{"record":{"id":"12f9b61cccdc839c","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-get-current-context-w-12f9b6","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to get current context: %w","messagePattern":"failed to get current context: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/rename.go","lineNumber":57,"sourceCode":"\treturn new, old, true\n}\n\n// rename changes the old (NAME or '.' for current-context)\n// to the \"new\" value. If the old refers to the current-context,\n// current-context preference is also updated.\nfunc (op RenameOp) Run(_, stderr io.Writer) error {\n\tif err := checkIsolatedMode(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\tkc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)\n\tdefer kc.Close()\n\tif err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tcur, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif op.Old == \".\" {\n\t\top.Old = cur\n\t}\n\n\toldExists, err := kc.ContextExists(op.Old)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to check context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif !oldExists {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"context \\\"%s\\\" not found, can't rename it\", op.Old)\n\t}\n\n\tnewExists, err := kc.ContextExists(op.New)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to check context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif newExists {","sourceCodeStart":39,"sourceCodeEnd":75,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/rename.go#L39-L75","documentation":"Wrapper error in RenameOp.Run: kc.GetCurrentContext() failed while reading current-context, needed to detect whether the rename target is the active context ('.') and to update current-context accordingly. Cause wrapped with %w; rename aborts.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/rename.go:57 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped cause for kubeconfig structure errors","Repair the kubeconfig with kubectl, then retry the rename"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7","analyzedAt":"2026-09-02T12:23:10.107Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-09T16:17:10.729Z"}