{"record":{"id":"4783fe9b89de52d1","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-read-current-context-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to read current-context: %w","messagePattern":"failed to read current-context: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/kubeconfig/currentcontext.go","lineNumber":29,"sourceCode":"// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\n// limitations under the License.\n\npackage kubeconfig\n\nimport (\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml\"\n)\n\n// GetCurrentContext returns \"current-context\" value from the first file\n// that has a non-empty current-context, or returns (\"\", nil) if not found.\nfunc (k *Kubeconfig) GetCurrentContext() (string, error) {\n\tfor _, fe := range k.files {\n\t\tv, err := fe.config.Pipe(yaml.Get(\"current-context\"))\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to read current-context: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif s := yaml.GetValue(v); s != \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn s, nil\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn \"\", nil\n}\n\n// UnsetCurrentContext clears the current-context field in the first file.\nfunc (k *Kubeconfig) UnsetCurrentContext() error {\n\tif len(k.files) == 0 {\n\t\treturn errNoFiles\n\t}\n\treturn k.files[0].config.PipeE(yaml.SetField(\"current-context\", yaml.NewStringRNode(\"\")))\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":11,"sourceCodeEnd":45,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/internal/kubeconfig/currentcontext.go#L11-L45","documentation":"In GetCurrentContext, the kyaml read of the current-context field failed for a file. Current-context is expected as a scalar string; a non-scalar or otherwise malformed value triggers this. Not-found is not an error — iteration continues to the next file.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/kubeconfig/currentcontext.go:29 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect current-context in each kubeconfig file; fix non-string values","Use kubectl config current-context to isolate the offending file","Repair the YAML and retry the operation"],"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"}