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AI-generatedAirflow db restore completes but no built-in check confirms recovered metadata matches the backup
Apache Airflow ships airflow db backup and airflow db restore to export and reimport the metadata database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite) for disaster recovery. The restore command finishes without error, but there is no documented validation step that compares the restored database against the backup file itself — no row-count or checksum comparison is buil