crowdsecurity/crowdsec · error

expiring decisions error: %w

Error message

expiring decisions error: %w

What it means

While processing the CAPI decisions stream deletions (HandleDeletedDecisionsV3), expiring one deleted decision in the local database via ExpireDecisionsWithFilter failed. The CAPI stream itself was received fine; the failure is the local DB expire of a decision value in a given scope.

Source

Thrown at pkg/apiserver/apic.go:466

func (a *apic) HandleDeletedDecisionsV3(ctx context.Context, deletedDecisions []*modelscapi.GetDecisionsStreamResponseDeletedItem, deleteCounters map[string]map[string]int) (int, error) {
	var nbDeleted int

	for _, decisions := range deletedDecisions {
		scope := decisions.Scope

		for _, decision := range decisions.Decisions {
			filter := map[string][]string{
				"value":  {decision},
				"origin": {types.CAPIOrigin},
			}
			if strings.ToLower(*scope) != "ip" {
				filter["scopes"] = []string{*scope}
			}

			dbCliDel, _, err := a.dbClient.ExpireDecisionsWithFilter(ctx, filter)
			if err != nil {
				return 0, fmt.Errorf("expiring decisions error: %w", err)
			}

			updateCounterForDecision(deleteCounters, new(types.CAPIOrigin), nil, dbCliDel)

			nbDeleted += dbCliDel
		}
	}

	return nbDeleted, nil
}

func createAlertForDecision(decision *models.Decision, kind types.AlertKind) *models.Alert {
	var (
		scenario string
		scope    string
	)

	switch *decision.Origin {

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Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error for the DB cause (deadlock, timeout, constraint)
2. Check DB health and capacity — the delete runs per-decision in a loop, so slow DBs can time out
3. If persistent, note the failing decision value/scope and check for bad data from CAPI

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/apiserver/apic.go:466 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of crowdsecurity/crowdsec@909b515798 (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/36e5fa2cbc83a0f6. Report an issue: GitHub.