I lost a bunch of files, specifically in /mnt/user/Media/downloads/_Music (seems like only here, files gone but folders still intact) on Oct 31, sometime between 9:30PM and 10:00PM. a quick look at my syslog shows an nvme error occurring at 9:50PM, but those files were not on the nvme. 

 

1) what does this nvme error mean, and what should I do?

2) is this the culprit of my lost files?

3) is there anything else in the diagnostics I should be aware of?

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Edited November 4, 20241 yr by sage2050

Run an extended SMART test on the NVMe device, it appears to be failing, but should be unrelated to the missing files, for that try rebooting, just to rule out the errors, and if they are not back, likely they were deleted by something or someone.

I started running the SMART test right after posting, attached here (completed without error)

I checked logs of my docker containers that interact with that folder and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, i'm very confused. fortunately it was non-critical data

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Keep monitoring, they are logged as a device problem.