high severityQdrant create_collection
Attempt to create_collection() fails with \"Wrong input: Can't create collection with name [NAME]. Collection data already exists at ./storage/collections/[NAME]\", despite collection_exists() returning False and GET /collections not listing it. Get collection info returns \"Collection doesn't exist!\".[GitHub Issue #4564](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/issues/4564)
Root cause
Race condition during concurrent collection create/delete operations combined with snapshots, or incomplete recovery after Qdrant restart/pod restart where filesystem data persists but is not loaded into memory/metadata (TOC), causing inconsistency between storage and runtime state.[GitHub Issue #4564](https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/issues/4564)
Qdrantcollection creationrace conditionstorage inconsistencycollection_exists