[Data Lake] ListPaths throws "The specified container does not exist"

[josuegomes]

ListPaths [1] function throws "The specified container does not exist".

[1] https://azuresdkdocs.z19.web.core.windows.net/cpp/azure-storage-files-datalake/12.12.0/class_azure_1_1_storage_1_1_files_1_1_data_lake_1_1_data_lake_file_system_client.html#aa7192b386a4397b70836463809b6c9cc

Storage account location: brazilsouth

See sample and output below:

#include <azure/core.hpp>

#include <azure/storage/files/datalake/datalake_options.hpp>
#include <azure/storage/files/datalake.hpp>

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	try {
		const std::string accountUrl = "https://[DATALAKE STORAGE ACCOUNT].blob.core.windows.net/";
		const std::string accessKey = "[REDACTED]";

		Azure::Storage::Files::DataLake::DataLakeClientOptions options;
		options.ApiVersion = "2025-07-05";

		options.Log.AllowedHttpQueryParameters.insert("comp");
		options.Log.AllowedHttpQueryParameters.insert("recursive");
		options.Log.AllowedHttpQueryParameters.insert("resource");
		options.Log.AllowedHttpQueryParameters.insert("restype");

		Azure::Storage::Files::DataLake::DataLakeServiceClient dataLakeServiceClient(accountUrl, std::make_shared<Azure::Storage::StorageSharedKeyCredential>("[DATALAKE STORAGE ACCOUNT]", accessKey), options);

		std::cout << "= List FileSystems ====================================================\n";
		auto listFileSystemResponse = dataLakeServiceClient.ListFileSystems();
		for (auto& filesystem : listFileSystemResponse.FileSystems) {
			std::cout << "= FileSystem name: " << filesystem.Name << "\n";
		}
		std::cout << "=======================================================================\n";

		const std::string fileSystemName = "hierarchicalfilesystem";

		auto fileSystemClient = dataLakeServiceClient.GetFileSystemClient(fileSystemName);

		std::cout << "= List Paths ==========================================================\n";
		auto listPathsResponse = fileSystemClient.ListPaths(false);
		for (auto& path : listPathsResponse.Paths) {
			std::cout << "= Path name: " << path.Name << " IsDirectory: " << path.IsDirectory << "\n";
		}
		std::cout << "=======================================================================\n";
	}
	catch (const std::exception& e) {
		std::cout << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n";
	}
}

Output:

= List FileSystems ====================================================
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.6558503Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP Request : GET https://[DATALAKE STORAGE ACCOUNT].blob.core.windows.net?comp=list
authorization : REDACTED
user-agent : azsdk-cpp-storage-blobs/12.14.0 (Linux 6.8.0-85-generic x86_64 #85~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 19 16:18:59 UTC 2 Cpp/202002)
x-ms-client-request-id : e7730ab3-ff84-447f-b240-a546e069e776
x-ms-date : Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:12:59 GMT
x-ms-version : 2025-07-05
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.6558601Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Creating a new session.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.6558710Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Spawn new connection.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7631944Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: No Host in request headers. Adding it
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7632164Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Send request without payload
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7632773Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Parse server response
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7845132Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Request completed. Moving response out of session and session to response.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7845727Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : Moving connection to pool...
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7845988Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : Start clean thread
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7852510Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP/1.1 Response (129ms) : 200 OK
content-type : application/xml
date : Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:12:59 GMT
server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
transfer-encoding : chunked
x-ms-client-request-id : e7730ab3-ff84-447f-b240-a546e069e776
x-ms-request-id : fe835b7d-201e-0042-1996-3e2096000000
x-ms-version : 2025-07-05
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7853095Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP status code 200 won't be retried.
= FileSystem name: hierarchicalcontainer
= FileSystem name: hierarchicalfilesystem
=======================================================================
= List Paths ==========================================================
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7863765Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP Request : GET https://[DATALAKE STORAGE ACCOUNT].blob.core.windows.net/hierarchicalfilesystem?recursive=false&resource=filesystem
authorization : REDACTED
user-agent : azsdk-cpp-storage-files-datalake/12.12.0 (Linux 6.8.0-85-generic x86_64 #85~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 19 16:18:59 UTC 2 Cpp/202002)
x-ms-client-request-id : 38ffe1b1-bf0a-426c-92e6-bf9835a63dac
x-ms-date : Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:12:59 GMT
x-ms-version : 2025-07-05
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7864104Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Creating a new session.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7864501Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Re-using connection from the pool.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7865119Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: No Host in request headers. Adding it
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7865322Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Send request without payload
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.7867309Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Parse server response
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.8051253Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : [CURL Transport Adapter]: Request completed. Moving response out of session and session to response.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.8051446Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : Moving connection to pool...
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.8051516Z T: 140737352614144] DEBUG : Clean thread running. Won't start a new one.
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.8051682Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP/1.1 Response (18ms) : 404 The specified container does not exist.
content-length : 225
content-type : application/xml
date : Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:12:59 GMT
server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
x-ms-client-request-id : 38ffe1b1-bf0a-426c-92e6-bf9835a63dac
x-ms-error-code : ContainerNotFound
x-ms-request-id : fe835b95-201e-0042-2f96-3e2096000000
x-ms-version : 2025-07-05
[2025-10-16T12:12:59.8051779Z T: 140737352614144] INFO  : HTTP status code 404 won't be retried.
Exception: 404 The specified container does not exist.
The specified container does not exist.
RequestId:fe835b95-201e-0042-2f96-3e2096000000
Time:2025-10-16T12:12:59.8105780Z
Request ID: fe835b95-201e-0042-2f96-3e2096000000