nicolargo/glances · error · HTTPException

Cannot get stats ({str(e)})

Error message

Cannot get stats ({str(e)})

What it means

Raised when getAllAsDict() fails while building the full stats dump, returned as HTTP 404. Any single plugin raising during serialization of the combined stats payload triggers this. The underlying exception message is appended.

Source

Thrown at glances/outputs/glances_restful_api.py:952

    # Comment this solve an issue on Home Assistant See #3238
    def _api_all(self):
        """Glances API RESTful implementation.

        Return the JSON representation of all the plugins
        HTTP/200 if OK
        HTTP/400 if plugin is not found
        HTTP/404 if others error
        """

        # Update the stat
        self.__update_stats()

        try:
            # Get the RAW value of the stat ID
            # TODO in #3211: use getAllExportsAsDict instead but break UI for uptime, processlist, others ?
            statval = self.stats.getAllAsDict()
        except Exception as e:
            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, f"Cannot get stats ({str(e)})")

        return GlancesJSONResponse(statval)

    def _api_all_limits(self):
        """Glances API RESTful implementation.

        Return the JSON representation of all the plugins limits
        HTTP/200 if OK
        HTTP/400 if plugin is not found
        HTTP/404 if others error
        """
        try:
            # Get the RAW value of the stat limits
            limits = self.stats.getAllLimitsAsDict()
        except Exception as e:
            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, f"Cannot get limits ({str(e)})")

        return GlancesJSONResponse(limits)

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Solutions

1. Poll individual plugin endpoints (GET /api/4/plugins then /api/4/<plugin>) to isolate the failing plugin
2. Check server logs for the underlying exception name embedded in the 404 body
3. Disable the failing plugin with --disable-plugin <name> as a workaround
4. Ensure required dependencies and host file access exist (especially for gpu, sensors plugins)

r = httpx.get(f'{BASE}/api/4/all')
if r.status_code != 200:
    # fall back to per-plugin fetch
    plugins = httpx.get(f'{BASE}/api/4/plugins').json()

try:
    stats = httpx.get(f'{BASE}/api/4/all', timeout=10).json()
except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
    if e.response.status_code == 404:
        stats = {p: httpx.get(f'{BASE}/api/4/{p}').json()
                 for p in httpx.get(f'{BASE}/api/4/plugins').json()}
    else:
        raise

When it happens

Trigger: GET /api/4/all when any plugin's stats serialization raises — e.g., a plugin accessing a missing sysfs/procfs file, or a GPU/NPU library (pynvml) erroring mid-collection.

Common situations: Containerized or Snap-confined environments where /proc or /sys paths are unreadable, transient errors from hardware-monitoring plugins, or a plugin dependency missing at runtime.

Related errors

• Cannot get help view data ({str(e)})
• Cannot get plugin list ({str(e)})
• Cannot get limits ({str(e)})
• Cannot get views ({str(e)})
• Cannot get plugin {plugin} ({str(e)})

AI-assisted analysis of nicolargo/glances@a240d8dfb3 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/73d959c14d36058a. Report an issue: GitHub.