goharbor/harbor · error

resources is negative for resource(s): %s

Error message

resources is negative for resource(s): %s

What it means

Error "resources is negative for resource(s): %s" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/controller/quota/controller.go:504

func reserveResources(resources types.ResourceList) func(hardLimits, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
	return func(hardLimits, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
		newUsed := types.Add(used, resources)

		if err := quota.IsSafe(hardLimits, used, newUsed, false); err != nil {
			return nil, errors.DeniedError(err).WithMessagef("Quota exceeded when processing the request of %v", err)
		}

		return newUsed, nil
	}
}

func rollbackResources(resources types.ResourceList) func(hardLimits, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
	return func(_, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
		newUsed := types.Subtract(used, resources)
		// ensure that new used is never negative
		if negativeUsed := types.IsNegative(newUsed); len(negativeUsed) > 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("resources is negative for resource(s): %s", quota.PrettyPrintResourceNames(negativeUsed))
		}

		return newUsed, nil
	}
}

func refreshResources(calculateUsage func() (types.ResourceList, error), ignoreLimitation bool) func(hardLimits, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
	return func(hardLimits, used types.ResourceList) (types.ResourceList, error) {
		newUsed, err := calculateUsage()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		// ensure that new used is never negative
		if negativeUsed := types.IsNegative(newUsed); len(negativeUsed) > 0 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("quota usage is negative for resource(s): %s", quota.PrettyPrintResourceNames(negativeUsed))
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/controller/quota/controller.go:504 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/c1d2016e9a391676. Report an issue: GitHub.