# Error writing WAL entry

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-wal-entry/22407>\
**Category:** InfluxDB 2\
**Tags:** influxdb\
**Created:** [November 4, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-wal-entry/22407 "2021-11-04T11:32:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bmenard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bmenard](https://community.influxdata.com/u/bmenard)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-wal-entry/22407/1 "2021-11-04T11:32:33Z")

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i got this error from node-red when pushing data into influxdbv2: “HttpError: unexpected error writing points to database: engine: error writing WAL entry: write /var/lib/influxdb/engine/wal/7a51c2151e188ba1/autogen/743/\_00001.wal: no space left on device”

But i can access my data no problem and Influx keeps recording it. What does it means?

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**Author:** ![bmenard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bmenard](https://community.influxdata.com/u/bmenard)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-wal-entry/22407/2 "2021-11-05T14:23:41Z")

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Fix the issue simply by restarting Influx