kubernetes/kops · error

error deleting %s: %v

Error message

error deleting %s: %v

What it means

Returned inside SwiftPath.Remove's retry loop when a Swift object delete fails for a reason other than 404 (not-found maps to os.ErrNotExist and stops the loop). The Swift API rejected the delete — auth expiry, container permissions, or a transient proxy error — so the wrapped error is retried per swiftWriteBackoff until it succeeds or backoff is exhausted.

Source

Thrown at util/pkg/vfs/swiftfs.go:304

	return p.Path()
}

func (p *SwiftPath) getClient(ctx context.Context) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
	return p.vfsContext.getSwiftClient(ctx)
}

func (p *SwiftPath) Remove(ctx context.Context) error {
	done, err := RetryWithBackoff(swiftWriteBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
		client, err := p.getClient(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			return false, err
		}
		opt := swiftobject.DeleteOpts{}
		if _, err := swiftobject.Delete(ctx, client, p.bucket, p.key, opt).Extract(); err != nil {
			if isSwiftNotFound(err) {
				return true, os.ErrNotExist
			}
			return false, fmt.Errorf("error deleting %s: %v", p, err)
		}

		return true, nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	} else if done {
		return nil
	} else {
		return wait.ErrWaitTimeout
	}
}

func (p *SwiftPath) RemoveAll(ctx context.Context) error {
	tree, err := p.ReadTree(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check Swift credentials and container write permissions
2. Let the built-in RetryWithBackoff handle transient 5xx proxy errors; if it exhausts, inspect the wrapped error
3. Verify the object storage endpoint in the OpenStack catalog is reachable

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at util/pkg/vfs/swiftfs.go:304 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1e5527ab7d195b68. Report an issue: GitHub.