Docker crashes immediately on start

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So I made some changes and now it won’t start, yeah I know…but the db appears to be locked, how do I unlock it?


Error: Library is already opened by d7a6159a8fda (main:17) /ps/library/.photostructure/opened-by/cfxykr0-17.json (library setup)¹⁶²"}
This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). The promise rejected with the reason:
Error: Library is already opened by d7a6159a8fda (main:17) /ps/library/.photostructure/opened-by/cfxykr0-17.json (library setup)¹⁶²
    at A.throwIfUnavailable (/ps/app/bin/main.js:9:645947)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async /ps/app/bin/main.js:9:625093

Is there a lock file somewhere?

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This has happened to me in the past. I’m not sure WHY it’s happening to you now, but you can fix it by deleting any files in the library/.photostructure/opened-by folder.

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This is indeed the answer: but make sure you’re not actually running it in another process. The latest version of the opened-by lockfiles should be fairly resilient to crashes and hostname changes, so if they are still “valid”, it’s because there’s another active PhotoStructure instance running.

Note that the lockfiles auto-expire after several minutes.

Also: if you hit this error regularly, know that PhotoStructure isn’t being shut down gracefully.

Make sure your docker command includes this switch:

--stop-timeout 120

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Thanks! Marked as solved. That was indeed my issue.

Thanks for the reminder to ensure things are kept clean