{"record":{"id":"491f1709c2b01a44","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"current-context-is-not-set","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"current-context is not set","messagePattern":"current-context is not set","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/current.go","lineNumber":43,"sourceCode":"// CurrentOp prints the current context\ntype CurrentOp struct{}\n\nfunc (_op CurrentOp) Run(stdout, _ io.Writer) error {\n\tif err := checkIsolatedMode(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\tkc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)\n\tdefer kc.Close()\n\tif err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tv, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif v == \"\" {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"current-context is not set\")\n\t}\n\tif _, err := fmt.Fprintln(stdout, v); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"write error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":25,"sourceCodeEnd":50,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/current.go#L25-L50","documentation":"Guard error in kubectx's CurrentOp.Run: after successfully parsing the kubeconfig, GetCurrentContext() returned an empty string, meaning the kubeconfig file has no current-context set (e.g. a fresh kubeconfig or after `kubectx -u`). The command cannot print a current context because none exists, so it fails instead of printing an empty line.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/current.go:43 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set a current context first with `kubectx <NAME>` or `kubectl config use-context <NAME>`","Run `kubectx` to list available contexts and pick one","Create or import contexts into the kubeconfig if none exist"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","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"}