Failed to start Rovo Dev CLI: The file lock 'C:\Users\myuser\.rovodev\config.yml.lock' could not be

[Anon Null]

Failed to start Rovo Dev CLI: The file lock 'C:\Users\myuser\.rovodev\config.yml.lock' could not be acquired.
✗ Error: failed to execute the command

help me fix it please

[Anon Null · Accepted solution]

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Working in C:\

✔ Using model: auto
✔ Started 3 MCP servers

Working !

[rli mcool]

Same here, deleting config.yaml.lock not helping

[SakethS]

same issue. This happened after recent rovodev cli update (v0.13.46). I have updated acli to latest version(1.3.13-stable).But issue still persist. 

[Van Madhavan]

is there an alternative approach?

[SakethS]

@Van Madhavan I couldn't find any.

[SkillDeveloper Static]

Did you find the solve or is it an acli problem

[Bobi Ae Business]

wait can you install prev versions ? and if yes will it work

[SakethS]

@Bobi Ae Business I don't think so, rovodev automatically updates when we run it. (not sure if we can turn it off)
@SkillDeveloper Static its acli problem, caused by update by the looks it.

[Vimufast Cowboy]

you cannot downgrade or upgrade rovo dev versions manually. it automatically update itself

[Jovana Dunisijevic]

Hey everyone!

We have a release going out soon to fix this! 

Apologies for this! 

Please try again in a couple of hours!

[tmpr]

same here, not solved even with acli upgrade 

[nezlicodes]

Same here

[sdadsd asdasd]

Same here. its probably a BUG Atlassian needs to fix in Rovodev CLI.

[Van Madhavan]

same here not working even on MAC. Seems like you are on windows.

[tmpr]

I've tested on mac, windows and ubuntu, no luck

[Grafeeti 282]

Workaround I found for the `config.yml.lock` / guard-lock issue (Linux/WSL)

This bypasses the file locking calls that seem to get stuck, by preloading a tiny shared lib that no-ops flock() and fcntl(F_SETLK/F_SETLKW). Not ideal, but it got me unblocked.

1) Clear any stuck processes + remove the global guard lock
pkill -f "rovodev|acli" || true
rm -f /tmp/rovodev_global.lock

2) Build the preload library
cat > /tmp/nolock.c <<'C'
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stddef.h> // for NULL

int flock(int fd, int operation) { (void)fd; (void)operation; return 0; }

int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, ...) {
static int (*real_fcntl)(int,int,...) = NULL;
if (!real_fcntl) real_fcntl = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "fcntl");

va_list ap; va_start(ap, cmd);
void *arg = va_arg(ap, void*);
va_end(ap);

if (cmd == F_SETLK || cmd == F_SETLKW) return 0;
return real_fcntl(fd, cmd, arg);
}
C

gcc -shared -fPIC -o /tmp/nolock.so /tmp/nolock.c -ldl
ls -la /tmp/nolock.so

If `ls -la` shows the file exists, LD_PRELOAD should work.

3) Run Rovo Dev with the preload (test run)
LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/nolock.so acli rovodev run

Notes:
- This is a workaround (it disables locking), so use at your own risk.
- Sharing in case it helps others while Atlassian investigates the root cause.

[Bobi Ae Business]

guys thats a major problem , its not individual to anyone (btw no one paid me to write it)  

[Juan]

Mismo problema

[Sophia Lavender]

Same problem , I reinstalled and install it in unbunto but nothing works , I hope they fix the problem soon 

[renatinho012]

Is Rovodev aware of the bug? I hope they fix this problem soon.

[Jeremiah]

+1

[Anon Null]

almost 12 hours and still no fix,

thats rediculos to update it and break it for so long lol Atlassian customer service + quality is low 

[Vimufast Cowboy]

i think we will be forced to wait till monday for the official working days😒😒😒

[base]

Same thing, please help

[ddjinf]

the same also

[pro6603]

i got the same issue

[mahdido]

the same for me