Force connect on startup

go.mod

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20230731223053-c322873962e3 // indirect

plugins/outputs/remotefile/remotefile.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/fspath"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs"
@@ -126,9 +127,20 @@ func (f *File) Connect() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating remote failed: %w", err)
 	}
 	f.fscancel = cancel
-
 	f.root = vfs.New(rootfs, &f.vfsopts)
 
+	// Force connection to make sure we actually can connect
+	if _, err := f.root.Fs().List(ctx, "/"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	total, used, free := f.root.Statfs()
+	f.Log.Debugf("Connected to %s with %s total, %s used and %s free!",
+		f.root.Fs().String(),
+		humanize.Bytes(uint64(total)),
+		humanize.Bytes(uint64(used)),
+		humanize.Bytes(uint64(free)),
+	)
+
 	return nil
 }