AlistGo/alist · error

can't find remote storage %q: %w

Error message

can't find remote storage %q: %w

What it means

Error "can't find remote storage %q: %w" thrown in AlistGo/alist.

Source

Thrown at drivers/chunker/driver.go:57

		d.StartFrom = defaultStartFrom
	}
	d.NameFormat = utils.GetNoneEmpty(d.NameFormat, defaultChunkNameFmt)
	d.MetaFormat = utils.GetNoneEmpty(d.MetaFormat, defaultMetaFormat)
	d.HashType = utils.GetNoneEmpty(d.HashType, defaultHashType)

	if err := d.setChunkNameFormat(d.NameFormat); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid name_format: %w", err)
	}
	if err := d.validateOptions(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	targetPaths := d.configuredRemotePaths()
	d.remoteTargets = make([]remoteTarget, 0, len(targetPaths))
	for _, targetPath := range targetPaths {
		storage, err := fs.GetStorage(targetPath, &fs.GetStoragesArgs{})
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("can't find remote storage %q: %w", targetPath, err)
		}
		d.remoteTargets = append(d.remoteTargets, remoteTarget{
			MountPath: targetPath,
			Storage:   storage,
		})
	}
	if len(d.remoteTargets) == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("can't find remote storage: %w", errs.ObjectNotFound)
	}
	d.remoteStorage = d.remoteTargets[0].Storage
	return nil
}

func (d *Chunker) Drop(ctx context.Context) error {
	d.remoteStorage = nil
	d.remoteTargets = nil
	return nil
}

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Solutions

1. Inspect the underlying error details in the message, fix the indicated cause (credentials, network, or provider-side failure), and retry.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at drivers/chunker/driver.go:57 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of AlistGo/alist@843d9dc814 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8e621a16a12ed407. Report an issue: GitHub.