What happens during a snapshot?

Client
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Hi,

I am not able to find it in the documentation.
What exactly happens when a client wants to mount a repository which is currently in the middle of a snapshot at the Stratum-1? Which version of the content is being used in that case?

Cheers,
Jose

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Hi Jose,

by default the client reads the manifest (.cvmfspublished) to get the revision of the repository, which tells it which catalogs to load. The manifest is updated at the very end of a snapshot, so clients will mount the previous version while it is snapshotting. I think this should be expected.

Do you see something different?
Cheers,
Valentin

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Thanks a lot, Valentin.
I was just wondering about it, that’s all.