{"record":{"id":"44270ed739fbc6de","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-building-kops-api-client-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error building kops API client: %v","messagePattern":"error building kops API client: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kops/util/factory.go","lineNumber":129,"sourceCode":"\n\t\t\tif registryPath == \"k8s://\" {\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tu, err := url.Parse(registryPath)\n\t\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"invalid kops server url: %q\", registryPath)\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tconfigOverrides.CurrentContext = u.Host\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tkubeConfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loadingRules, configOverrides)\n\t\t\tconfig, err := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error loading kubeconfig for %q\", registryPath)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tkopsClient, err := kopsclient.NewForConfig(config)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error building kops API client: %v\", err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tf.clientset = api.NewRESTClientset(\n\t\t\t\tf.VFSContext(),\n\t\t\t\t&url.URL{\n\t\t\t\t\tScheme: \"k8s\",\n\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\tkopsClient.Kops(),\n\t\t\t)\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\tbasePath, err := f.VFSContext().BuildVfsPath(registryPath)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error building path for %q: %v\", registryPath, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tif !vfs.IsClusterReadable(basePath) {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, field.Invalid(field.NewPath(\"State Store\"), registryPath, INVALID_STATE_ERROR)\n\t\t\t}","sourceCodeStart":111,"sourceCodeEnd":147,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/cmd/kops/util/factory.go#L111-L147","documentation":"Wraps a failure of kopsclient.NewForConfig in Factory.KopsClient for a k8s:// state store: the Kubernetes API client for the kOps API could not be constructed from the loaded kubeconfig (auth or server configuration problem).","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kops/util/factory.go:129 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check kubeconfig credentials for the kOps API server","Verify the API server URL and CA data","Regenerate the kubeconfig entry"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T07:17:12.445Z"}