{"record":{"id":"799dfe34bfcc0d4d","repo":"plandex-ai/plandex","slug":"error-deleting-plan-dir-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error deleting plan dir: %v","messagePattern":"error deleting plan dir: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"app/server/db/plan_helpers.go","lineNumber":437,"sourceCode":"\n\terrCh := make(chan error, len(ids))\n\tfor _, planId := range ids {\n\t\tgo func(planId string) {\n\t\t\tdefer func() {\n\t\t\t\tif r := recover(); r != nil {\n\t\t\t\t\tlog.Printf(\"panic in DeleteOwnerPlans: %v\\n%s\", r, debug.Stack())\n\t\t\t\t\terrCh <- fmt.Errorf(\"panic in DeleteOwnerPlans: %v\\n%s\", r, debug.Stack())\n\t\t\t\t\truntime.Goexit() // don't allow outer function to continue and double-send to channel\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}()\n\t\t\terrCh <- DeletePlanDir(orgId, planId)\n\t\t}(planId)\n\t}\n\n\tfor i := 0; i < len(ids); i++ {\n\t\terr := <-errCh\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error deleting plan dir: %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tif len(ids) > 0 {\n\t\tlog.Println(\"Deleted\", len(ids), \"plans\")\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc ValidatePlanAccess(planId, userId, orgId string) (*Plan, error) {\n\t// get plan\n\tplan, err := GetPlan(planId)\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error getting plan: %v\", err)\n\t}\n","sourceCodeStart":419,"sourceCodeEnd":455,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex/blob/e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5/app/server/db/plan_helpers.go#L419-L455","documentation":"After DeleteOwnerPlans fans out deletion goroutines, it collects len(ids) results from errCh. The first non-nil error — including DeletePlanDir filesystem failures like permission denied or ENOENT — is wrapped with this message and returned, aborting the remaining error collection loop.","triggerScenarios":"DeletePlanDir (invoked via DeleteOwnerPlans from DeleteAllPlansHandler) fails for any plan id — e.g. os.Remove errors because the plan directory is missing, permissions are wrong, or the directory is non-empty on some platforms.","commonSituations":"Plan directories already manually deleted from disk, running the server as a user without write access to the plans data directory, or leftover state after a partially failed prior deletion.","solutions":["Read the wrapped inner error to identify the failing planId and the exact OS error","Check filesystem permissions and ownership of the plan directories","Make deletion idempotent: ignore os.ErrNotExist when removing plan dirs","Re-run DeleteAllPlansHandler after cleanup; note the loop returns on first error so remaining plans may need a retry"],"exampleFix":"// before\nif err := os.RemoveAll(dir); err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n// after\nif err := os.RemoveAll(dir); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {\n    return err\n}\nreturn nil","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"for _, dir := range planDirs(ids) {\n    if _, err := os.Stat(dir); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"plan dir not accessible: %w\", err)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := DeleteOwnerPlans(orgId, ids); err != nil {\n    var pathErr *os.PathError\n    if errors.As(err, &pathErr) && os.IsNotExist(pathErr) {\n        // already deleted; treat as success\n    } else {\n        return err\n    }\n}","preventionTips":["Make plan-directory deletion idempotent (ignore ErrNotExist)","Ensure the server process has write permissions on the plans data root","Clean up partially deleted state before re-running DeleteAllPlansHandler","Log the failing planId by wrapping errors with context"],"tags":["go","filesystem","batch-operation"],"backgroundTag":"file-delete-failed","analyzedSha":"e2d772072efadbe41d2946d97d79be55532dbab5","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T20:56:53.631Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T22:17:10.623Z"}