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

Tarak Shabbir
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February 21, 2026

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

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Jovana Dunisijevic
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February 21, 2026

Hey @tmpr @Tarak Shabbir 

There was a bug detected in a new file locking mechanism for the config file.

We have a release going out soon to fix this! 

Apologies for this! 

Please try again in a couple of hours!

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tmpr
February 21, 2026

same here

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