html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3961#issuecomment-778972571,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3961,778972571,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc3ODk3MjU3MQ==,6948919,2021-02-15T06:11:34Z,2021-02-15T06:11:34Z,NONE,"Please make some dummy tests, I did time.sleep, prior every operation. This was the only workaround that really worked. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,597657663
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3961#issuecomment-778839471,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3961,778839471,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc3ODgzOTQ3MQ==,6948919,2021-02-14T20:47:27Z,2021-02-14T20:47:27Z,NONE,"
> Is the current recommended solution to set `lock=False` and retry until success? Or, is it to keep `lock=None` and use `zarr` instead? @dcherian

Or alternatively you can try to set sleep between openings.

When you try to open same file from different functions with different operations, it is better to keep file opening function wrapped with a 1 second delay/sleep rather than direct open
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,597657663
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3961#issuecomment-730033698,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3961,730033698,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDczMDAzMzY5OA==,6948919,2020-11-19T00:02:09Z,2020-11-19T00:04:13Z,NONE,"> I have the same behaviour with MacOS (10.15). xarray=0.16.1, dask=2.30.0, netcdf4=1.5.4. Sometimes saves, sometimes doesn't. `lock=False` seems to work.

Lock false sometimes throws hd5 error. No clear solution.

The only solution I have found, sleep method for 1 second","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,597657663
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3961#issuecomment-690332310,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3961,690332310,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDY5MDMzMjMxMA==,6948919,2020-09-10T14:36:53Z,2020-09-10T14:38:51Z,NONE,"Using:

- xarray=0.16.0
- dask=2.25.0
- netcdf4=1.5.4

I am experiencing same when trying to write netcdf file using **xr.to_netcdf()** on a files opened via xr.open_mfdataset with lock=None.

Then I tried OP's suggestion and it worked like a charm

**BUT**

Now I am facing different issue. Seems that **hdf5 IS NOT thread safe**, since I encounter **NetCDF: HDF error** while  applying different function on a netcdf file, previously were processed by another function with **lock=False**.
script just terminates not even reaching any calculation step in the code. seems like lock=False works opposite and file is in a **corrupted** mode?

This is the **BIGGEST** issue and needs resolve ASAP","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,597657663