Nondeterministic "No such file or directory" failure when cleaning project

I’m not sure if this is the right place to report this - I’d rather put this first on some forum, but since SBT does not have any mailing list for users, I’m forced to put it here.

I’m randomly getting this error when trying to build my project:

[default-tests-sbt] $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin/java -Dsbt.log.noformat=true -Xmx2G -jar /var/lib/jenkins/tools/org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.SbtPluginBuilder_SbtInstallation/SBT_default_launcher/bin/sbt-launch.jar clean test:clean buildUmp test
[info] Loading project definition from /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/default-tests-sbt/project
[info] Set current project to ump (in build file:/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/default-tests-sbt/)
Could not create file /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/default-tests-sbt/launcher/target/streams/$global/ivyConfiguration/$global/streams/outjava.io.IOException: No such file or directory
    at sbt.ErrorHandling$.translate(ErrorHandling.scala:10)
    at sbt.IO$.touch(IO.scala:143)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.make(Streams.scala:129)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.text(Streams.scala:113)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log(Streams.scala:124)
    at sbt.std.TaskStreams$class.log(Streams.scala:56)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log$lzycompute(Streams.scala:102)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log(Streams.scala:102)
    at sbt.Classpaths$$anonfun$mkIvyConfiguration$1.apply(Defaults.scala:1533)
    at sbt.Classpaths$$anonfun$mkIvyConfiguration$1.apply(Defaults.scala:1532)
    at scala.Function10$$anonfun$tupled$1.apply(Function10.scala:35)
    at scala.Function10$$anonfun$tupled$1.apply(Function10.scala:34)
    at scala.Function1$$anonfun$compose$1.apply(Function1.scala:47)
    at sbt.$tilde$greater$$anonfun$$u2219$1.apply(TypeFunctions.scala:40)
    at sbt.std.Transform$$anon$4.work(System.scala:63)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.ErrorHandling$.wideConvert(ErrorHandling.scala:17)
    at sbt.Execute.work(Execute.scala:235)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.ConcurrentRestrictions$$anon$4$$anonfun$1.apply(ConcurrentRestrictions.scala:159)
    at sbt.CompletionService$$anon$2.call(CompletionService.scala:28)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
    at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
    at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:1012)
    at sbt.IO$$anonfun$1.apply$mcZ$sp(IO.scala:143)
    at sbt.IO$$anonfun$1.apply(IO.scala:143)
    at sbt.IO$$anonfun$1.apply(IO.scala:143)
    at sbt.ErrorHandling$.translate(ErrorHandling.scala:10)
    at sbt.IO$.touch(IO.scala:143)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.make(Streams.scala:129)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.text(Streams.scala:113)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log(Streams.scala:124)
    at sbt.std.TaskStreams$class.log(Streams.scala:56)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log$lzycompute(Streams.scala:102)
    at sbt.std.Streams$$anon$3$$anon$2.log(Streams.scala:102)
    at sbt.Classpaths$$anonfun$mkIvyConfiguration$1.apply(Defaults.scala:1533)
    at sbt.Classpaths$$anonfun$mkIvyConfiguration$1.apply(Defaults.scala:1532)
    at scala.Function10$$anonfun$tupled$1.apply(Function10.scala:35)
    at scala.Function10$$anonfun$tupled$1.apply(Function10.scala:34)
    at scala.Function1$$anonfun$compose$1.apply(Function1.scala:47)
    at sbt.$tilde$greater$$anonfun$$u2219$1.apply(TypeFunctions.scala:40)
    at sbt.std.Transform$$anon$4.work(System.scala:63)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.ErrorHandling$.wideConvert(ErrorHandling.scala:17)
    at sbt.Execute.work(Execute.scala:235)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.Execute$$anonfun$submit$1.apply(Execute.scala:226)
    at sbt.ConcurrentRestrictions$$anon$4$$anonfun$1.apply(ConcurrentRestrictions.scala:159)
    at sbt.CompletionService$$anon$2.call(CompletionService.scala:28)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
[error] (launcher/*:ivyConfiguration) Could not create file /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/default-tests-sbt/launcher/target/streams/$global/ivyConfiguration/$global/streams/outjava.io.IOException: No such file or directory
[error] Total time: 76 s, completed 2015-08-14 13:05:08

Can anyone direct me how do I even troubleshoot/debug this?

[ghik]

Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this error? It’s giving me nightmares - happens only sometimes, can’t reliably reproduce it.

[ganeshkaspate]

After debugging , I found that 4096 was limit for my application. So, whenever it reaches to that limit I use to get that error.