Added proper error message for system to system container copy

cmd/copy.go

@@ -1639,6 +1639,17 @@ func (cca *CookedCopyCmdArgs) processCopyJobPartOrders() (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("S2S copy from Azure File authenticated with Azure AD to Blob/BlobFS is not supported")
 	}
 
+	// Check if destination is system container
+	if cca.FromTo.IsS2S() || cca.FromTo.IsUpload() {
+		dstContainerName, err := GetContainerName(cca.Destination.Value, cca.FromTo.To())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get container name from destination (is it formatted correctly?): %w", err)
+		}
+		if common.IsSystemContainer(dstContainerName) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot copy to system container '%s'", dstContainerName)
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case cca.FromTo.IsUpload(), cca.FromTo.IsDownload(), cca.FromTo.IsS2S():
 		// Execute a standard copy command

cmd/sync.go

@@ -751,6 +751,17 @@ func (cca *cookedSyncCmdArgs) process() (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("S2S sync from Azure File authenticated with Azure AD to Blob/BlobFS is not supported")
 	}
 
+	// Check if destination is system container
+	if cca.fromTo.IsS2S() || cca.fromTo.IsUpload() {
+		dstContainerName, err := GetContainerName(cca.destination.Value, cca.fromTo.To())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get container name from destination (is it formatted correctly?)")
+		}
+		if common.IsSystemContainer(dstContainerName) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot copy to system container '%s'", dstContainerName)
+		}
+	}
+
 	enumerator, err := cca.initEnumerator(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

common/util.go

@@ -382,3 +382,21 @@ func DoWithOverrideReadOnlyOnAzureFiles(ctx context.Context, action func() (inte
 	_, err = action()
 	return err
 }
+
+// @brief Checks if the container name provided is a system container or not
+func IsSystemContainer(containerName string) bool {
+	// Decode the container name in case it's URL-encoded
+	decodedName, err := url.QueryUnescape(containerName)
+	if err != nil {
+		// If decoding fails, it's unlikely the name matches a system container
+		return false
+	}
+	// define the system variables for the system containers
+	systemContainers := []string{"$blobchangefeed", "$logs"}
+	for _, sys := range systemContainers {
+		if decodedName == sys {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

e2etest/zt_newe2e_s2s_test.go

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package e2etest
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
+
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob/blob"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/v10/common"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -619,3 +620,39 @@ func (s *S2STestSuite) Scenario_S2SDirectoryMultipleFilesStripTopDirNonRecursive
 		Objects: dstObjs,
 	}, true)
 }
+
+func (s *S2STestSuite) Scenario_SystemContainerCopy(svm *ScenarioVariationManager) {
+	azCopyVerb := ResolveVariation(svm, []AzCopyVerb{AzCopyVerbCopy, AzCopyVerbSync}) // Calculate verb early to create the destination object early
+
+	dstObj := GetAccount(svm, PrimaryStandardAcct).GetService(svm, common.ELocation.Blob()).GetContainer("$logs")
+
+	body := NewRandomObjectContentContainer(SizeFromString("10K"))
+	// Scale up from service to object
+	srcObj := CreateResource[ObjectResourceManager](svm, GetRootResource(svm, ResolveVariation(svm, []common.Location{common.ELocation.Local(), common.ELocation.Blob()})), ResourceDefinitionObject{
+		ObjectName: pointerTo("test"),
+		Body:       body,
+	})
+
+	sasOpts := GenericAccountSignatureValues{}
+
+	stdOut, _ := RunAzCopy(
+		svm,
+		AzCopyCommand{
+			Verb: azCopyVerb,
+			Targets: []ResourceManager{
+				TryApplySpecificAuthType(srcObj, EExplicitCredentialType.SASToken(), svm, CreateAzCopyTargetOptions{
+					SASTokenOptions: sasOpts,
+				}),
+				TryApplySpecificAuthType(dstObj, EExplicitCredentialType.SASToken(), svm, CreateAzCopyTargetOptions{
+					SASTokenOptions: sasOpts,
+				}),
+			},
+			Flags: CopyFlags{
+				CopySyncCommonFlags: CopySyncCommonFlags{
+					Recursive: pointerTo(true),
+				},
+			},
+			ShouldFail: true,
+		})
+	ValidateMessageOutput(svm, stdOut, "cannot copy to system container", true)
+}