Cargo treats lack of disk space as "spurious network error"
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A-diagnostics
A-git
A-networking
C-bug
S-needs-design
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Description
Problem
While updating .cargo/git/checkouts, if disk space runs out, cargo handles the situation as if there was a network error, and display:
warning: spurious network error (3 tries remaining): cannot extend packfile '...': Not enough disk space; class=Os (2)
Steps
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Possible Solution(s)
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Notes
Errors that are not related to the network shouldn't be treated as network errors.
Version
1.83.0
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing an update of .cargo/git/checkouts with insufficient disk space and trace where the resulting OS error is classified as a network error. Review Cargo's network error handling and add coverage for disk-space failures; done means non-network errors are reported without the spurious network error warning.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100