Vedang.me, posts tagged mbsync 2025-01-06T15:18:04+05:30 https://vedang.me/ Vedang Manerikar https://vedang.me/mbsync-channel-is-locked/ Mbsync: Error: Channel <x> Is Locked 2017-10-11T05:30:00+05:30 You may come across the following error when running mbsync :

Error: channel :<channel-name>-remote:<folder>-:<channel-name>-local:<folder> is locked

This happens when there is another mbsync instance running in parallel and it has taken a lock on the particular folder. In my case, I am running mbsync via a cron-job, and it tends to leave dead instances around if the laptop sleeps during a run. Kill all instances of mbsync and restart the process and you should be fine!

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