Document filesystem-smaller-than-partition failure mode for persistent disks - #918
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…t disks When a persistent disk is resized, the partition resize can succeed while the filesystem grow fails (e.g. resize2fs: Permission denied due to pre-existing ext4 errors). Subsequent deploys then silently succeed, leaving the filesystem undersized with no visible error.
WalkthroughAdded documentation for persistent-disk resize failures where partition growth succeeds but filesystem growth fails. It describes the resulting size mismatch, native and fallback resize behavior, diagnostic errors and commands, and manual remediation using Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The PR documents a recovery path that may repair a filesystem while it is still mounted or restart services without persistent storage mounted, risking data corruption and service availability; its failure-mode scope and filesystem-specific guidance also remain incomplete. These are concrete safety gaps that should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@content/persistent-disks.md`:
- Around line 129-132: Revise the persistent-disk resize description to scope
the partition-then-filesystem sequence and its failure consequences to the
native resize path governed by the resize_disk contract. Clarify that this
applies only when director.enable_cpi_resize_disk is enabled and the CPI
supports native resizing, while distinguishing the fallback path that creates a
new disk and copies data.
Apply the same fix in `@content/persistent-disks.md` around lines 131 - 132.
Apply the same fix in `@content/persistent-disks.md` at line 152.
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Maybe it would be good to also document how to get out of this situation
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In `@content/persistent-disks.md`:
- Around line 162-168: Update the disk-size diagnostic commands so the
filesystem size from df and partition size from blockdev use the same unit,
preferably by changing df to report bytes with -B1; keep the existing comparison
guidance and findmnt device workflow unchanged.
- Around line 188-191: Update the unmount-and-repair command sequence so e2fsck
and resize2fs run only after umount succeeds and findmnt explicitly confirms
/var/vcap/store is no longer mounted; abort immediately otherwise, using set -e
or equivalent failure chaining.
- Around line 193-198: Update the remediation steps in the persistent-disk
procedure to repeat the filesystem and partition size checks after remounting,
before the sudo monit start all step. Confirm the filesystem now fills the
partition, while preserving the existing process-state verification afterward.
- Around line 180-191: Update the persistent-disk repair procedure around the
e2fsck and resize2fs commands to identify the filesystem type and restrict those
commands to ext4. Provide separate xfs repair and growth instructions if the
procedure is intended to support xfs as well.
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- Around line 196-199: Update the remount procedure around the mount command and
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When a persistent disk is resized, the partition resize can succeed while the filesystem grow fails (e.g. resize2fs: Permission denied due to pre-existing ext4 errors). Subsequent deploys then silently succeed, leaving the filesystem undersized with no visible error.