## TL;DR

The 'could not open cloud meta store' error on Weaviate startup (seen on 1.25.7, seemingly a race condition that got more likely with more data) was fixed upstream: the fix shipped in 1.25.12 and was propagated to 1.26.2.

```text
could not open cloud meta store
```

## Steps

1. The 'could not open cloud meta store' error on Weaviate startup (seen on 1.25.7, seemingly a race condition that got more likely with more data) was fixed upstream: the fix shipped in 1.25.12 and was propagated to 1.26.2. If startup intermittently fails this way, upgrade past those versions.

## When to use

You are seeing this: Issue weaviate/weaviate#5362 (closed, 12 comments): ### How to reproduce this bug? Use this skill when you run into ""could not open cloud meta store" error during Weaviate Startup using one node".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: 1.25.7, 1.25.12, 1.26.2. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/5362

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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