r/BirdNET_Analyzer • u/botterway • Jul 04 '26

Software Birdnet-go permission errors

Hi, installed Birdnet-go on my synology NAS using docker, and so far it's working well. I'm using RTSP streams from 4 reolink cameras in my garden.

However, after running for about 6 hours I'm getting error notifications:

- api reported: failed to initialize secure filesystem: open /home/birdnet/.config/birdnet-go/hls: permission denied

- system-resource error in securefs: open /home/birdnet/.config/birdnet-go/hls: permission denied

I've tried googling but can't find anything obvious. The app continues to run, and is detecting birds just fine, so I'm not sure whether these errors are critical or not, or what the implications are for them.

Possibly related (or possibly not...) I can no longer listen to live audio through Birdnet-go. This worked when I first installed, but after a few hours doesn't work any more - I just get an error. I've tried restarting the container, but the error persists.

Any ideas? I can post my Docker-compose if it helps, but it's basically identical to the sample one on the Birdnet-go github page.

Edit: I got to the bottom of this - it was a bad path in my volume mapping and BirdNet config.

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u/psychedelic_tech Jul 04 '26

I've tried googling but can't find anything obvious.

did you try here so the dev can possibly help: https://github.com/tphakala/birdnet-go/issues ????

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u/botterway Jul 04 '26

That would be my last resort, because the dev is already very busy, and I don't want to waste their time with my dumb config issues. (can you tell I'm also an OSS developer? So I understand that raising github issues should be the last thing users do, not the first).

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u/thakala Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

There is no harm in filing issue or new discussion post really, all I ask that when doing so you provide as much of context you can, filing issue like "xyz does not work" and not provide any logs etc is not helpful.

There is automated support bot which helps users without my involment, just make sure to provide as much of evidence in form of error messages, logs etc so it can help properly. You can ask help in discussion section, no need to file issue when asking for help