Jguer/yay · error · ErrInvalidRepository

invalid repository

Error message

invalid repository

What it means

Sentinel error (ErrInvalidRepository) from the ABS download package, raised when mapping a package to an Arch Linux source repository URL and the resolved repository name does not correspond to any known repo. It is a guard over the repo-name-to-Gitlab-URL translation: the package's repository field failed to match a valid entry, so no download URL can be constructed.

Solutions

1. Verify the repository name returned for the package (core, extra, multilib, etc.)
2. Update yay: new or renamed repositories may be unknown to an outdated version
3. File a bug if a legitimate official repository triggers this error

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/download/abs.go:22 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Jguer/yay@328f4b4939 (2026-09-07). Data as JSON: /api/errors/05bfc2c8baf2c4ef. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at pkg/download/abs.go:22

	"context"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"regexp"

	"github.com/leonelquinteros/gotext"

	"github.com/Jguer/yay/v13/pkg/settings/exe"
)

const (
	MaxConcurrentFetch = 20
	absPackageURL      = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages"
)

var (
	ErrInvalidRepository  = errors.New(gotext.Get("invalid repository"))
	ErrABSPackageNotFound = errors.New(gotext.Get("package not found in repos"))
)

type regexReplace struct {
	repl  string
	match *regexp.Regexp
}

// regex replacements for Gitlab URLs
// info: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/devtools/-/blob/6ce666a1669235749c17d5c44d8a24dea4a135da/src/lib/api/gitlab.sh#L84
var gitlabRepl = []regexReplace{
	{repl: `$1-$2`, match: regexp.MustCompile(`([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\+([a-zA-Z]+)`)},
	{repl: `plus`, match: regexp.MustCompile(`\+`)},
	{repl: `-`, match: regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]`)},
	{repl: `-`, match: regexp.MustCompile(`[_\-]{2,}`)},
	{repl: `unix-tree`, match: regexp.MustCompile(`^tree$`)},
}

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