Snapper configuration for root is missing

Last update revealed the following issue.
It seems something broke/deleted the snapshots.
I can fix this myself, leave this here in case it can help to confirm if anybody else has this issue.

Thanks

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- Snapper configuration for root is missing (fix available)

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Fixing "Snapper configuration for root is missing":
The following command will be executed:
garuda-update remote reset-snapper
Continue? [y/N]: y
[sudo] password for shalok:
rm: cannot remove '/.snapshots/': No such file or directory
Creating config failed (cannot access template config).
Failed to reset snapper configuration. Exit code: 1

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- Snapper configuration for root is missing (fix available)

Run garuda-health --fix to apply fixes.

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System:
Kernel: 6.17.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=ce316014-6ec1-44ee-bc6e-e04ab363f995 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.20.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82L0 v: Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 14ACN6
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 14ACN6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_82L0_BU_idea_FM_Yoga Slim 7 Carbon 14ACN6
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO v: H5CN39WW
date: 03/03/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.7 Wh (100%) condition: 47.7/61 Wh (78.1%) volts: 8.68
min: 7.72 model: Celxpert L20C4PF2 type: Li-poly serial: N/A charging:
status: not charging type: standard avail: long_life,standard cycles: 758
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA500012
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1856 min/max: 407/1901 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1856 2: 1856 3: 1856
4: 1856 5: 1856 6: 1856 7: 1856 8: 1856 9: 1856 10: 1856 11: 1856 12: 1856
13: 1856 14: 1856 15: 1856 16: 1856 bogomips: 60690
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b6cb
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Lenovo 0x8a98 built: 2020 res: mode: 2880x1800
hz: 90 scale: 200% (2) to: 1440x900 dpi: 242 gamma: 1.2
size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44") diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 2880x1800 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir ACO DRM 3.64 6.17.9-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1638
memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.7-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:1638 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.5 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.7-arch1.1 (LLVM
21.1.5) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8852AE 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8852 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-a5d5593a9db9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: incusbr0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: vetha35b65f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: vetha48b175d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, nginx, smbd, systemd-networkd,
systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4:5 chip-ID: 0bda:4852
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 404.32 GiB (84.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GDE9X084N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41010C22 temp: 37.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 404.3 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 16.7 MiB (5.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 404.3 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 404.3 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 404.3 GiB (84.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 13.49 GiB used: 12 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 13.49 GiB used: 9.47 GiB (70.1%)
Processes: 452 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 5.38 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 2031 pm: nix-default pkgs: 58 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0 pm: nix-usr
pkgs: 111 libs: 18 pm: pacman pkgs: 1862 libs: 418 tools: octopi,paru
Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish
v: 4.2.1 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date:     2024-07-22
Garuda release:          240428
Last full system update: 2025-11-30
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Heya. Do you have snapper-support installed?