phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Storage engine '%s' could not be located!

Error message

Storage engine '%s' could not be located!

What it means

Error "Storage engine '%s' could not be located!" thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php:1036

      'id'   => $this->getID(),
      'phid' => $this->getPHID(),
      'uri'  => $this->getBestURI(),
    );
  }

  public function instantiateStorageEngine() {
    return self::buildEngine($this->getStorageEngine());
  }

  public static function buildEngine($engine_identifier) {
    $engines = self::buildAllEngines();
    foreach ($engines as $engine) {
      if ($engine->getEngineIdentifier() == $engine_identifier) {
        return $engine;
      }
    }

    throw new Exception(
      pht(
        "Storage engine '%s' could not be located!",
        $engine_identifier));
  }

  public static function buildAllEngines() {
    return id(new PhutilClassMapQuery())
      ->setAncestorClass('PhabricatorFileStorageEngine')
      ->execute();
  }

  public function getViewableMimeType() {
    $mime_map = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('files.viewable-mime-types');

    $mime_type = $this->getMimeType();
    $mime_parts = explode(';', $mime_type);
    $mime_type = trim(reset($mime_parts));

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php:1036 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/5cb0916c429da876. Report an issue: GitHub.