From c951fd3dc72a8d3c8a0d2c329e96c99a961e33e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vivek Reddy <vivekr@splunk.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:44:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle app download dir stat errors

---
 pkg/splunk/enterprise/util.go      | 3 +++
 pkg/splunk/enterprise/util_test.go | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util.go b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util.go
index fd7900787..14209bbd8 100644
--- a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util.go
+++ b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util.go
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ func createAppDownloadDir(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
 			scopedLog.Error(errDir, "Unable to create directory at path")
 			return errDir
 		}
+	} else if err != nil {
+		scopedLog.Error(err, "Unable to access path")
+		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util_test.go b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util_test.go
index 7168e366a..9e1ce9d16 100644
--- a/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/splunk/enterprise/util_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	//"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -1196,7 +1197,13 @@ func TestCreateAppDownloadDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Didn't expect error")
 	}
 
-	err = createAppDownloadDir(ctx, "/xyzzz.txt")
+	blockerFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "app-download-dir-blocker")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create blocker file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer blockerFile.Close()
+
+	err = createAppDownloadDir(ctx, filepath.Join(blockerFile.Name(), "child"))
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Expected error")
 	}