Re: Opening and saving files (crtl-o) (in 9.6 and 9.8) results in 500 error/Access denied

UPDATE:

After upgrading to 9.9 still the same problem.

Im getting...
When saving: ... and [! Request failed with status code 500] error popup and “Access denied (…)” in the Message pane.
When opening an already stored file: ... an [! Request failed with status code 500] error popup.

If Im logged in as pgadmin on the server (the user running the app) and I could create a file in the storage directory. I even tried to make one file world readable (chmod 777) but still I am getting the above errors. I do see any file created directly in the storage.

I also started Firefox 144.0 without extensions to see if this was causing the problem. But not as I expected as an 500 error indicates something server side. But I am ticking off any possible way to trace why this problem is happening.

Still nowhere I am able to detect any indication in the log files.

The only thing that works is creating a new folder via the storage manager and rename files … weirdly enough.

Could it be that I open the query tool always tool in a new tab? I’m have trouble finding the setting to disable this btw to test this hypothesis.
I also note that options/storage/last storage is set to None. While the last directory changes when I move around.

Ps running pgadmin4 in a venv with python 3.13.7

Thx,
Bastiaan

> On 11 Oct 2025, at 12:10, Bastiaan Wakkie <bwakkie(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Opening and saving files (crtl-o) (in 9.6 and 9.8) results in 500 error/Access denied
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> The rest of the pgadmin4 application is working like normal..
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> I can run any sql queries without problems, just cannot load or save any files!
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> What did I do/remember:
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> 1) recently updated postgresql to 17.5 on manjaro rolling release.
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> 2) I remember that I went to the root of the storage when it started to act weird. Not sure this is connected though
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> 3) When I try opening any file stored in the storage, I'm getting ...
> "Request failed with status code 500"
> ... error in the application but I cannot find *anywhere* in the logs an indication of what is happening (Also not in my postgresql, supervisor, nginx or journalctl logs).
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> 4) I updated pgadmin4 from 9.6 to 9.8 like I always do (pip install -U pgadmin4) to see if this would fix it but the problem persists.
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> 5) ...I changed CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL = 10 in the hope to see more but alas...
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> 6) ...I enabled postgresql log to see something comes up there, but no postgresql seems quietly doing it's thing..
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> 7) I checked the ...
> STORAGE_DIR = "/data/databases/pgadmin4/storage"
> ... and all is owned by the pgadmin user.
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> 8) Via the command line I can add/delete/remove files/directories in the storage folder and I will see them in the storage (manager) but still unable to open or save any file.
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> 9) BUT when I create a new sql script and try to save it or "save as" I am getting an "Access denied" message :
> "Successfully run. Total query runtime: 311 msec. 14603 rows affected. Access denied (/new script.sql)Access denied (/new_file.sql)Access denied (/two.new.sql)"
> (The message keeps appending my last attempts, btw)
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> Did anybody else had this problem before?
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> ... and know how to fix it?
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> ... or knows a way to track down the 500 error of the app.
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> or is this git issue material?
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> Cheers,
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> Bastiaan
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