Description
Description
While using file.recurse with clean: true to make sure the whole content of the specified directory is managed, the function is reporting changes, even though none are done/expected.
Setup
- salt-master (Debian 11)
- salt-minion (Debian 11)
Please be as specific as possible and give set-up details.
- on-prem machine
- VM (Virtualbox, KVM, etc. please specify)
- VM running on a cloud service, please be explicit and add details
- container (Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, etc. please specify)
- or a combination, please be explicit
- jails if it is FreeBSD
- classic packaging
- onedir packaging
- used bootstrap to install
Steps to Reproduce the behavior
- Create a state with the following content
clean_dir:
file.directory:
- name: /etc/ch-server
- user: root
- group: root
- mode: '0755'
- clean: true
{%- for file in [ 'one/1', '2', '3', '4', '5' ] %}
file_{{ file }}:
file.managed:
- name: /etc/ch-server/{{ file }}
- makedirs: true
- mode: '0600'
- dir_mode: '0750'
- replace: false
- require_in:
- file: clean_dir
{%- endfor %}
- Execute it (twice is probably easier to check the issue). The output is something like:
local:
----------
ID: file_one/1
Function: file.managed
Name: /etc/ch-server/one/1
Result: True
Comment: File /etc/ch-server/one/1 exists with proper permissions. No changes made.
Started: 15:23:21.694835
Duration: 3.348 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: file_2
Function: file.managed
Name: /etc/ch-server/2
Result: True
Comment: File /etc/ch-server/2 exists with proper permissions. No changes made.
Started: 15:23:21.698266
Duration: 0.624 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: file_3
Function: file.managed
Name: /etc/ch-server/3
Result: True
Comment: File /etc/ch-server/3 exists with proper permissions. No changes made.
Started: 15:23:21.698949
Duration: 0.556 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: file_4
Function: file.managed
Name: /etc/ch-server/4
Result: True
Comment: File /etc/ch-server/4 exists with proper permissions. No changes made.
Started: 15:23:21.699559
Duration: 1.371 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: file_5
Function: file.managed
Name: /etc/ch-server/5
Result: True
Comment: File /etc/ch-server/5 exists with proper permissions. No changes made.
Started: 15:23:21.701127
Duration: 1.01 ms
Changes:
----------
ID: clean_dir
Function: file.directory
Name: /etc/ch-server
Result: True
Comment: Directory /etc/ch-server updated
Started: 15:23:21.702372
Duration: 1.755 ms
Changes:
----------
/etc/ch-server/one:
----------
removed:
Removed due to clean
Summary for local
------------
Succeeded: 6 (changed=1)
Failed: 0
------------
Total states run: 6
Total run time: 8.664 ms
- Check the folder to be removed is still there and has not been touched since it was created
# stat /etc/ch-server/one
File: /etc/ch-server/one
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 3802404 Links: 2
Access: (0750/drwxr-x---) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2025-06-03 15:22:58.228055902 +0000
Modify: 2025-06-03 15:22:58.188035901 +0000
Change: 2025-06-03 15:22:58.188035901 +0000
Birth: 2025-06-03 15:22:58.188035901 +0000
Expected behavior
The folder is not expected to be removed since there is a file within it that is managed by file.managed with require in place (one/1) as well as no changes are expected while running the state.
Versions Report
Salt Version:
Salt: 3007.2
Python Version:
Python: 3.10.17 (main, Apr 14 2025, 21:37:11) [GCC 11.2.0]
Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.16.0
cherrypy: 18.8.0
cryptography: 42.0.5
dateutil: 2.8.2
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.6
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.3.0
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.7
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 24.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.19.1
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.5.2
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 25.1.2
relenv: 0.19.0
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.3.0
Tornado: 6.4.2
ZMQ: 4.3.4
Salt Package Information:
Package Type: onedir
System Versions:
dist: debian 11.8 bullseye
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.10.0-27-amd64
system: Linux
version: Debian GNU/Linux 11.8 bullseyeAdditional context
Confirmed as an issue in both Salt 3007.2 and Debian 11 as well as 3006.8 and Debian 12.