dovecot - Nov 2018 - dovecot lmtp thinks that "disk quota exceeded" is "internal error"

2.2.36 (not migrated to 2.3 yet) reports such problem:
> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error:
open(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock1bf6ad16b7b8b703) failed: Disk quota exceeded
> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error: Couldn't create mailbox list
lock /var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: safe_mkstemp(/var
> /mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: Disk quota exceeded
> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(awypior):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>,
msgid=<db663455902e1b3faa53f344dc353870 at xxx>: save failed to open
mailbox INBOX.Spam: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
informat
> ion. [2018-11-13 15:50:58]
Looks a bug to me since disk exceeded is not a internal error. Shouldn't
lmtp return over quota info instead of error?

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Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )

On 13/11/2018 15:54, Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz wrote:
> 
> 2.2.36 (not migrated to 2.3 yet) reports such problem:
> 
>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error:
open(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock1bf6ad16b7b8b703) failed: Disk quota exceeded
>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error: Couldn't create mailbox list
lock /var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: safe_mkstemp(/var
>> /mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: Disk quota exceeded
>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>,
msgid=<db663455902e1b3faa53f344dc353870 at xxx>: save failed to open
mailbox INBOX.Spam: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
informat
>> ion. [2018-11-13 15:50:58]
> 
> Looks a bug to me since disk exceeded is not a internal error.
Shouldn't
> lmtp return over quota info instead of error?
> 
Just to confirm - dovecot 2.3.3 - the same behaviour, internal error

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Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )

> On 13 November 2018 at 22:06 Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>
wrote:
> 
> 
> On 13/11/2018 15:54, Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz wrote:
> > 
> > 2.2.36 (not migrated to 2.3 yet) reports such problem:
> > 
> >> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error:
open(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock1bf6ad16b7b8b703) failed: Disk quota exceeded
> >> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error: Couldn't create mailbox list
lock /var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: safe_mkstemp(/var
> >> /mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: Disk quota exceeded
> >> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>,
msgid=<db663455902e1b3faa53f344dc353870 at xxx>: save failed to open
mailbox INBOX.Spam: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
informat
> >> ion. [2018-11-13 15:50:58]
> > 
> > Looks a bug to me since disk exceeded is not a internal error.
Shouldn't
> > lmtp return over quota info instead of error?
> > 
> 
> Just to confirm - dovecot 2.3.3 - the same behaviour, internal error
> 
> -- 
> Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )
Are you using quota:fs?

Aki

> On 13 Nov 2018, at 21.06, Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz <arekm at maven.pl>
wrote:
> 
> On 13/11/2018 15:54, Arkadiusz Mi?kiewicz wrote:
>> 
>> 2.2.36 (not migrated to 2.3 yet) reports such problem:
>> 
>>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error:
open(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock1bf6ad16b7b8b703) failed: Disk quota exceeded
>>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>, Error: Couldn't create mailbox list
lock /var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/var/mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: safe_mkstemp(/var
>>> /mail/xxx/mailboxes.lock) failed: Disk quota exceeded
>>> Nov 13 15:50:58 mbox dovecot: lmtp(xxx):
session=<ACYRCtLk6ltiEQAALZVUYQ>,
msgid=<db663455902e1b3faa53f344dc353870 at xxx>: save failed to open
mailbox INBOX.Spam: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
informat
>>> ion. [2018-11-13 15:50:58]
>> 
>> Looks a bug to me since disk exceeded is not a internal error.
Shouldn't
>> lmtp return over quota info instead of error?
>> 
> 
> Just to confirm - dovecot 2.3.3 - the same behaviour, internal error
Dovecot can't create the lock file and it's treated as internal error.
Why do you think that it should not be treated as such?

Sami