Hi team,
I find an error with latest gerrit operator. The error message is attached at the bottom. I believe it's caused by default setting "-Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/gerrit/tmp/java" where "/var/gerrit/tmp/java" is missing. I manually create the directory in container, and it fixes the issue. There must be a more proper fix, like setting default tmpdir to /var/gerrit/tmp or creating the necessary directory in gerrit-init. Hope it makes sense.
Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Serena
[2025-08-19T10:48:12.086Z] [SSH git-receive-pack /*/*.git (user)] ERROR com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.AsyncReceiveCommits : error while processing push
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException: Can't insert change/patch set for */*
Caused by: com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException: Can't insert change/patch set for */*
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:191)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.AsyncReceiveCommits.preReceive(AsyncReceiveCommits.java:407)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.AsyncReceiveCommits.lambda$asHook$0(AsyncReceiveCommits.java:351)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack.service(ReceivePack.java:2268)
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack.receive(ReceivePack.java:2182)
at com.google.gerrit.sshd.commands.Receive.runImpl(Receive.java:98)
at com.google.gerrit.sshd.AbstractGitCommand.service(AbstractGitCommand.java:109)
at com.google.gerrit.sshd.AbstractGitCommand$1.run(AbstractGitCommand.java:74)
at com.google.gerrit.sshd.BaseCommand$TaskThunk.run(BaseCommand.java:492)
at com.google.gerrit.server.logging.LoggingContextAwareRunnable.run(LoggingContextAwareRunnable.java:113)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:304)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.WorkQueue$Task.run(WorkQueue.java:675)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
Caused by: com.google.gerrit.exceptions.StorageException: Can't insert change/patch set for */*
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.insertChangesAndPatchSets(ReceiveCommits.java:1064)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.processCommandsUnsafe(ReceiveCommits.java:807)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.processCommands(ReceiveCommits.java:691)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.AsyncReceiveCommits.lambda$preReceive$2(AsyncReceiveCommits.java:386)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at com.google.gerrit.server.util.RequestScopePropagator.lambda$cleanup$1(RequestScopePropagator.java:186)
at com.google.gerrit.server.util.RequestScopePropagator.lambda$context$0(RequestScopePropagator.java:174)
at com.google.gerrit.server.util.ThreadLocalRequestScopePropagator.lambda$wrapImpl$0(ThreadLocalRequestScopePropagator.java:45)
at com.google.gerrit.server.util.RequestScopePropagator$1.call(RequestScopePropagator.java:85)
at com.google.gerrit.server.util.RequestScopePropagator$2.run(RequestScopePropagator.java:116)
... 8 more
Caused by: com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException: Error inserting change/patchset
at com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException.wrap(RestApiException.java:25)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.asRestApiException(ReceiveCommits.java:326)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.insertChangesAndPatchSets(ReceiveCommits.java:1142)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.insertChangesAndPatchSets(ReceiveCommits.java:1045)
... 18 more
Caused by: com.google.gerrit.server.update.UpdateException: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
at com.google.gerrit.server.update.BatchUpdate.executeUpdateRepo(BatchUpdate.java:665)
at com.google.gerrit.server.update.BatchUpdate.execute(BatchUpdate.java:156)
at com.google.gerrit.server.update.BatchUpdate.execute(BatchUpdate.java:488)
at com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive.ReceiveCommits.insertChangesAndPatchSets(ReceiveCommits.java:1140)
... 19 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
at java.base/java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.base/java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:2129)
at org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer$LocalFile.overflow(TemporaryBuffer.java:459)
at org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer.switchToOverflow(TemporaryBuffer.java:364)
at org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer.reachedInCoreLimit(TemporaryBuffer.java:359)
at org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer.write(TemporaryBuffer.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.EolAwareOutputStream.write(EolAwareOutputStream.java:93)
at org.eclipse.jgit.diff.RawText.writeLine(RawText.java:151)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeFormatterPass.writeLine(MergeFormatterPass.java:123)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeFormatterPass.formatMerge(MergeFormatterPass.java:67)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.MergeFormatter.formatMerge(MergeFormatter.java:80)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.doMerge(ResolveMerger.java:1597)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.updateIndex(ResolveMerger.java:1531)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.processEntry(ResolveMerger.java:1326)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.mergeTreeWalk(ResolveMerger.java:1896)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.mergeTrees(ResolveMerger.java:1846)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ResolveMerger.mergeImpl(ResolveMerger.java:910)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.Merger.merge(Merger.java:233)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.Merger.merge(Merger.java:186)
at org.eclipse.jgit.merge.ThreeWayMerger.merge(ThreeWayMerger.java:96)
at com.google.gerrit.server.patch.AutoMerger.createAutoMergeCommit(AutoMerger.java:242)
at com.google.gerrit.server.patch.AutoMerger.createAutoMergeCommit(AutoMerger.java:202)
at com.google.gerrit.server.patch.AutoMerger.createAutoMergeCommitIfNecessary(AutoMerger.java:186)
at com.google.gerrit.server.change.ChangeInserter.updateRepo(ChangeInserter.java:437)
at com.google.gerrit.server.update.BatchUpdate.executeUpdateRepo(BatchUpdate.java:645)
... 22 more