{"record":{"id":"45ffe407cb657786","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-set-current-context-to-new-name-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to set current-context to new name: %w","messagePattern":"failed to set current-context to new name: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/rename.go","lineNumber":87,"sourceCode":"\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":69,"sourceCodeEnd":98,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/rename.go#L69-L98","documentation":"After a successful rename, ModifyCurrentContext failed to update the current-context field to the new name. This branch only runs when the renamed context was the active one (op.Old == cur); the failure is in writing the current-context field via kyaml.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/rename.go:87 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check whether current-context in the kubeconfig is a scalar; a malformed field can break the write","Manually set the context with kubectl config use-context <NEW>","Validate the kubeconfig YAML structure and retry the rename"],"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"}