From dc899e438fc473366f02ddb6b9e84e1a24510c2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebres <info@sebres.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 01:04:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] avoid error "Unable to get failures" by stop (if file gets
 removed from filter, but filter already entered getFailures for the file);
 closes gh-4032

---
 fail2ban/server/filter.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filter.py b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
index 210ca084..942e0ba1 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filter.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ class FileFilter(Filter):
 	def getFailures(self, filename, inOperation=None):
 		if self.idle: return False
 		log = self.getLog(filename)
-		if log is None:
-			logSys.error("Unable to get failures in %s", filename)
+		if log is None and self.active:
+			logSys.log(logging.MSG, "Unable to get failures in %s", filename)
 			return False
 		# We should always close log (file), otherwise may be locked (log-rotate, etc.)
 		try: