{"record":{"id":"183093658cf74e47","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"no-context-exists-with-the-name-q","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"no context exists with the name: %q","messagePattern":"no context exists with the name: %q","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go","lineNumber":54,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\tkubectlPath, err := resolveKubectl()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\t// Verify context exists and get current context for exit message.\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\texists, err := kc.ContextExists(s.target)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to check context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif !exists {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"no context exists with the name: %q\", s.target)\n\t}\n\tpreviousCtx, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Extract minimal kubeconfig for the target context.\n\tdata, err := extractMinimalKubeconfig(kubectlPath, s.target)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to extract kubeconfig for context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Optionally transform the kubeconfig (e.g. rewrite for readonly proxy).\n\tvar cleanup func()\n\tif s.transformKubeconfig != nil {\n\t\tdata, cleanup, err = s.transformKubeconfig(data)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn err","sourceCodeStart":36,"sourceCodeEnd":72,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go#L36-L72","documentation":"Validation guard: the lookup succeeded but the requested context name (s.target) does not exist in any kubeconfig file, so the isolated shell cannot be started for it. Pure user-input error naming the offending context via %q.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go:54 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["List available contexts with kubectx or kubectl config get-contexts","Fix typos or stale context names in scripts/aliases","Verify KUBECONFIG points at the environment that contains the context"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","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"}