apache/hadoop · error · AbfsDriverException

Error while recovering from rename failure for path:

Error message

Error while recovering from rename failure for path: 

What it means

Error "Error while recovering from rename failure for path: " thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsDfsClient.java:1825

   * It checks if the provided CTId matches the one in the response header for the destination path.
   *
   * @param destination the destination path for the rename operation
   * @param tracingContext the context for tracing the operation
   * @param clientTransactionId the client transaction ID to be used for recovery
   * @return true if the client transaction ID matches, indicating recovery can proceed; false otherwise
   * @throws AzureBlobFileSystemException if an error occurs while retrieving the path status
   */
  private boolean recoveryUsingCTId(String destination,
      TracingContext tracingContext, String clientTransactionId)
      throws AzureBlobFileSystemException {
    try {
      final AbfsHttpOperation abfsHttpOperation =
          getPathStatus(destination, false,
              tracingContext, null).getResult();
      return clientTransactionId.equals(
          abfsHttpOperation.getResponseHeader(X_MS_CLIENT_TRANSACTION_ID));
    } catch (AzureBlobFileSystemException exception) {
      throw new AbfsDriverException(ERR_RENAME_RECOVERY + destination, exception);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Attempts recovery using an ETag for the given source and destination.
   * If recovery is enabled and rename resilience is supported, performs an idempotency check
   * for the rename operation.
   *
   * @param source the source path to be renamed
   * @param destination the destination path for the rename
   * @param sourceEtag the ETag of the source path for conditional requests
   * @param op the AbfsRestOperation object for the rename operation
   * @param tracingContext the context for tracing the operation
   * @param shouldAttemptRecovery flag indicating whether recovery should be attempted
   * @return true if the recovery attempt was successful, false otherwise
   */
  private boolean recoveryUsingEtag(String source, String destination,
      String sourceEtag, AbfsRestOperation op, TracingContext tracingContext,

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Solutions

1. Check whether the rename actually succeeded by listing source and destination before retrying.
2. Inspect logs for the original rename failure and retry the operation.

When it happens

Trigger: Recovery logic after an ambiguous rename result on the DFS endpoint fails to determine the final state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/hadoop@2add963021 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/20b4bceb3b6c31e2. Report an issue: GitHub.