apache/hadoop · error · IllegalArgumentException

Invalid account name.

Error message

Invalid account name.

What it means

Error "Invalid account name." thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/SharedKeyCredentials.java:73

  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(
      SharedKeyCredentials.class);
  private static final int EXPECTED_BLOB_QUEUE_CANONICALIZED_STRING_LENGTH = 300;
  private static final Pattern CRLF = Pattern.compile("\r\n", Pattern.LITERAL);
  private static final String HMAC_SHA256 = "HmacSHA256";
  /**
   * Stores a reference to the RFC1123 date/time pattern.
   */
  private static final String RFC1123_PATTERN = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z";


  private String accountName;
  private byte[] accountKey;
  private Mac hmacSha256;

  public SharedKeyCredentials(final String accountName,
                              final String accountKey) {
    if (accountName == null || accountName.isEmpty()) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid account name.");
    }
    if (accountKey == null || accountKey.isEmpty()) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid account key.");
    }
    this.accountName = accountName;
    this.accountKey = Base64.decode(accountKey);
    initializeMac();
  }

  public void signRequest(AbfsHttpOperation connection, final long contentLength) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {

    String gmtTime = getGMTTime();
    connection.setRequestProperty(HttpHeaderConfigurations.X_MS_DATE, gmtTime);

    final String stringToSign = canonicalize(connection, accountName, contentLength);

    final String computedBase64Signature = computeHmac256(stringToSign);

View on GitHub (pinned to 2add963021)

Solutions

1. Provide a valid storage account name in the URI and configuration (fs.azure.account.key.<account>).
2. Check for empty or malformed account names in the abfs URI.

When it happens

Trigger: SharedKeyCredentials is constructed without a valid account name.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/hadoop@2add963021 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/973f550d174e1ec6. Report an issue: GitHub.