ahmetb/kubectx · error

failed to get current context: %w

Error message

failed to get current context: %w

What it means

Wrapper error in CurrentOp.Run: kc.GetCurrentContext() failed with an internal error while reading the current-context field from the parsed kubeconfig (e.g. malformed YAML node). The cause is preserved via %w; the command aborts instead of printing a context name.

Source

Thrown at cmd/kubectx/current.go:40

	"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/kubeconfig"
)

// CurrentOp prints the current context
type CurrentOp struct{}

func (_op CurrentOp) Run(stdout, _ io.Writer) error {
	if err := checkIsolatedMode(); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	kc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)
	defer kc.Close()
	if err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("kubeconfig error: %w", err)
	}

	v, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get current context: %w", err)
	}
	if v == "" {
		return errors.New("current-context is not set")
	}
	if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(stdout, v); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("write error: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 12ad6fb22e)

Solutions

1. Check the wrapped cause — usually a malformed current-context or YAML structure
2. Validate/repair the kubeconfig with `kubectl config view`

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/kubectx/current.go:40 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of ahmetb/kubectx@12ad6fb22e (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f8ac8771702b788b. Report an issue: GitHub.