{"record":{"id":"2e984d69841ae9a5","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-change-context-name-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to change context name: %w","messagePattern":"failed to change context name: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/rename.go","lineNumber":83,"sourceCode":"\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 {\n\t\tprinter.Warning(stderr, \"context \\\"%s\\\" exists, overwriting it.\", op.New)\n\t\tif err := kc.DeleteContextEntry(op.New); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to delete new context to overwrite it: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tif err := kc.ModifyContextName(op.Old, op.New); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to change context name: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif op.Old == cur {\n\t\tif err := kc.ModifyCurrentContext(op.New); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set current-context to new name: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\tif err := kc.Save(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to save modified kubeconfig: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\t_ = printer.Success(stderr, \"Context %s renamed to %s.\",\n\t\tprinter.SuccessColor.Sprint(op.Old),\n\t\tprinter.SuccessColor.Sprint(op.New))\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":65,"sourceCodeEnd":98,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/rename.go#L65-L98","documentation":"ModifyContextName failed to rename the context entry from op.Old to op.New inside the in-memory kubeconfig. Fires when the kyaml rename operation errors (e.g. structural problems in the contexts list or a failed field mutation), after all validation already passed.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/rename.go:83 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check the contexts sequence in the kubeconfig for malformed entries","As a workaround, manually edit the context name in ~/.kube/config or use kubectl config to recreate the context under the new name","Report the issue with the kubeconfig contents (redacted) if the YAML appears valid"],"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"}