{"record":{"id":"30ab3c9191da034f","repo":"hashicorp/packer","slug":"something-went-wrong-retrieving-the-iteration-for","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"something went wrong retrieving the iteration for bucket %s","messagePattern":"something went wrong retrieving the iteration for bucket (.+?)","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/hcp/api/deprecated_service.go","lineNumber":50,"sourceCode":"\tgetItParams := hcpPackerDeprecatedAPI.NewPackerServiceGetIterationParams()\n\tgetItParams.LocationOrganizationID = client.OrganizationID\n\tgetItParams.LocationProjectID = client.ProjectID\n\tgetItParams.BucketSlug = bucketSlug\n\n\tfor _, opt := range opts {\n\t\topt(getItParams)\n\t}\n\n\tresp, err := client.Packer.PackerServiceGetIteration(getItParams, nil)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n\n\tif resp.Payload.Iteration != nil {\n\t\treturn resp.Payload.Iteration, nil\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\n\t\t\"something went wrong retrieving the iteration for bucket %s\", bucketSlug,\n\t)\n}\n\n// GetChannel loads the named channel that is associated to the bucket slug . If the\n// channel does not exist in HCP Packer, GetChannel returns an error.\nfunc (client *DeprecatedClient) GetChannel(\n\tctx context.Context, bucketSlug string, channelName string,\n) (*hcpPackerDeprecatedModels.HashicorpCloudPackerChannel, error) {\n\tparams := hcpPackerDeprecatedAPI.NewPackerServiceGetChannelParamsWithContext(ctx)\n\tparams.LocationOrganizationID = client.OrganizationID\n\tparams.LocationProjectID = client.ProjectID\n\tparams.BucketSlug = bucketSlug\n\tparams.Slug = channelName\n\n\tresp, err := client.Packer.PackerServiceGetChannel(params, nil)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err","sourceCodeStart":32,"sourceCodeEnd":68,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/eb36e3c3e48a036f3e8cc94087636ee72e1303c9/internal/hcp/api/deprecated_service.go#L32-L68","documentation":"GetIteration (deprecated service path) fetches an iteration for a bucket slug from HCP Packer; when the API call succeeds but resp.Payload.Iteration is nil, it concludes the iteration data was missing and returns this generic failure. It indicates the bucket exists/API responds but no matching iteration was returned for the request (e.g. unknown version or lifecycle state).","triggerScenarios":"PackerServiceGetIteration succeeds but resp.Payload.Iteration == nil — e.g. the requested fingerprint/version does not exist, or the iteration was purged (soft-deleted after 90 days for non-complete iterations).","commonSituations":"Requesting an iteration fingerprint that was never pushed or was garbage-collected; bucket name typo leading to empty payload; deprecated code path still used by older code consuming HCP Packer metadata.","solutions":["Verify the bucket slug and iteration identifier (fingerprint) exist in the HCP Packer registry.","Check whether the iteration was removed by HCP Packer's soft-delete/garbage collection policy.","Migrate to the non-deprecated service_version.go GetVersion/GetIteration API."],"exampleFix":"// before\niter, err := client.GetIteration(ctx, bucketSlug, fingerprint) // deprecated path, nil iteration\n// after\nver, err := client.GetVersion(ctx, bucketName, fingerprint) // current service API","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// confirm the iteration fingerprint exists before use\n// e.g. list versions for the bucket and check membership first\nif !bucketHasIteration(registry, bucketSlug, fingerprint) {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"iteration %s not present in bucket %s\", fingerprint, bucketSlug)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"iter, err := client.GetIteration(ctx, bucketSlug, fingerprint)\nif err != nil {\n    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"something went wrong retrieving the iteration\") {\n        return fmt.Errorf(\"iteration %q not found or purged in bucket %q\", fingerprint, bucketSlug)\n    }\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Track fingerprints of published versions instead of hardcoding stale ones.","Be aware of HCP Packer's 90-day soft-delete policy for incomplete iterations.","Migrate off the deprecated service API to the current service_version API."],"tags":["hcp","packer-registry","iteration","deprecated-api"],"backgroundTag":"hcp-iteration-not-found","analyzedSha":"eb36e3c3e48a036f3e8cc94087636ee72e1303c9","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T13:20:43.127Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T13:20:43.127Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}