{"record":{"id":"fb1ea92e55835748","repo":"hyperledger/fabric","slug":"error-while-deleting-the-dir-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error while deleting the dir: %s","messagePattern":"error while deleting the dir: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"core/ledger/kvledger/kv_ledger_provider.go","lineNumber":258,"sourceCode":"\t)\n\treturn err\n}\n\nfunc (p *Provider) initLedgerStatistics() {\n\tp.stats = newStats(p.initializer.MetricsProvider)\n}\n\nfunc (p *Provider) initSnapshotDir() error {\n\tsnapshotsRootDir := p.initializer.Config.SnapshotsConfig.RootDir\n\tif !filepath.IsAbs(snapshotsRootDir) {\n\t\treturn errors.Errorf(\"invalid path: %s. The path for the snapshot dir is expected to be an absolute path\", snapshotsRootDir)\n\t}\n\n\tinProgressSnapshotsPath := SnapshotsTempDirPath(snapshotsRootDir)\n\tcompletedSnapshotsPath := CompletedSnapshotsPath(snapshotsRootDir)\n\n\tif err := os.RemoveAll(inProgressSnapshotsPath); err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"error while deleting the dir: %s\", inProgressSnapshotsPath)\n\t}\n\tif err := os.MkdirAll(inProgressSnapshotsPath, 0o755); err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"error while creating the dir: %s, ensure peer has write access to configured ledger.snapshots.rootDir directory\", inProgressSnapshotsPath)\n\t}\n\tif err := os.MkdirAll(completedSnapshotsPath, 0o755); err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"error while creating the dir: %s, ensure peer has write access to configured ledger.snapshots.rootDir directory\", completedSnapshotsPath)\n\t}\n\treturn fileutil.SyncDir(snapshotsRootDir)\n}\n\n// CreateFromGenesisBlock implements the corresponding method from interface ledger.PeerLedgerProvider\n// This function creates a new ledger and commits the genesis block. If a failure happens during this\n// process, the partially created ledger is deleted\nfunc (p *Provider) CreateFromGenesisBlock(genesisBlock *common.Block) (ledger.PeerLedger, error) {\n\tledgerID, err := protoutil.GetChannelIDFromBlock(genesisBlock)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}","sourceCodeStart":240,"sourceCodeEnd":276,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6/core/ledger/kvledger/kv_ledger_provider.go#L240-L276","documentation":"initSnapshotDir wraps the os.RemoveAll error for the in-progress snapshots directory (SnapshotsTempDirPath under the configured root). Before serving snapshots, Fabric clears any stale in-progress snapshot data; a failed delete (permissions, busy mount, I/O error) produces this wrapped error.","triggerScenarios":"Peer startup (NewProvider -> initSnapshotDir) when os.RemoveAll(<rootDir>/inProgressSnapshots) fails, e.g. read-only mount, root-owned files from a previous run as another user, or filesystem I/O error.","commonSituations":"Container volume mounted read-only, snapshots dir created by root but peer now runs as non-root user, permission-changed directories, or corrupted filesystem.","solutions":["Check the wrapped underlying error in the peer log (permission denied vs read-only vs I/O)","Fix ownership/permissions: chown/chmod the snapshots rootDir for the peer's OS user","Remount the volume read-write if it is mounted read-only","Manually remove <rootDir>/inProgressSnapshots (or completedSnapshots) and restart"],"exampleFix":"// before: error while deleting the dir: /var/hyperledger/production/snapshots/inProgressSnapshots: permission denied\n// after:\n# chown -R fabric:fabric /var/hyperledger/production/snapshots\n# peer node start","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"inProgress := filepath.Join(rootDir, \"inProgressSnapshots\")\nif info, err := os.Stat(inProgress); err == nil && info.IsDir() {\n    if err := os.Chmod(inProgress, 0o755); err != nil {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"cannot manage snapshots dir %s: %v\", inProgress, err)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Run the peer as a consistent OS user across restarts (same UID in containers)","Mount the snapshots volume read-write","Pre-create snapshots subdirectories with 0755 owned by the peer user"],"tags":["hyperledger-fabric","snapshot","filesystem","permissions"],"backgroundTag":"directory-delete-failed","analyzedSha":"2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6","analyzedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}