{
  "slug": "zfs-receive-resume-token",
  "term": "ZFS receive resume token",
  "aliases": [
    "receive_resume_token"
  ],
  "definition": "A ZFS receive resume token is an opaque property value used to resume a saved, partially completed filesystem or volume receive.",
  "note": "The receiver exposes receive_resume_token after an interrupted resumable receive. Passing it to zfs send -t generates the continuation stream. [props] Its presence describes unfinished state, not a completed backup. [hesela-recovery]",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [
    {
      "text": "zfs receive -A discards saved partial state instead of retrying it.",
      "citationIds": [
        "receive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "snapshot",
    "incremental-backup",
    "zfs-bookmark",
    "backup-verification"
  ],
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "props",
      "title": "OpenZFS v2.3: zfsprops(7), receive_resume_token",
      "url": "https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/v2.3/7/zfsprops.7.html#receive_resume_token",
      "accessed": "2026-10-18"
    },
    {
      "id": "receive",
      "title": "OpenZFS v2.3: zfs-receive(8), incremental and raw receives",
      "url": "https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/v2.3/8/zfs-receive.8.html",
      "accessed": "2026-10-18"
    },
    {
      "id": "hesela-recovery",
      "title": "Hesela: Snapshots and backups: which failures can you recover from?",
      "url": "https://hesela.com/analyses/snapshot-backup-recovery-boundaries/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-18"
    }
  ],
  "status": "shipping",
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
  "lastSeen": null,
  "updated": "2026-10-18",
  "provenance": [
    "Version scope: OpenZFS v2.3 documentation; no pool or recovery experiment."
  ]
}