XTLS/Xray-core · error

target not specified.

Error message

target not specified.

What it means

Error "target not specified." thrown in XTLS/Xray-core.

Source

Thrown at proxy/socks/client.go:53

	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.New("failed to get server spec").Base(err)
	}

	v := core.MustFromContext(ctx)
	c := &Client{
		server:        server,
		policyManager: v.GetFeature(policy.ManagerType()).(policy.Manager),
	}

	return c, nil
}

// Process implements proxy.Outbound.Process.
func (c *Client) Process(ctx context.Context, link *transport.Link, dialer internet.Dialer) error {
	outbounds := session.OutboundsFromContext(ctx)
	ob := outbounds[len(outbounds)-1]
	if !ob.Target.IsValid() {
		return errors.New("target not specified.")
	}
	ob.Name = "socks"
	ob.CanSpliceCopy = 2
	// Destination of the inner request.
	destination := ob.Target

	// Outbound server.
	server := c.server
	dest := server.Destination
	// Connection to the outbound server.
	var conn stat.Connection

	if err := retry.ExponentialBackoff(5, 100).On(func() error {
		rawConn, err := dialer.Dial(ctx, dest)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		conn = rawConn

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at proxy/socks/client.go:53 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of XTLS/Xray-core@7d214f8b09 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f98f07d1bd2cc9dc. Report an issue: GitHub.