apache/hadoop · error · IOException

Failed to delete Aliyun OSS objects for {tries} times.

Error message

Failed to delete Aliyun OSS objects for {tries} times.

What it means

Error "Failed to delete Aliyun OSS objects for {tries} times." thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystemStore.java:245

      // 1. verbose mode: A list of all deleted objects is returned.
      // 2. quiet mode: No message body is returned.
      // Here, we choose the verbose mode to do batch delete.
      deleteRequest.setQuiet(false);
      DeleteObjectsResult result = ossClient.deleteObjects(deleteRequest);
      statistics.incrementWriteOps(1);
      final List<String> deletedObjects = result.getDeletedObjects();
      keysToDelete = keysToDelete.stream().filter(item -> !deletedObjects.contains(item))
          .collect(Collectors.toList());
      tries++;
      if (tries == retry) {
        break;
      }
    }

    if (tries == retry && CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(keysToDelete)) {
      // Most of time, it is impossible to try 10 times, expect the
      // Aliyun OSS service problems.
      throw new IOException("Failed to delete Aliyun OSS objects for " + tries + " times.");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Delete a directory from Aliyun OSS.
   *
   * @param key directory key to delete.
   * @throws IOException if failed to delete directory.
   */
  public void deleteDirs(String key) throws IOException {
    OSSListRequest listRequest = createListObjectsRequest(key,
        maxKeys, null, null, true);
    while (true) {
      OSSListResult objects = listObjects(listRequest);
      statistics.incrementReadOps(1);
      List<String> keysToDelete = new ArrayList<String>();
      for (OSSObjectSummary objectSummary : objects.getObjectSummaries()) {
        keysToDelete.add(objectSummary.getKey());

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Solutions

1. Check OSS permissions: the configured credentials must have DeleteObject on the target objects.
2. Verify network connectivity to the OSS endpoint and retry; inspect the logged cause for the underlying SDK error.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystemStore.java:245 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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