{"record":{"id":"73e41a001cd0873c","repo":"thedotmack/claude-mem","slug":"uninstall-could-not-remove-logpath","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"[uninstall] Could not remove ${logPath}:","messagePattern":"\\[uninstall\\] Could not remove (.+?):","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts","lineNumber":220,"sourceCode":"      console.warn(`[uninstall] Could not read ${cacheRoot}:`, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n    }\n    for (const projectDir of projectDirs) {\n      const projectPath = join(cacheRoot, projectDir);\n      let logEntries: string[] = [];\n      try {\n        logEntries = readdirSync(projectPath);\n      } catch (error: unknown) {\n        console.warn(`[uninstall] Could not read ${projectPath}:`, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n        continue;\n      }\n      for (const entry of logEntries) {\n        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 ${pluginDataDir}:`, error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));\n    }\n  }\n\n  return removedCount;\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":202,"sourceCodeEnd":238,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/blob/e2d1df569a8f04075d40e92461128ece7cf04c82/src/npx-cli/commands/uninstall.ts#L202-L238","documentation":"For each mcp-logs-plugin-claude-mem-* entry found in a project cache directory, uninstall runs rmSync(recursive, force) on it. If the removal throws (EACCES/EPERM, EBUSY on Windows), it warns and continues; removedCount is not incremented for that entry.","triggerScenarios":"`npx claude-mem uninstall` while the Claude CLI or an MCP server child process still holds the log directory or its files open; log files owned by another user; Windows locks on the log files.","commonSituations":"Uninstalling with a Claude session still running; MCP servers keeping log handles open; log directories written by a root-run process.","solutions":["Close Claude CLI sessions and stop MCP servers, then re-run uninstall","Delete the path from the message manually: rm -rf <logPath>","Fix ownership under ~/.cache/claude-cli-nodejs if needed"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"import { accessSync, constants } from 'node:fs';\nconst logDir = `${process.env.HOME}/.cache/claude-cli-nodejs/<project>/mcp-logs-plugin-claude-mem-<id>`;\ntry { accessSync(logDir, constants.W_OK); }\ncatch { /* close the Claude/MCP process holding it, then retry uninstall */ }","typeGuard":"function isErrnoException(error: unknown): error is NodeJS.ErrnoException {\n  return error instanceof Error && typeof (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'string';\n}","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Close running Claude CLI sessions before uninstalling so MCP log handles are released","On Windows, expect EBUSY/EPERM while MCP servers are alive; retry after closing them","Leftover log dirs are inert: remove them manually if the warning repeats"],"tags":["uninstall","cache-cleanup","file-delete","process-lock"],"backgroundTag":"file-delete-permission-denied","analyzedSha":"e2d1df569a8f04075d40e92461128ece7cf04c82","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T23:58:13.836Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T07:17:48.351Z"}