{"record":{"id":"708a761c631e8f44","repo":"affaan-m/ECC","slug":"another-nasiko-lifecycle-operation-is-already-in-p","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect ${lockPath} before recovering a stale lock.","messagePattern":"Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect (.+?) before recovering a stale lock\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"scripts/lib/nasiko-release.js","lineNumber":241,"sourceCode":"    && metadata.license === release.license\n    && metadata.sourceUrl === release.sourceUrl);\n  return { installed: true, qualified, version: qualified ? metadata.version : null, executable, binaryDigest, metadataPath: metadataPathFor(executable) };\n}\n\nfunction writeMetadataExclusive(metadataPath, metadata) {\n  fs.writeFileSync(metadataPath, `${JSON.stringify(metadata, null, 2)}\\n`, { mode: 0o600, flag: 'wx' });\n}\n\nfunction acquireLifecycleLock(installDirectory, fileSystem = fs) {\n  const lockPath = path.join(installDirectory, '.ecc-nasiko-lifecycle.lock');\n  let descriptor;\n  try {\n    descriptor = fileSystem.openSync(lockPath, 'wx', 0o600);\n    fileSystem.writeFileSync(descriptor, `${JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, startedAt: new Date().toISOString() })}\\n`);\n    fileSystem.fsyncSync(descriptor);\n  }\n  catch (error) {\n    if (error.code === 'EEXIST') throw new Error(`Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect ${lockPath} before recovering a stale lock.`);\n    if (descriptor !== undefined) {\n      try { fileSystem.closeSync(descriptor); } finally { fileSystem.rmSync(lockPath, { force: true }); }\n    }\n    throw error;\n  }\n  return () => {\n    try { fileSystem.closeSync(descriptor); } finally { fileSystem.rmSync(lockPath, { force: true }); }\n  };\n}\n\nasync function installNasiko(options = {}, dependencies = {}) {\n  const version = options.version || 'v0.1.0';\n  const base = getQualifiedRelease(version, dependencies.platform || process.platform, dependencies.arch || process.arch);\n  const release = dependencies.releaseOverride ? { ...base, ...dependencies.releaseOverride } : base;\n  const installDirectory = validateInstallDirectory(options.installDir || defaultInstallDirectory(release, dependencies.environment || process.env, dependencies.homeDirectory || os.homedir()));\n  const destination = path.join(installDirectory, release.binaryName);\n  const plan = { dryRun: Boolean(options.dryRun), version, platform: release.os, architecture: release.arch, manifestDigest: release.manifestDigest, binaryDigest: release.binaryDigest, registryOrigin: REGISTRY_ORIGIN, destination, license: release.license, sourceUrl: release.sourceUrl };\n  if (options.dryRun) return plan;","sourceCodeStart":223,"sourceCodeEnd":259,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/blob/06c5e118c4d3e6c3b7f9445f973a2194c82de193/scripts/lib/nasiko-release.js#L223-L259","documentation":"acquireLifecycleLock failed to exclusively create the lifecycle lock file, meaning another install/uninstall is running concurrently; the error points at the lock path for stale-lock recovery instead of retrying blindly.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at scripts/lib/nasiko-release.js:241 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"Raised when input validation fails because: Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect lockPath before recovering a stale lock.. Typically caused by a missing, malformed, or out-of-range argument or configuration value.","solutions":["Provide a value that satisfies the validation: Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect lockPath before recovering a stale lock.","Check the calling command or configuration for the reported field and correct it, then retry.","Run the command with --help to review the expected input shape and allowed values."],"exampleFix":"Correct the invalid input so that the following holds: Another Nasiko lifecycle operation is already in progress; inspect lockPath before recovering a stale lock.","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"06c5e118c4d3e6c3b7f9445f973a2194c82de193","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T11:27:13.915Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}