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+# Backup — verification record
+
+How the three backup mechanisms have actually been exercised, so a future
+reader knows what's proven vs. assumed. Re-verify after touching
+`BackupManager`, `AgeBackupCrypto`, or the manifest backup rules.
+
+## Google Auto Backup (new-device restore) — emulator demo, 2026-06-11
+
+Run on a throwaway API-35 AVD with the **local** backup transport
+(`bmgr transport com.android.localtransport/.LocalTransport`), which is
+deterministic and stands in for the Google transport.
+
+Verified by screenshot:
+- Settings status card reads "Google-sikkerhetskopi aktiv (kryptert)" (not the
+  red "ikke satt opp") with a passphrase set and no S3.
+- `bmgr backupnow` → `pm clear` (simulated new device) → `bmgr restore`: the
+  age blob `files/gbackup/latest.json.age` returns and the DB is empty.
+- The Today screen then shows the "Kryptert sikkerhetskopi funnet" card with a
+  passphrase prompt.
+
+Verified by instrumented test (`CloudBackupRoundTripTest`, green on emulator) —
+this covers the final decrypt+import step, which ADB/uiautomator can't tap
+reliably (the Compose dialog reports a phantom node and touch isn't delivered
+to the button behind the soft keyboard — a harness quirk, not an app bug):
+- `writeThenRestoreOnEmptyDb`: blob written → empty DB → `pendingCloudRestore`
+  fires → `import(blob, passphrase)` brings the exact data back.
+- `wrongPassphraseFailsAndKeepsDbEmpty`: wrong passphrase throws, DB stays empty.
+- `noPassphraseRemovesBlob`: clearing the passphrase deletes the blob.
+- `testBackupWithOnlyPassphraseSucceeds` / `…NothingConfiguredThrows`: the
+  passphrase-only "Test backup" path succeeds instead of erroring.
+
+Not yet done on real hardware: the true new-device round-trip via the Google
+transport (uninstall + reinstall). Safe protocol when attempted — file-export
+first as a safety net, then `bmgr backupnow` → uninstall → reinstall.
+
+Note: scrypt work factor is 15, not age's desktop default 18 — 18 needs a
+256 MiB working set and OOM-crashes inside a normal Android heap. 15 = 32 MiB;
+`largeHeap` covers decrypting foreign files made at 18.
+
+## S3 / Garage — not yet verified end to end
+
+The SigV4 signer is unit-tested against AWS's published example, and
+`listAllKeys`/`parseListKeys` are unit-tested, but no real PUT/GET against a
+live Garage bucket has run yet (no bucket available). Pending: configure
+credentials, "Test backup nå", then confirm the object and `age -d` it.
+
+## File export/import — verified
+
+Exercised on-device in earlier sessions: encrypted export → import round-trip,
+and v1→v2 backup-format conversion (`BackupSerializerTest`).