[cb1kenobi]

⊙ Problem

HarperFast/harper#3320 (Backup CLI: refuse restore, delete and purge offline when a saved login targets a loopback address) changes how backup commands treat a target saved by harper login. With a loopback target saved and the local server stopped, restore_backup, delete_backup and purge_backups now fail instead of acting on local files. The backup pages did not mention saved or environment targets at all.

❓ Your call: should these docs wait for the release?

I'd merge them with #3320. The page then describes the fixed behavior. Readers on older patch releases see a refusal their version does not have; an "As of vX.Y.Z" note can be added once the patch versions are known.

💡 Solution

• Running backup operations from the CLI now says that an environment target is always forwarded, and how a saved loopback target behaves with the server stopped. It names the two ways out: harper logout <target> or target=<url>.
• Online and offline links to that section.

✅ Verification

• npm run build passes and prettier --check is clean on both files.
• The behavior was checked against the #3320 branch: the refusal, the offline create_backup/list_backups/verify_backup and the harper logout route were run through the built CLI in a temporary install. The .env and get_backup statements are from reading bin/login.ts and bin/backup.ts, not from a run.

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Related PRs: none found
Complexity: easy

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