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hcsshim::ProcessBaseLayer \\\\?\\C:\\ProgramData\\containerd\\root\\io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.windows\\snapshots\\25: The system cannot find the path specified.: unknown"

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure with the reported nerdctl info and nerdctl pull commands on Windows. Trace the hcsshim::ProcessBaseLayer entry point and determine why the snapshot path cannot be found during layer extraction. Done means the reported image layer extracts successfully or the missing-path cause is documented with a reproducible diagnosis.

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Description

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>nerdctl info
Client:
Namespace: default
Debug Mode: false

Server:
Server Version: v1.7.20
Storage Driver: windows
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver:
Cgroup Version:
Plugins:
Log: fluentd journald json-file syslog
Storage: windows-lcow windows
Security Options:
Kernel Version:
Operating System:
OSType: windows
Architecture:
CPUs: 0
Total Memory: 0B
Name: DESKTOP-GUDIF40
ID: 12b0174c-f5d5-49e3-9cb5-f4061ac77974

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>nerdctl pull registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/gpg_dev/aliyundrive-webdav:latest
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/gpg_dev/aliyundrive-webdav:latest: resolved |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
manifest-sha256:f2dec562aeb3059d214ddfa26d0603c7cb2efc75ebde1f76b15b178a0a3ae28a: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
config-sha256:f5f3a5675f1e844d2ba7520d66c5ed745457c78a7b6068ced7ea8acc3614cfa4: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:59bf1c3509f33515622619af21ed55bbe26d24913cedbca106468a5fb37a50c3: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:f62494d4c327073125a9983581a61dee8a51bd7dd3e91e1e5a2c2f928984f14e: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:0ab3779976bce7a99cf4eee2ca333db6ff6bda747fdcdd6492f2c3d8b60b5435: waiting |--------------------------------------|
layer-sha256:84889b28b99339e3aaa9ceb8f66898a19de20bebe39c422514f891f72733bd69: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
layer-sha256:b56bb80d94a061767ccfa81542440a5bad8b7194c68a10a350414031bae87a6a: done |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
elapsed: 8.6 s total: 7.6 Mi (906.8 KiB/s)

time="2024-08-09T11:22:29+08:00" level=fatal msg="failed to extract layer sha256:8d3ac3489996423f53d6087c81180006263b79f206d3fdec9e66f0e27ceb8759: hcsshim::ProcessBaseLayer \\?\C:\ProgramData\containerd\root\io.containerd.snapshotter.v1.windows\snapshots\25: The system cannot find the path specified.: unknown"

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