Can't delete files when under min_free_space limit

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Problem

When under the min_free_space limit on a union remote, I can't delete files, essentially freezing the remote that is full.

Error:

50mbfile: File.Remove file error: 1 error: Unison: no upstreams found with more than min_free_space space spare

Version: rclone v1.71.0

OS: Arch (CachyOS)

Remote in question: Google Drive

Command I was trying to run: rm 50mbfile

Rclone config:

[Unison]
type = union
upstreams = GoogleDrive1:/union Mega1:/union GoogleDrive2:/union GoogleDrive3:/union Mega2:/union
action_policy = mfs
create_policy = mfs
min_free_space = 10Mi

[GoogleDrive1] <-- problematic drive
type = drive
client_id = id
client_secret = secret
token = {"access_token":"token","token_type":"Bearer","refresh_token":"token","expiry":"2025-09-13T21:44:56.608728508+01:00","expires_in":3599}
use_trash = false
team_drive =
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welcome to the forum,

when you posted, there was a template of questions to be answer.
please answer all of them so we can best help you.

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Hi @asdffdsa, I saw the other questions, however they either weren’t necessary or applicable to the problem.

Edit: GitHub issue template slightly differed. Will upload the config now.

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All works exactly as you configured it:

min_free_space kicks in for mfs policies - hence you can’t delete (action) anything if there is no space because for reason only known to you action policy is set to mfs.

All is explained in docs:

Category Description Functions
action Writing Existing file move, rmdir, rmdirs, delete, purge and copy, sync (as destination when file exist)
create Create non-existing file copy, sync (as destination when file not exist)
search Reading and listing file ls, lsd, lsl, cat, md5sum, sha1sum and copy, sync (as source)

I guess what you want is set of policies to use all available space arccos all remotes. You only want to use remote with most free space (mfs) when you create new file. So to make it explicit:

action_policy = epall
create_policy = mfs
search-policy = ff
min_free_space = 10Mi

Otherwise please explain what exactly you want to achieve with your union.

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Thanks @kapitainsky, all working fine now!

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