{"record":{"id":"2e96fec3ad1f8aa4","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-get-current-context-for-merge-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to get current context for merge: %w","messagePattern":"failed to get current context for merge: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go","lineNumber":148,"sourceCode":"\tmerged := k.files[0].config.Copy()\n\n\t// Merge contexts, clusters, and users from all files (first wins for duplicates).\n\tfor _, key := range []string{\"contexts\", \"clusters\", \"users\"} {\n\t\tmergedSeq, err := mergeSequences(k.files, key)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to merge %s: %w\", key, err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif mergedSeq != nil {\n\t\t\tif err := merged.PipeE(yaml.SetField(key, mergedSeq)); err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, err\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\t// Use the first non-empty current-context.\n\tcur, err := k.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context for merge: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif cur != \"\" {\n\t\tif err := merged.PipeE(yaml.SetField(\"current-context\", yaml.NewScalarRNode(cur))); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, err\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tstr, err := merged.String()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n\treturn []byte(str), nil\n}\n\n// mergeSequences merges a named sequence field (e.g. \"contexts\") across multiple files.\n// The first occurrence of each entry (by \"name\" key) wins.\n// Files where the field is missing or not a sequence are silently skipped (matching kubectl merge behavior).\nfunc mergeSequences(files []fileEntry, field string) (*yaml.RNode, error) {","sourceCodeStart":130,"sourceCodeEnd":166,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/internal/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go#L130-L166","documentation":"During Bytes' multi-file merge, GetCurrentContext failed while picking the first non-empty current-context for the merged output. Same failure mode as GetCurrentContext itself: a malformed current-context field in one of the files.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go:148 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect current-context in each kubeconfig file for non-scalar values","Fix or remove the malformed field","Retry the operation that needed the merged config"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","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"}