astral-sh/uv · error

Invalid installed distribution path: `{}`

Error message

Invalid installed distribution path: `{}`

What it means

Error "Invalid installed distribution path: `{}`" thrown in astral-sh/uv.

Source

Thrown at crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs:909

/// Return the Python source files owned by the distributions installed by this operation.
fn python_source_files_for_installs<'a>(
    venv: &'a PythonEnvironment,
    installs: &'a [CachedDist],
) -> impl Iterator<Item = anyhow::Result<PathBuf>> + 'a {
    let layout = venv.interpreter().layout();
    let site_packages = [
        CWD.join(&layout.scheme.purelib),
        CWD.join(&layout.scheme.platlib),
    ];
    installs.iter().flat_map(move |install| {
        let dist_info = match installed_dist_info_path(&layout, install.path()).with_context(|| {
            format!("Failed to locate installed distribution for bytecode compilation: `{install}`")
        }) {
            Ok(dist_info) => dist_info,
            Err(err) => return Box::new(std::iter::once(Err(err))) as PythonSourceFileIterator,
        };
        let Some(record_root) = dist_info.parent().map(|path| CWD.join(path)) else {
            return Box::new(std::iter::once(Err(anyhow!(
                "Invalid installed distribution path: `{}`",
                dist_info.user_display()
            ))));
        };
        let record_path = dist_info.join("RECORD");
        let record_file = match fs_err::File::open(&record_path) {
            Ok(record_file) => record_file,
            // Another process may have removed the installed distribution.
            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
                return Box::new(std::iter::empty());
            }
            Err(err) => {
                return Box::new(std::iter::once(Err(err).with_context(|| {
                    format!("Failed to read `{}`", record_path.user_display())
                })));
            }
        };
        let site_packages = site_packages.clone();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs:909 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of astral-sh/uv@f1a42680ff (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/74e2bbc198700725. Report an issue: GitHub.