GoogleContainerTools/skaffold · error
rs.ae.Message (actionable error message from status check)
Error message
rs.ae.Message (actionable error message from status check)
What it means
Status.Error converts a status-check result into a plain Go error: if the stored ActionableErr has a code other than STATUSCHECK_SUCCESS, its Message (e.g. a pod/backoff failure description) is returned as the error. This is the standard way skaffold surfaces deployment status-check failures from resource status tracking.
Source
Thrown at pkg/skaffold/kubernetes/status/resource/status.go:35
package resource
import (
"errors"
"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2/proto/v1"
)
type Status struct {
ae *proto.ActionableErr
changed bool
reported bool
}
func (rs Status) Error() error {
if rs.ae.ErrCode == proto.StatusCode_STATUSCHECK_SUCCESS {
return nil
}
return errors.New(rs.ae.Message)
}
func (rs Status) ActionableError() *proto.ActionableErr {
return rs.ae
}
func (rs Status) String() string {
return rs.ae.Message
}
func (rs Status) Equal(other Status) bool {
return rs.ae.Message == other.ae.Message && rs.ae.ErrCode == other.ae.ErrCode
}
func newStatus(ae *proto.ActionableErr) Status {
return Status{
ae: ae,
changed: true,View on GitHub (pinned to a1189de023)
Solutions
- Inspect the ActionableErr via Status.ActionableError() to get the structured code and suggestions
- Run `kubectl describe pod <pod>` / `kubectl logs` in the target namespace to find the root cause (bad image, failing probe, missing config)
- Fix the underlying workload issue, then re-run the deploy/status check
Example fix
// before
if err := status.Error(); err != nil { return err }
// after
if err := status.Error(); err != nil {
ae := status.ActionableError()
log.Printf("status check failed [%v]: %s", ae.ErrCode, ae.Message)
return err
} Defensive patterns
Strategy: type-guard
Validate before calling
if st.ae != nil && st.ae.ErrCode == proto.StatusCode_STATUSCHECK_SUCCESS { return nil } // success check before Error() Type guard
func isStatusSuccess(rs Status) bool { return rs.ActionableError().ErrCode == proto.StatusCode_STATUSCHECK_SUCCESS } Try / catch
if err := status.Error(); err != nil {
ae := status.ActionableError()
switch ae.ErrCode {
case proto.StatusCode_STATUSCHECK_POD_FAILED, proto.StatusCode_STATUSCHECK_IMAGE_PULL_ERR:
return fmt.Errorf("status %v: %w", ae.ErrCode, err)
}
return err
} Prevention
- Inspect ActionableError() for structured codes instead of parsing strings
- Watch pod events (kubectl get events) during deploys
- Set sensible status-check deadlines for slow-starting pods
When it happens
Trigger: Calling Status.Error() after a Kubernetes status check recorded a non-success ActionableErr (container crash, backoff, deadline exceeded, etc.).
Common situations: `skaffold dev/run/deploy` failing during the pod status-check loop; pods stuck in CrashLoopBackOff or ImagePullBackOff until the status deadline is hit.
Related errors
- c.Message (pod status condition message)
- unable to lookup minikube executable. Please add it to PATH
- no valid Kubernetes objects decoded
- no receiver was registered
- cannot resolve active Kubernetes context - multiple contexts
AI-assisted analysis of GoogleContainerTools/skaffold@a1189de023 (2026-09-05).
Data as JSON: /api/errors/09866c24b442eabb.
Report an issue: GitHub.