{"record":{"id":"1b4780c39a44b6bd","repo":"hyperledger/fabric","slug":"handle-message-invalid-state-s-for-transaction","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"handle message: invalid state %s for transaction %s","messagePattern":"handle message: invalid state (.+?) for transaction (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"core/chaincode/handler.go","lineNumber":181,"sourceCode":"// handleMessage is called by ProcessStream to dispatch messages.\nfunc (h *Handler) handleMessage(msg *pb.ChaincodeMessage) error {\n\th.stateLock.RLock()\n\tstate := h.state\n\th.stateLock.RUnlock()\n\n\tchaincodeLogger.Debugf(\"[%s] Fabric side handling ChaincodeMessage of type: %s in state %s\", shorttxid(msg.Txid), msg.Type, state)\n\n\tif msg.Type == pb.ChaincodeMessage_KEEPALIVE {\n\t\treturn nil\n\t}\n\n\tswitch state {\n\tcase Created:\n\t\treturn h.handleMessageCreatedState(msg)\n\tcase Ready:\n\t\treturn h.handleMessageReadyState(msg)\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn errors.Errorf(\"handle message: invalid state %s for transaction %s\", state, msg.Txid)\n\t}\n}\n\nfunc (h *Handler) handleMessageCreatedState(msg *pb.ChaincodeMessage) error {\n\tswitch msg.Type {\n\tcase pb.ChaincodeMessage_REGISTER:\n\t\th.HandleRegister(msg)\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"[%s] Fabric side handler cannot handle message (%s) while in created state\", msg.Txid, msg.Type)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc (h *Handler) handleMessageReadyState(msg *pb.ChaincodeMessage) error {\n\tswitch msg.Type {\n\tcase pb.ChaincodeMessage_COMPLETED, pb.ChaincodeMessage_ERROR:\n\t\th.Notify(msg)\n","sourceCodeStart":163,"sourceCodeEnd":199,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6/core/chaincode/handler.go#L163-L199","documentation":"Handler.handleMessage default-case guard: the fabric-side chaincode handler's state is neither Created nor Ready (an invalid internal state), so the message cannot be routed — indicates a handler lifecycle bug, not client input.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at core/chaincode/handler.go:181 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Restart the chaincode/container to reset the handler state","Report as a Fabric internal bug if reproducible, with logs of the state transitions"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"fallback","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6","analyzedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}