# Yum Metadata Rebuild Failed

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/yum-metadata-rebuild-failed/16088>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [February 24, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/yum-metadata-rebuild-failed/16088 "2026-02-24T14:40:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![SamJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SamJ](https://community.sonatype.com/u/SamJ)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/yum-metadata-rebuild-failed/16088/4 "2026-03-02T15:00:49Z")

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> [@Jacob\_Arcila\_Cardenas](#):
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> org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet

Here is the full trace. It looks like the rebuild is attempting to remove packages from the directories.

> Blockquote  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,716-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /8/x86\_64/bind-subscription-9.18.43-01WIN.el8.x86\_64.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,717-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /8/x86\_64/bind-subscription-9.18.43-01WIN.el8.x86\_64.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,717-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Rebuilding metadata yum-isp-apps:/8/x86\_64/  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,717-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Starting rebuilding metadata at yum-isp-apps : /8/x86\_64/  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,780-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Completed metadata rebuild in 63  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,780-0600 ERROR [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Failed to rebuild metadata yum-isp-apps : /8/x86\_64/  
> java.lang.NullPointerException: null  
> at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:903)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.view.payloads.PathPayload.(PathPayload.java:40)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumMetadataRebuilder.getFileList(YumMetadataRebuilder.java:174)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.writeMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:491)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.doRebuildMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:475)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.lambda$12(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:430)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.ScopedCooperation2Support$ScopedCooperation2Builder.perform(ScopedCooperation2Support.java:86)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.datastore.internal.CooperatingFuture.performCall(CooperatingFuture.java:126)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.datastore.internal.CooperatingFuture.call(CooperatingFuture.java:68)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.ScopedCooperation2Support$ScopedCooperation2Builder.cooperate(ScopedCooperation2Support.java:103)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.rebuildMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:432)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.invalidateMetadataWithoutWaiting(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:305)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.internal.createrepo.task.YumCreateRepoTask.execute(YumCreateRepoTask.java:35)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.RepositoryTaskSupport.execute(RepositoryTaskSupport.java:90)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.scheduling.TaskSupport.call(TaskSupport.java:107)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.doExecute(QuartzTaskJob.java:147)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.execute(QuartzTaskJob.java:110)  
> at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.QuartzThreadPool.lambda$0(QuartzThreadPool.java:145)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.thread.internal.MDCAwareRunnable.run(MDCAwareRunnable.java:40)  
> at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.doRun(SubjectRunnable.java:120)  
> at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.run(SubjectRunnable.java:108)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)  
> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,781-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Start cleaning metadata datastore entries for missed RPMs for repoLocation /9/x86\_64/  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,782-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /9/x86\_64/telegraf-1.35.2-1.x86\_64.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,783-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /9/x86\_64/telegraf-1.35.2-1.x86\_64.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,783-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /9/x86\_64/ncat-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,783-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /9/x86\_64/ncat-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,784-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /9/x86\_64/nmap-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,784-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /9/x86\_64/nmap-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,785-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /9/x86\_64/nping-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,785-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /9/x86\_64/nping-7.97-1.x86\_64.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,785-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Trying to remove RPM /9/x86\_64/zenmap-7.97-1.noarch.rpm metadata if this file does not exist in repository  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,786-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Asset /9/x86\_64/zenmap-7.97-1.noarch.rpm found in the repository. Skip it.  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,786-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Rebuilding metadata yum-isp-apps:/9/x86\_64/  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,786-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Starting rebuilding metadata at yum-isp-apps : /9/x86\_64/  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,788-0600 DEBUG [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Completed metadata rebuild in 2  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,788-0600 ERROR [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet - Failed to rebuild metadata yum-isp-apps : /9/x86\_64/  
> java.lang.NullPointerException: null  
> at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:903)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.view.payloads.PathPayload.(PathPayload.java:40)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumMetadataRebuilder.getFileList(YumMetadataRebuilder.java:174)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.writeMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:491)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.doRebuildMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:475)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.lambda$12(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:430)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.ScopedCooperation2Support$ScopedCooperation2Builder.perform(ScopedCooperation2Support.java:86)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.datastore.internal.CooperatingFuture.performCall(CooperatingFuture.java:126)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.datastore.internal.CooperatingFuture.call(CooperatingFuture.java:68)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.common.cooperation2.ScopedCooperation2Support$ScopedCooperation2Builder.cooperate(ScopedCooperation2Support.java:103)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.rebuildMetadata(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:432)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.datastore.internal.createrepo.YumHostedMetadataFacet.invalidateMetadataWithoutWaiting(YumHostedMetadataFacet.java:305)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.internal.createrepo.task.YumCreateRepoTask.execute(YumCreateRepoTask.java:35)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.repository.RepositoryTaskSupport.execute(RepositoryTaskSupport.java:90)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.scheduling.TaskSupport.call(TaskSupport.java:107)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.doExecute(QuartzTaskJob.java:147)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.task.QuartzTaskJob.execute(QuartzTaskJob.java:110)  
> at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.quartz.internal.QuartzThreadPool.lambda$0(QuartzThreadPool.java:145)  
> at org.sonatype.nexus.thread.internal.MDCAwareRunnable.run(MDCAwareRunnable.java:40)  
> at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.doRun(SubjectRunnable.java:120)  
> at org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectRunnable.run(SubjectRunnable.java:108)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:572)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)  
> at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)  
> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)  
> 2026-02-27 10:39:43,789-0600 INFO [quartz-12-thread-11] \*TASK org.sonatype.nexus.repository.yum.internal.createrepo.task.YumCreateRepoTask - Task complete

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