CocoaPods/CocoaPods · error · Informative

No podspec found for `#{name}` in #{podspec}

Error message

No podspec found for `#{name}` in #{podspec}

What it means

Error "No podspec found for `#{name}` in #{podspec}" thrown in CocoaPods/CocoaPods.

Source

Thrown at lib/cocoapods/sandbox.rb:293

    # @param  [String, Pathname, Specification] podspec
    #         The contents of the specification (String) or the path to a
    #         podspec file (Pathname).
    #
    # @return [void]
    #
    #
    def store_podspec(name, podspec, _external_source = false, json = false)
      file_name = json ? "#{name}.podspec.json" : "#{name}.podspec"
      output_path = specifications_root + file_name

      spec =
        case podspec
        when String
          Sandbox.update_changed_file(output_path, podspec)
          Specification.from_file(output_path)
        when Pathname
          unless podspec.exist?
            raise Informative, "No podspec found for `#{name}` in #{podspec}"
          end
          FileUtils.copy(podspec, output_path)
          Specification.from_file(podspec)
        when Specification
          raise ArgumentError, 'can only store Specification objects as json' unless json
          Sandbox.update_changed_file(output_path, podspec.to_pretty_json)
          podspec.dup
        else
          raise ArgumentError, "Unknown type for podspec: #{podspec.inspect}"
        end

      # we force the file to be the file in the sandbox, so specs that have been serialized to
      # json maintain a consistent checksum.
      # this is safe to do because `spec` is always a clean instance
      spec.defined_in_file = output_path

      unless spec.name == name
        raise Informative, "The name of the given podspec `#{spec.name}` doesn't match the expected one `#{name}`"

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/cocoapods/sandbox.rb:293 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of CocoaPods/CocoaPods@b80e113e28 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/88f1e054d68d35dc. Report an issue: GitHub.