Restore the SQLite metastore from its backup when the local database is empty - #9894
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snapshot.dbfrom the backup bucket on startup when the metastore has no migrations applied, which also covers a zero-length file or a previous startup that crashed before migrating.RILL_RUNTIME_METASTORE_BACKUPS_ENABLE(defaulttrue), gating both the daily backup and the restore.backupMaxSizeBytesfrom 5 GB to 15 GB so the largest metastores are backed up (and therefore restorable) at all, and bounds a restore at 30 minutes, which is enough to download a snapshot at that limit.