portainer/portainer · error

failed to delete destination directory: %w

Error message

failed to delete destination directory: %w

What it means

Error "failed to delete destination directory: %w" thrown in portainer/portainer.

Source

Thrown at api/filesystem/filesystem.go:961

		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy backup directory to destination directory: %w", err)
	}

	// 3. Delete the backup directory
	err = os.RemoveAll(backupDir)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete backup directory: %w", err)
	}

	return nil
}

func restoreBackup(src, backupDir string) error {
	// Rollback by deleting the original directory and copying the
	// backup direcotry back to the source directory, and then deleting
	// the backup directory
	err := os.RemoveAll(src)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete destination directory: %w", err)
	}

	err = MoveDirectory(backupDir, src, false)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to restore backup directory: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func MoveDirectory(originalPath, newPath string, overwriteTargetPath bool) error {
	if _, err := os.Stat(originalPath); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	alreadyExists, err := FileExists(newPath)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at api/filesystem/filesystem.go:961 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of portainer/portainer@17e74456ff (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/25d5a6aa4e81c577. Report an issue: GitHub.