--- /dev/null
+### Please describe the problem.
+
+```
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4460611Z Repo Tests v8 locked
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4460898Z Init Tests
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461239Z init: OK (0.08s)
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461605Z add: OK (0.31s)
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4461985Z preferred content: OK (1.26s)
+2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462414Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.63s)
+```
+
+across setups:
+
+```
+(git)smaug:/mnt/datasets/datalad/ci/git-annex/builds/2022/04[master]cron-20220428
+$> git grep -n FAIL| grep test-annex
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, macos-10.15).txt:1580:2022-04-28T02:40:19.9278580Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.44s)
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, macos-10.15).txt:1692:2022-04-28T02:44:48.5060190Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.41s)
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/3_test-annex (normal, macos-latest).txt:1581:2022-04-28T02:40:39.2774670Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.32s)
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (crippled-tmp, macos-10.15)/8_Run tests.txt:1425:2022-04-28T02:44:48.5060140Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.41s)
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, macos-10.15)/8_Run tests.txt:1314:2022-04-28T02:40:19.9278580Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.44s)
+build-macos.yaml-670-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, macos-latest)/8_Run tests.txt:1314:2022-04-28T02:40:39.2774650Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.32s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest).txt:1427:2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462418Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.63s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest).txt:1577:2022-04-28T03:41:44.8645593Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.64s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/4_test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest).txt:1513:2022-04-28T03:45:52.6285760Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.56s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1334:2022-04-28T03:41:44.8645589Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.64s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1270:2022-04-28T03:45:52.6285755Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.56s)
+build-ubuntu.yaml-675-0346631d-failed/test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest)/7_Run tests.txt:1185:2022-04-28T03:40:48.4462414Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.63s)
+
+```
+
+and for some time already (as pinged in an email) -- since 20220420
+
+
+```
+$> git grep -n rsync.*FAIL| grep test-annex | grep ubuntu-late
+cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/1_test-annex (normal, ubuntu-latest).txt:1427:2022-04-20T03:30:39.0198567Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.70s)
+cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/2_test-annex (crippled-tmp, ubuntu-latest).txt:1582:2022-04-20T03:31:17.9571887Z rsync remote: FAIL (0.62s)
+cron-20220420/build-ubuntu.yaml-667-0346631d-failed/4_test-annex (nfs-home, ubuntu-latest).txt:1511:2022-04-20T03:34:57.9524586Z rsync remote: FAIL (1.57s)
+...
+```