apache/hadoop · error · IOException

Failed to delete checkpoint during abort

Error message

Failed to delete checkpoint during abort

What it means

Error "Failed to delete checkpoint during abort" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/checkpoint/FSCheckpointService.java:166

    if (!fs.rename(tmpfile(dst), dst)) {
      // attempt to clean up
      abort(ch);
      throw new IOException("Failed to promote checkpoint" +
      		 tmpfile(dst) + " -> " + dst);
    }
    return new FSCheckpointID(hch.getDestination());
  }

  @Override
  public void abort(CheckpointWriteChannel ch) throws IOException {
    if (ch.isOpen()) {
      ch.close();
    }
    FSCheckpointWriteChannel hch = (FSCheckpointWriteChannel)ch;
    Path tmp = tmpfile(hch.getDestination());
    try {
      if (!fs.delete(tmp, false)) {
        throw new IOException("Failed to delete checkpoint during abort");
      }
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
      // IGNORE
    }
  }

  @Override
  public boolean delete(CheckpointID id) throws IOException,
      InterruptedException {
    if (!(id instanceof FSCheckpointID)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Mismatched checkpoint type: " + id.getClass());
    }
    Path tmp = ((FSCheckpointID)id).getPath();
    try {
      return fs.delete(tmp, false);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
      // IGNORE

View on GitHub (pinned to 2add963021)

Solutions

1. Check filesystem permissions on the checkpoint directory and remove leftover temp checkpoint files manually if abort cleanup failed.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/checkpoint/FSCheckpointService.java:166 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/hadoop@2add963021 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8ae2c5b89e586a9a. Report an issue: GitHub.