goharbor/harbor · error · errors.Error

BAD_REQUEST

BAD_REQUEST

Error message

cannot delete %s when %s is not empty, please clear the pattern first

What it means

Error "cannot delete %s when %s is not empty, please clear the pattern first" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/server/v2.0/handler/project_metadata.go:99

}

func (p *projectMetadataAPI) DeleteProjectMetadata(ctx context.Context, params operation.DeleteProjectMetadataParams) middleware.Responder {
	projectNameOrID := parseProjectNameOrID(params.ProjectNameOrID, params.XIsResourceName)
	if err := p.RequireProjectAccess(ctx, projectNameOrID, rbac.ActionDelete, rbac.ResourceMetadata); err != nil {
		return p.SendError(ctx, err)
	}
	project, err := p.proCtl.Get(ctx, projectNameOrID)
	if err != nil {
		return p.SendError(ctx, err)
	}
	if params.MetaName == proModels.ProMetaProxyCacheFilterKind {
		if p.ctl != nil {
			existing, err := p.ctl.Get(ctx, project.ProjectID, proModels.ProMetaProxyCacheFilterPattern)
			if err != nil {
				return p.SendError(ctx, err)
			}
			if patVal, ok := existing[proModels.ProMetaProxyCacheFilterPattern]; ok && patVal != "" {
				return p.SendError(ctx, errors.New(nil).WithCode(errors.BadRequestCode).
					WithMessagef("cannot delete %s when %s is not empty, please clear the pattern first",
						proModels.ProMetaProxyCacheFilterKind, proModels.ProMetaProxyCacheFilterPattern))
			}
		}
	}
	if err = p.ctl.Delete(ctx, project.ProjectID, params.MetaName); err != nil {
		return p.SendError(ctx, err)
	}
	return operation.NewDeleteProjectMetadataOK()
}

func (p *projectMetadataAPI) GetProjectMetadata(ctx context.Context, params operation.GetProjectMetadataParams) middleware.Responder {
	projectNameOrID := parseProjectNameOrID(params.ProjectNameOrID, params.XIsResourceName)
	if err := p.RequireProjectAccess(ctx, projectNameOrID, rbac.ActionRead, rbac.ResourceMetadata); err != nil {
		return p.SendError(ctx, err)
	}
	project, err := p.proCtl.Get(ctx, projectNameOrID)
	if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/server/v2.0/handler/project_metadata.go:99 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6dc297cfd2d8cbef. Report an issue: GitHub.