influxdata/influxdb · critical · Error

persister error

Error message

persister error: {0}

What it means

Passthrough for influxdb3_write::persister::PersisterError. It fires when persisting data (e.g. writing parquet files to object storage or committing catalog operations) fails, and the HTTP layer reports it as 'persister error: ...'.

Solutions

1. Check the wrapped PersisterError for the storage backend's cause
2. Verify object-store configuration (endpoint, bucket, credentials) in server config
3. Test connectivity/permissions to the storage backend from the server host
4. Retry the write once storage access is restored; check server logs for the full chain

Example fix

// before (bad credentials in config)
aws_access_key_id = ""
// after
aws_access_key_id = "AKIA..." # valid key from environment/secret store

// preflight: verify storage reachable/authorized before heavy writes
await assertObjectStoreWritable({ bucket, prefix });

try { await write(data); } catch (e) {
  if (String(e).includes("persister error")) {
    await backoffRetry(write, [data], { retries: 3 }); // transient storage faults
    // on auth errors: fail fast and alert on storage config
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: A write or query-triggered operation requires persisting data and the persister (e.g. S3/object-store backend) returns an error.

Common situations: Misconfigured object-store credentials/bucket; network outage between server and storage backend; permission errors on the storage location.

Related errors

• Cannot parse the given human time
• Cannot parse the timestamp
• {error_code}
• error from wal
• failed to build an http client

AI-assisted analysis of influxdata/influxdb@06200ef96b (2026-09-19). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4bf8672513c8026d. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at influxdb3_server/src/http.rs:299

    /// Serde decode error
    #[error("serde error: {0}")]
    SerdeUrlDecoding(#[from] serde_urlencoded::de::Error),

    /// Arrow error
    #[error("arrow error: {0}")]
    Arrow(#[from] arrow::error::ArrowError),

    /// Hyper error
    #[error("hyper http error: {0}")]
    Hyper(#[from] hyper::http::Error),

    /// WriteBuffer error
    #[error("write buffer error: {0}")]
    WriteBuffer(#[from] influxdb3_write::write_buffer::Error),

    /// Persister error
    #[error("persister error: {0}")]
    Persister(#[from] influxdb3_write::persister::PersisterError),

    // ToStrError
    #[error("to str error: {0}")]
    ToStr(#[from] hyper::header::ToStrError),

    // SerdeJsonError
    #[error("serde json error: {0}")]
    SerdeJson(#[from] serde_json::Error),

    // Influxdb3 Write
    #[error("serde json error: {0}")]
    Influxdb3Write(#[from] influxdb3_write::Error),

    #[error("datafusion error: {0}")]
    Datafusion(#[from] DataFusionError),

    #[error("io error: {0}")]

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