker is present, yet the
+			// operator's explicit false must still win.
+			got, err := resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck(
+				ptr.To(false), clusterWith(nil), markerPath(true))
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(got).To(BeFalse())
+		})
+	})
+
+	When("the operator predates the field (nil decision)", func() {
+		DescribeTable(
+			"falls back to the annotation combined with the marker file",
+			func(annotationValue *string, markerPresent bool, expected bool) {
+				got, err := resolveArchiveEmptyWalArchiveCheck(
+					nil, clusterWith(annotationValue), markerPath(markerPresent))
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(got).To(Equal(expected))
+			},
+			Entry("no annotation and marker present: check runs", nil, true, true),
+			Entry("no annotation and marker absent: check skipped", nil, false, false),
+			Entry("opt-out annotation and marker present: check skipped", ptr.To("enabled"), true, false),
+			Entry("unrelated annotation value and marker present: check runs", ptr.To("something-else"), true, true),
+			Entry("empty annotation value and marker present: check runs", ptr.To(""), true, true),
+		)
+	})
+})

internal/cnpgi/restore/restore.go

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func (impl JobHookImpl) Restore(
 			configuration.Cluster,
 			&targetObjectStore.Spec.Configuration,
 			targetObjectStore.Name,
+			req.CheckEmptyWalArchive,
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ func (impl *JobHookImpl) checkBackupDestination(
 	cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster,
 	barmanConfiguration *cnpgv1.BarmanObjectStoreConfiguration,
 	objectStoreName string,
+	operatorCheckEmptyWalArchive *bool,
 ) error {
 	// Get environment from cache
 	env, err := barmanCredentials.EnvSetCloudCredentialsAndCertificates(ctx,
@@ -288,14 +290,26 @@ func (impl *JobHookImpl) checkBackupDestination(
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Check if we're ok to archive in the desired destination
-	if utils.IsEmptyWalArchiveCheckEnabled(&cluster.ObjectMeta) {
+	if resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck(operatorCheckEmptyWalArchive, cluster) {
 		return common.CheckBackupDestination(ctx, barmanConfiguration, walArchiver, serverName)
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+// resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck reports whether the destination must be
+// verified before restoring. When the operator sets the decision (non-nil) it
+// is obeyed as-is; a nil value comes from an operator that predates this field,
+// so we fall back to the Cluster annotation. Unlike archiving, restore is a
+// one-shot operation that has never been gated on the first-archive marker
+// file, so the annotation is the only fallback needed.
+func resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck(operatorDecision *bool, cluster *cnpgv1.Cluster) bool {
+	if operatorDecision != nil {
+		return *operatorDecision
+	}
+	return utils.IsEmptyWalArchiveCheckEnabled(&cluster.ObjectMeta)
+}
+
 // restoreCustomWalDir moves the current pg_wal data to the specified custom wal dir and applies the symlink
 // returns indicating if any changes were made and any error encountered in the process
 func (impl JobHookImpl) restoreCustomWalDir(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {

internal/cnpgi/restore/restore_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+Copyright © contributors to CloudNativePG, established as
+CloudNativePG a Series of LF Projects, LLC.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*/
+
+package restore
+
+import (
+	cnpgv1 "github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck", func() {
+	// skipAnnotation mirrors the unexported constant in cloudnative-pg's
+	// pkg/utils; hard-coding the literal makes a divergence surface as a
+	// failing test rather than silently disabling the check.
+	const skipAnnotation = "cnpg.io/skipEmptyWalArchiveCheck"
+
+	clusterWith := func(annotationValue *string) *cnpgv1.Cluster {
+		cluster := &cnpgv1.Cluster{}
+		if annotationValue != nil {
+			cluster.Annotations = map[string]string{skipAnnotation: *annotationValue}
+		}
+		return cluster
+	}
+
+	When("the operator sets the decision", func() {
+		It("obeys true even when the annotation would skip the check", func() {
+			Expect(resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck(ptr.To(true), clusterWith(ptr.To("enabled")))).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+
+		It("obeys false even when the annotation would keep the check on", func() {
+			Expect(resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck(ptr.To(false), clusterWith(nil))).To(BeFalse())
+		})
+	})
+
+	When("the operator predates the field (nil decision)", func() {
+		DescribeTable(
+			"falls back to the Cluster annotation, never to a marker file",
+			func(annotationValue *string, expected bool) {
+				Expect(resolveRestoreEmptyWalArchiveCheck(nil, clusterWith(annotationValue))).To(Equal(expected))
+			},
+			Entry("no annotation: check runs", nil, true),
+			Entry("opt-out annotation: check skipped", ptr.To("enabled"), false),
+			Entry("unrelated annotation value: check runs", ptr.To("something-else"), true),
+			Entry("empty annotation value: check runs", ptr.To(""), true),
+		)
+	})
+})

internal/cnpgi/restore/suite_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+Copyright © contributors to CloudNativePG, established as
+CloudNativePG a Series of LF Projects, LLC.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*/
+
+package restore
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func TestRestore(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Restore job hook test suite")
+}

test/e2e/internal/tests/walrestore/fixtures.go

@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ func newS3ClientDeployment(namespace string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 						{
 							Name: s3ClientName,
 							// renovate: datasource=docker depName=amazon/aws-cli versioning=docker
-							// Version: 2.36.3
-							Image:   "docker.io/amazon/aws-cli@sha256:bdd02067a00c354684086071b475955c54caa7bd88b851aac99a51326fe19652",
+							// Version: 2.36.6
+							Image:   "docker.io/amazon/aws-cli@sha256:a9d9b72a496fd434172bef0a1cac0bf3812986184f9d3b3cbff65d6999e7c4f8",
 							Command: []string{"sleep", "infinity"},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{

web/yarn.lock

@@ -7970,9 +7970,9 @@ rc@1.2.8:
     strip-json-comments "~2.0.1"
 
 react-dom@^19.0.0:
-  version "19.2.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-19.2.7.tgz#0450dc9ae9ddbff76ef196401cd8b8c7fb466ccc"
-  integrity sha512-t0BRVXvbiE/o20Hfw669rLbMCDWtYZLvmJigy2f0MxsXF+71pxhR3xOkspmsO8h3ZlNzyibAmtCa3l4lYKk6gQ==
+  version "19.2.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-19.2.8.tgz#3b46b9eeda877cdff2cf13d2770fff4ae36c2ec2"
+  integrity sha512-rVprimfGBG3DR+Tq0IQG2DT5PxKth1WIGDmj5yPmlzr4YBe7uyE+Du4oVqTDXZSHGGGXRtTJEGSSePyQCMBglQ==
   dependencies:
     scheduler "^0.27.0"
 
@@ -8052,9 +8052,9 @@ react-router@5.3.4, react-router@^5.3.4:
     tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
 
 react@^19.0.0:
-  version "19.2.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-19.2.7.tgz#1f47a1bfc06f8ec885752c6f4af14369a9f8260b"
-  integrity sha512-HNe9WslTbXmFK8o8cmwgAeJFSBvt1bPdHCVKtaaV+WlAN36mpT4hcRpwbf3fY56ar2oIXzsBpOAiIRHAdY0OlQ==
+  version "19.2.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-19.2.8.tgz#a80663dbb58d69c6fe3fd291d3cb324e8a7dff2d"
+  integrity sha512-PWaYA1L/q9u2u7xYQi+Y3L3Yfnie7XyLeaJICV1MGD6LprsBxcAqGjYyr0eY3p+QdsA+x/Irkt4Qif8D63+Sbw==
 
 readable-stream@^2.0.1:
   version "2.3.8"