spacedriveapp/spacedrive · error

Location not found

Error message

Location not found: {}

What it means

After the library resolves, DatabaseAdapter::new looks up the location row by UUID within that library's database. If no location row matches location_id, this error fires. It means the location either was deleted, belongs to a different library, or the id is wrong; change detection has no location context to anchor path resolution.

Solutions

1. Verify the location exists in the same library's DB before starting change detection
2. Cancel any pending indexing jobs when a location is deleted (deletion should invalidate queued jobs)
3. Confirm the location_id UUID is the one stored in entities::location (not the internal integer id)

// Confirm the location row exists in this library's DB first
let found = entities::location::Entity::find()
    .filter(entities::location::Column::Uuid.eq(location_id))
    .one(&library.db().conn())
    .await?;
if found.is_none() {
    tracing::warn!(%location_id, "location missing; skipping change detection");
    return Ok(());
}

match DatabaseAdapter::new(...).await {
    Ok(adapter) => adapter,
    Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("Location not found") => {
        return Ok(()); // location deleted; job is obsolete
    }
    Err(e) => return Err(e),
}

When it happens

Trigger: Passing a location_id from another library into DatabaseAdapter::new; location deleted by a user while its change-detection job was starting; querying the location in the wrong library DB.

Common situations: Location removed via UI/CLI concurrently with an indexer start; copying ids between environments; partial location deletion that removed the row before cancelling jobs.

Related errors

• Library not found
• Location has no root entry
• Entry not found after creation
• Entry not found after ID lookup
• Failed to create entry

AI-assisted analysis of spacedriveapp/spacedrive@6dfeccf211 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8096568bdacc4c15. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at core/src/ops/indexing/change_detection/persistent.rs:60

	pub async fn new(
		context: Arc<CoreContext>,
		library_id: Uuid,
		location_id: Uuid,
		_location_root: &Path,
		volume_backend: Option<Arc<dyn crate::volume::VolumeBackend>>,
	) -> Result<Self> {
		let library = context
			.get_library(library_id)
			.await
			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Library not found: {}", library_id))?;

		let db = library.db().conn().clone();

		let location_record = entities::location::Entity::find()
			.filter(entities::location::Column::Uuid.eq(location_id))
			.one(&db)
			.await?
			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Location not found: {}", location_id))?;

		let location_root_entry_id = location_record
			.entry_id
			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Location {} has no root entry", location_id))?;

		let volume_id = location_record.volume_id.ok_or_else(|| {
			anyhow::anyhow!(
				"Location {} has no volume_id - volume must be detected before change detection",
				location_id
			)
		})?;

		Ok(Self {
			context,
			library_id,
			location_id,
			location_root_entry_id,
			volume_id,

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