{"record":{"id":"12ec4881d9ccbb0d","repo":"thedotmack/claude-mem","slug":"uninstall-could-not-remove-plugindatadir","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"[uninstall] Could not remove ${pluginDataDir}:","messagePattern":"\\[uninstall\\] Could not remove (.+?):","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts","lineNumber":232,"sourceCode":"        if (!entry.startsWith('mcp-logs-plugin-claude-mem-')) continue;\n        const logPath = join(projectPath, entry);\n        try {\n          rmSync(logPath, { recursive: true, force: true });\n          removedCount++;\n        } catch (error: unknown) {\n          console.warn(`[uninstall] Could not remove ${logPath}:`, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n\n  const pluginDataDir = join(home, '.claude', 'plugins', 'data', 'claude-mem-thedotmack');\n  if (existsSync(pluginDataDir)) {\n    try {\n      rmSync(pluginDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });\n      removedCount++;\n    } catch (error: unknown) {\n      console.warn(`[uninstall] Could not remove ${pluginDataDir}:`, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n    }\n  }\n\n  return removedCount;\n}\n\nexport async function runUninstallCommand(): Promise<void> {\n  p.intro(styleText(['bgRed', 'white'], ' claude-mem uninstall '));\n\n  if (!isPluginInstalled()) {\n    p.log.warn('claude-mem does not appear to be installed.');\n\n    if (process.stdin.isTTY) {\n      const shouldCleanup = await p.confirm({\n        message: 'Clean up any remaining registration data anyway?',\n        initialValue: false,\n      });\n","sourceCodeStart":214,"sourceCodeEnd":250,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/blob/d8bc9755e74915e5c3b999181e10a67c889bce2a/src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts#L214-L250","documentation":"removeStrayClaudeMemPaths removes the plugin data directory ~/.claude/plugins/data/claude-mem-thedotmack with rmSync(recursive, force). If the deletion throws, this warning is logged and the directory is left intact; the function still returns whatever removedCount it accumulated. Uninstall completes without failing.","triggerScenarios":"rmSync(pluginDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true }) throws — EACCES/EPERM (directory owned by root or another user), EBUSY (files in use by the plugin worker), or ENOSPC/IO errors on exotic filesystems.","commonSituations":"Plugin data written by a sudo-run Claude session; the claude-mem worker still running and holding database files open in that directory; managed workstations with ACLs on ~/.claude.","solutions":["Ensure the claude-mem worker is stopped (re-run uninstall; it stops the worker first), then delete manually: rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/data/claude-mem-thedotmack.","Fix ownership: sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.claude/plugins/data, then re-run uninstall.","Remove with elevation if needed: sudo rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/data/claude-mem-thedotmack.","Check ACLs (ls -le on macOS / getfacl on Linux) if ownership looks correct but writes still fail."],"exampleFix":"// before (worker still running, db file locked)\nrmSync(pluginDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true }); // EBUSY\n// after (stop worker first)\n// npx claude-mem worker stop\nrmSync(pluginDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"import { accessSync, constants } from 'fs';\ntry { accessSync(pluginDataDir, constants.W_OK); } catch { console.warn(`Cannot delete ${pluginDataDir} — check ownership and ACLs`); }","typeGuard":"function isDeleteError(e: unknown): e is NodeJS.ErrnoException {\n  return e instanceof Error && 'code' in e && ['EACCES','EPERM','EBUSY'].includes((e as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code ?? '');\n}","tryCatchPattern":"try {\n  rmSync(pluginDataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });\n} catch (e) {\n  const code = (e as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;\n  console.warn(`Plugin data not removed (${code}) — stop the worker and delete ${pluginDataDir} manually`);\n}","preventionTips":["Always stop the claude-mem worker before deleting its data directory (open DB files cause EBUSY).","Keep ~/.claude user-owned; never run Claude Code with sudo.","Inspect ACLs (ls -le / getfacl) when standard permissions look correct but deletion fails.","Remember plugin data contains your memory DB — back it up if you might reinstall."],"tags":["filesystem","permissions","plugin-data","uninstall"],"backgroundTag":"file-delete-failed","analyzedSha":"d8bc9755e74915e5c3b999181e10a67c889bce2a","analyzedAt":"2026-09-17T16:40:26.182Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-17T16:40:26.182Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}