Netflix/chaosmonkey · error

unexpected status code: %d. body: %s

Error message

unexpected status code: %d. body: %s

What it means

Returned by Spinnaker.account when the accounts endpoint responded with a non-200 status and the matched account entry carries no error field, so the raw body is reported as the only clue for why the account listing request failed.

Source

Thrown at spinnaker/spinnaker.go:539

	if err != nil {
		return ac, errors.Wrapf(err, "body read failed at %s", url)
	}

	var accounts []account
	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &accounts)
	if err != nil {
		return ac, errors.Wrap(err, "json unmarshal failed")
	}
	statusKO := resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK

	// Finally find account
	for _, a := range accounts {
		if a.Name != name {
			continue
		}
		if statusKO {
			if a.Error == "" {
				return ac, errors.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d. body: %s", resp.StatusCode, body)
			}

			return ac, errors.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d. error: %s", resp.StatusCode, a.Error)
		}

		return a, nil
	}

	return ac, errors.New("the account name doesn't exist")
}

// GetClusterNames returns a list of cluster names for an app
func (s Spinnaker) GetClusterNames(app string, account D.AccountName) (clusters []D.ClusterName, err error) {
	url := s.appURL(app)
	resp, err := s.client.Get(url)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "http get failed at %s", url)
	}

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Solutions

1. Inspect the response body for the underlying Spinnaker failure (auth, permissions, server error)
2. Retry after verifying Spinnaker health if the failure looks transient
3. Fix credentials/endpoint config if the body shows an auth problem

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at spinnaker/spinnaker.go:539 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Netflix/chaosmonkey@eaa28fb761 (2026-09-03). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f6aaa9c1e69af9e6. Report an issue: GitHub.