Disk quota stuck full — pip cannot install, container only has 18 KB of files

Posted by user_n53aj3 in bugs.

My free Python server cannot start. Every startup, pip fails with: ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device: '/home/container/.local' ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'aiohttp' What I already tried: Deleted .cache and .local Deleted unused files The container folder now contains only 5 files, about 18 KB total Changed the startup command to use pip install no cache dir (same error) The disk quota still reports full even though almost nothing is stored. It looks like the quota was not released after deleting .local, so no package can ever be installed and the server cannot boot. Could you please reset the disk quota or reprovision my container? Support tag: 894d3c74 Server: xaparnews (Python, free plan) Node: FREE EU RO 35

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Update: I deleted the old server and created a fresh one. The error changed to: ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/container/.local' I also tried changing the startup command from prefix .local to user — same result. The .local folder is not visible in the File Manager, so I cannot delete or fix its permissions myself. This happens on a brand new server with only 3 files uploaded. Additional info: tried Python 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 images — all fail with the same Permission denied: '/home/container/.local'. Also tried user instead of prefix .local. This is a brand new server with only 3 uploaded files. The .local folder is not visible in the File Manager so I cannot fix its permissions.

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