phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

%s requires the directory '%s' to exist, but it does not exi

Error message

%s requires the directory '%s' to exist, but it does not exist and could not be created. Create this directory or update '%s' in your configuration to point to an existing directory.

What it means

Error "%s requires the directory '%s' to exist, but it does not exist and could not be created. Create this directory or update '%s' in your configuration to point to an existing directory." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:24

  private $runDaemonsAsUser = null;

  final protected function loadAvailableDaemonClasses() {
    return id(new PhutilSymbolLoader())
      ->setAncestorClass('PhutilDaemon')
      ->setConcreteOnly(true)
      ->selectSymbolsWithoutLoading();
  }

  final protected function getLogDirectory() {
    $path = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phd.log-directory');
    return $this->getControlDirectory($path);
  }

  private function getControlDirectory($path) {
    if (!Filesystem::pathExists($path)) {
      list($err) = exec_manual('mkdir -p %s', $path);
      if ($err) {
        throw new Exception(
          pht(
            "%s requires the directory '%s' to exist, but it does not exist ".
            "and could not be created. Create this directory or update ".
            "'%s' in your configuration to point to an existing ".
            "directory.",
            'phd',
            $path,
            'phd.log-directory'));
      }
    }
    return $path;
  }

  private function findDaemonClass($substring) {
    $symbols = $this->loadAvailableDaemonClasses();

    $symbols = ipull($symbols, 'name');
    $match = array();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementWorkflow.php:24 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9a66fea5852c2358. Report an issue: GitHub.