OSError : Unable to walk dir: IO error for operation on folder/_delta_log

[Matthieusalor]

Environment

Delta-rs version: python 0.14.0

Environment:

• OS: Linux

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Bug

What happened:

When trying to create a new delta table with the latest python version I'm systematically getting an error

OSError : Generic LocalFilesystem Unable to walk dir: IO error for operation on folder/_delta_log: Success (os error 0)

At this stage, the table folder has been created, the data is here, only the _delta_log folder is missing.

I tried to create a table with the latest rust version 0.16.5 and haven't been able to reproduce.

The python code used to work on the 0.13.0 version

How to reproduce it:

import pandas as pd
import deltalake

df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]})
deltalake.write_deltalake("test", df)

[ion-elgreco]

Does it work if you do write_deltalake(engine="rust")?

[Matthieusalor]

No It fails both at write_deltalake_rust and write_deltlake_pyarrow with the same error depending on the engine parameter

[ion-elgreco]

I cannot reproduce this issue in WSL.

[rtyler]

I am also unable to reproduce this on a Linux/amd64 machine:

❯ python
Python 3.11.4 (main, Jun 28 2023, 19:51:46) [GCC] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> import deltalake
>>>
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]})
>>> deltalake.write_deltalake("test", df)
>>>
❯ tree test
test
├── 0-8620cf44-3335-4675-8b64-ef286ce7e677-0.parquet
└── _delta_log
    └── 00000000000000000000.json

2 directories, 2 files

@Matthieusalor can you share more details about your filesystem? I am wondering if there's some nuance about the specific filesystem or architecture of your environment that could be causing this issue?

[J2OG]

@rtyler Im facing exact same issue on Machine Learning Studio.

[strawhl]

I also have the same issue from Azure Machine Learning

[empowerNate]

It's an issue on the shared network drive in Azure ML compute instances which is mounted using CIFS. If you write to the local HDD of the machine (~/localfiles) or /mnt, it works. Unfortunately localfiles is only a few 10s of GB of space and mnt in temporary and gets deleted every time an instance shuts down.

[MoonKBRR]

I also have the same issue from Azure Machine Learning

did you solved your issue ? I've the same problem with a mounted volume in azure file share

[masc-it]

Hey, I am having a similar issue (the target storage is a SAMBA mount) when calling write_deltalake:

OSError: Generic LocalFileSystem error: Unable to copy file from /Volumes/datasets/.../_delta_log/_commit_6851eb42-d982-49a0-9468-b3d92657948c.json.tmp to /Volumes/datasets/.../_delta_log/00000000000000000000.json: Operation not supported (os error 45)

[moehmeni]

Same error.
@masc-it , @MoonKBRR Did you find any solution for this?

[rtyler]

Hiya folks! This seems to be a Windows-y type issue, and I don't have access to a Windowsy host.

Would one of you kind folks try this out with v0.22.2 and report back?