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Unable to write new project config files #430
Description
Description
entrification of a category aborts with exception after the "💡 Run this command on other environments immediately after deploying these changes:" message.
The file /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/config/project/ckeditor/configs dosnt exists, even its parent /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/config/project/ckeditor dosnt exists.
`Exception 'yii\base\Exception' with message 'Unable to write new project config files'
in /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/ProjectConfig.php:1652
Caused by: PHP Warning 'yii\base\ErrorException' with message 'rmdir(/srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/config/project/ckeditor/configs): Directory not empty'
in /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/helpers/BaseFileHelper.php:466
Stack trace:
#0 [internal function]: yii\base\ErrorHandler->handleError()
#1 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/helpers/BaseFileHelper.php(466): rmdir()
#2 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/helpers/FileHelper.php(187): yii\helpers\BaseFileHelper::removeDirectory()
#3 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/helpers/BaseFileHelper.php(456): craft\helpers\FileHelper::removeDirectory()
#4 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/helpers/FileHelper.php(187): yii\helpers\BaseFileHelper::removeDirectory()
#5 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/helpers/FileHelper.php(579): craft\helpers\FileHelper::removeDirectory()
#6 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/ProjectConfig.php(1645): craft\helpers\FileHelper::clearDirectory()
#7 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/services/ProjectConfig.php(421): craft\services\ProjectConfig->writeYamlFiles()
#8 [internal function]: craft\services\ProjectConfig->flush()
#9 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Component.php(645): call_user_func()
#10 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/craftcms/cms/src/base/ApplicationTrait.php(547): yii\base\Component->trigger()
#11 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(387): craft\console\Application->trigger()
#12 /srv/www/kt_craft5_dev/craft(13): yii\base\Application->run()
#13 {main}
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Additional info
- Craft version: crtaft 5.7.6
- PHP version: 8.3.8.
- Database driver & version: 10.11.11-MariaDB
- Plugins & versions: 4.8.0
Activity
kmeinke commentedon Jun 6, 2025
also - pending changes dont go away if I apply them
i-just commentedon Jun 6, 2025
Hi, thanks for getting in touch!
It sounds like it could be related to: craftcms/cms#14909 and craftcms/cms#7323.
Could you please check if there are any hidden files/folders in your
project/configdirectory, if so, delete them, and then check if you’re still experiencing this issue?Also, can you double-check if Craft has permissions to write to the
config/projectfolder?kmeinke commentedon Jun 6, 2025
I have tonnes of hidden directories in the config. Craft should have plenty of write permissions.
I have deleted the hidden files and the pending changes vanished
I have created a new test category to use entrify on - and got the same error
The error message is true. ckconfig/config is not empty
The pending YALM changes reappeared:
The hidden files reappeared:
kmeinke commentedon Jun 6, 2025
do you see? There is some strangeness in the group ownership of the files in ckedit/config. normaly all files and directories should be owned by www-data:webadmin. because of the GUID flag on the config/project directory.
If i create a directory as www-data in bash it gets the right user and group:
kmeinke commentedon Jun 6, 2025
perhaps crafts sets the user:group of created files manualy to www-data? but even than... the files in ckeditor/config are writeable by craft. so if it want the directory gone - it should be able to empty it first.
i-just commentedon Jun 9, 2025
Thanks for the additional info! Craft doesn’t set ownership of files to any arbitrary value. If you manually change the ownership of the
config/projectdirectory and all its content towww-data:webadmin, remove any hidden files as before and run the entrification command, does the same error get thrown again?linear commentedon Feb 16, 2026
PT-3042