hashicorp/nomad · error

error updating enterprise features: %v

Error message

error updating enterprise features: %v

What it means

While applying an allocation update, the enterprise extension hook updateEntWithAlloc failed; the wrapped error aborts the alloc upsert and comes from Nomad Enterprise feature state handling.

Source

Thrown at nomad/state/state_store.go:4158

		copyAlloc.DeploymentStatus.ModifyIndex = index
	}

	// Update the modify index
	copyAlloc.ModifyIndex = index

	// Update the modify time
	copyAlloc.ModifyTime = alloc.ModifyTime

	if err := s.updateDeploymentWithAlloc(index, copyAlloc, exist, txn); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error updating deployment: %v", err)
	}

	if err := s.updateSummaryWithAlloc(index, copyAlloc, exist, txn); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error updating job summary: %v", err)
	}

	if err := s.updateEntWithAlloc(index, copyAlloc, exist, txn); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error updating enterprise features: %v", err)
	}

	if err := s.updatePluginForTerminalAlloc(index, copyAlloc, txn); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error updating plugin for terminal alloc: %v", err)
	}

	if err := s.cancelFollowupEvalsForReconnect(txn, index, copyAlloc, alloc); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Update the allocation
	if err := txn.Insert("allocs", copyAlloc); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("alloc insert failed: %v", err)
	}

	if err := s.deregisterServicesForTerminalAllocs(txn, index, copyAlloc); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error deregistering services for terminal allocs: %v", err)
	}

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Solutions

1. Retry the allocation update
2. Inspect server logs for the underlying enterprise feature error
3. Verify licensed enterprise features are functioning

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at nomad/state/state_store.go:4158 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hashicorp/nomad@482b49bf1a (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/dda487a429cb4436. Report an issue: GitHub.