Orphan cleanup fails with error "The repository version cannot be deleted because it (or its publications) are currently being used to distribute content"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Orphan cleanup task for an external capsule server goes in to paused state and shows the following error:

    Error message: the server returns an error HTTP status code: 400 Response headers: {"Date"=>"Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:32:48 GMT", "Server"=>"gunicorn", "Content-Type"=>"application/json", "Vary"=>"Accept,Cookie", "Allow"=>"GET, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS", "X-Frame-Options"=>"DENY", "Content-Length"=>"174", "X-Content-Type-Options"=>"nosniff", "Referrer-Policy"=>"same-origin", "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy"=>"same-origin", "Correlation-ID"=>"8dc61a45ce91457ead5065a5a7c83bc0", "Access-Control-Expose-Headers"=>"Correlation-ID", "Via"=>"1.1 capsule.example.com", "Connection"=>"close"} Response body: ["The repository version cannot be deleted because it (or its publications) are currently being used to distribute content. Please update the necessary distributions first."]

  • In some cases, the same problem is directly affecting the satellite server as well.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16
  • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.16

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