netbirdio/netbird · error

delete: %w

Error message

delete: %w

What it means

Error "delete: %w" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/firewall/nftables/router_linux.go:528

	ruleKey := rule.ID()
	nftRule, exists := r.rules[ruleKey]
	if !exists {
		log.Debugf("route rule %s not found", ruleKey)
		return nil
	}

	if nftRule.Handle == 0 {
		log.Warnf("route rule %s has no handle, removing stale entry", ruleKey)
		if err := r.decrementSetCounter(nftRule); err != nil {
			log.Warnf("decrement set counter for stale rule %s: %v", ruleKey, err)
		}
		delete(r.rules, ruleKey)
		return nil
	}

	if err := r.deleteNftRule(nftRule, ruleKey); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("delete: %w", err)
	}

	if err := r.conn.Flush(); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf(flushError, err)
	}

	if err := r.decrementSetCounter(nftRule); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("decrement set counter: %w", err)
	}

	return nil
}

func (r *router) createIpSet(setName string, input setInput) (*nftables.Set, error) {
	// overlapping prefixes will result in an error, so we need to merge them
	prefixes := firewall.MergeIPRanges(input.prefixes)

	nfset := &nftables.Set{

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/firewall/nftables/router_linux.go:528 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of netbirdio/netbird@93e97f4bf1 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c1e37014f5c6d29e. Report an issue: GitHub.