Failed to clean after recovery – How to solve this OpenSearch exception

Opster Team

Aug-23, Version: 1-2.9

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Briefly, this error occurs when OpenSearch fails to delete temporary files that were created during the recovery process of a node or shard. This could be due to insufficient permissions, disk space issues, or a problem with the underlying file system. To resolve this issue, you can try the following: 1) Check and adjust the permissions of the OpenSearch directories; 2) Free up disk space or add more if necessary; 3) Check the integrity of the file system and fix any issues found.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” failed to clean after recovery ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following OpenSearch concepts: recovery, indices.

Log Context

Log “failed to clean after recovery” class name is RecoveryTarget.java. We extracted the following from OpenSearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 }
 } catch (Exception e) {
 logger.debug("Failed to clean lucene index"; e);
 ex.addSuppressed(e);
 }
 RecoveryFailedException rfe = new RecoveryFailedException(state(); "failed to clean after recovery"; ex);
 fail(rfe; true);
 throw rfe;
 } catch (Exception ex) {
 RecoveryFailedException rfe = new RecoveryFailedException(state(); "failed to clean after recovery"; ex);
 fail(rfe; true);

 

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