too many open files thread | Namada | Page 1

hasty wolf Dec 28, 2025, 9:17 AM

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could you post your service file here?

umbral phoenix Dec 28, 2025, 9:21 AM

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Yes right, its this:

 Message:  Encountered a storage error while committing a block: Custom(CustomError(Custom(CustomError(DBError("IO error: While open a file for random read: /home/user/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420/db/9414987.sst: Too many open files")))))

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[Unit]
Description=namada
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/.local/share/namada
ExecStart=/home/user/.cargo/bin/namadan ledger run'
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
Restart=no
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

hasty wolf Dec 28, 2025, 11:08 AM

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interesting

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I'll create a github issue

storm ivy Dec 28, 2025, 3:45 PM

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umbral phoenix ``` [Unit] Description=namada After=network-online.target [Service] User=user Wo...

try changing to LimitNOFILE=1048576 for now

hasty wolf Dec 28, 2025, 3:46 PM

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that's a lot of open files 🙂

storm ivy Dec 28, 2025, 3:46 PM

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rocksdb file proliferation is getting out of hand though

hasty wolf Dec 28, 2025, 3:46 PM

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ps for those running not through system.d service, you can use ulimit -n

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(why would anyone do that? welll... 😁)

storm ivy Dec 28, 2025, 3:49 PM

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irrational fear of systemd services?

hasty wolf Dec 28, 2025, 3:51 PM

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can't rule that out ser

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you know me too well 🫶

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😂

storm ivy Dec 28, 2025, 3:56 PM

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Dec 28 05:24:46 NNAMADAV bash[3568295]: Message: panic in a destructor during cleanup
This is concerning (for reasons unrelated to your issue), if you can post log entries leading up to this please do so here @umbral phoenix

umbral phoenix Dec 28, 2025, 4:51 PM

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storm ivy > Dec 28 05:24:46 NNAMADAV bash[3568295]: Message: panic in a destructor during...

Thanks, changed it to LimitNOFILE=1048576. 🙏

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