goharbor/harbor · error · *errors.Error

PRECONDITION

PRECONDITION

Error message

the project contains repositories, can not be deleted

What it means

Error "the project contains repositories, can not be deleted" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/server/v2.0/handler/project.go:280

		location = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", strings.TrimSuffix(params.HTTPRequest.URL.Path, "/"), projectID)
	}

	return operation.NewCreateProjectCreated().WithLocation(location)
}

func (a *projectAPI) DeleteProject(ctx context.Context, params operation.DeleteProjectParams) middleware.Responder {
	projectNameOrID := parseProjectNameOrID(params.ProjectNameOrID, params.XIsResourceName)
	if err := a.RequireProjectAccess(ctx, projectNameOrID, rbac.ActionDelete); err != nil {
		return a.SendError(ctx, err)
	}

	p, result, err := a.deletable(ctx, projectNameOrID)
	if err != nil {
		return a.SendError(ctx, err)
	}

	if !result.Deletable {
		return a.SendError(ctx, errors.PreconditionFailedError(errors.New(result.Message)))
	}

	if err := a.projectCtl.Delete(ctx, p.ProjectID); err != nil {
		return a.SendError(ctx, err)
	}

	// remove the robot associated with the project
	if err := a.robotMgr.DeleteByProjectID(ctx, p.ProjectID); err != nil {
		return a.SendError(ctx, err)
	}

	referenceID := quota.ReferenceID(p.ProjectID)
	q, err := a.quotaCtl.GetByRef(ctx, quota.ProjectReference, referenceID)
	if err != nil {
		log.Warningf("failed to get quota for project %s, error: %v", projectNameOrID, err)
	} else {
		if err := a.quotaCtl.Delete(ctx, q.ID); err != nil {
			return a.SendError(ctx, fmt.Errorf("failed to delete quota for project: %v", err))

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/server/v2.0/handler/project.go:280 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/96d9d0879f84b5e2. Report an issue: GitHub.