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+### Please describe the problem.
+`git-annex-fsck --all` fails when a key marked as [[dead|git-annex-dead]] is missing from a remote set to [[require|git-annex-required]] all content.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+[[!format sh """
+# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
+# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
+(ga-env) ~/ilya-quest/ancestry/tagsnps [02:53:06]$ git annex version
+git-annex version: 8.20210224-gf951847c6
+build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Inotify DBus DesktopNotify TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Testsuite S3 WebDAV
+dependency versions: aws-0.22 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.26 DAV-1.3.4 feed-1.3.0.1 ghc-8.8.4 http-client-0.6.4.\
+1 persistent-sqlite-2.10.6.2 torrent-10000.1.1 uuid-1.3.13 yesod-1.6.1.0
+key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512\
+ SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 BLAKE2B256E BLAKE2B256 BLAKE2B512E BLAKE\
+2B512 BLAKE2B160E BLAKE2B160 BLAKE2B224E BLAKE2B224 BLAKE2B384E BLAKE2B384 BLAKE2BP512E BLAKE2BP512 BLAKE2S256E BLAKE\
+2S256 BLAKE2S160E BLAKE2S160 BLAKE2S224E BLAKE2S224 BLAKE2SP256E BLAKE2SP256 BLAKE2SP224E BLAKE2SP224 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E\
+ MD5 WORM URL X*
+remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav adb tahoe glacier ddar git-lfs httpalso bor\
+g hook external
+operating system: linux x86_64
+supported repository versions: 8
+upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+local repository version: 8
+(ga-env) ~/ilya-quest/ancestry/tagsnps [02:55:11]$ uname -a
+Linux job-G190bQQ0JKFvFvX7KFXZ037g 4.4.0-1122-aws #136-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 16 22:44:38 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 G\
+NU/Linux
+
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+Thanks again for git-annex, I keep finding new uses for it.