{"record":{"id":"5325b81c6b8aa34e","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"error-while-modifying-current-context-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error while modifying current-context: %w","messagePattern":"error while modifying current-context: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/unset.go","lineNumber":39,"sourceCode":"\t\"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/kubeconfig\"\n\t\"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/printer\"\n)\n\n// UnsetOp indicates intention to remove current-context preference.\ntype UnsetOp struct{}\n\nfunc (_ UnsetOp) Run(_, stderr 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\tif err := kc.UnsetCurrentContext(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error while modifying current-context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif err := kc.Save(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to save kubeconfig file after modification: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\terr := printer.Success(stderr, \"Active context unset for kubectl.\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"write error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":21,"sourceCodeEnd":51,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/unset.go#L21-L51","documentation":"Wraps a failure from kubeconfig.UnsetCurrentContext in UnsetOp.Run. After the kubeconfig parses successfully, this error fires when the in-memory modification (clearing the current-context field) or its serialization/write-back to the kubeconfig file fails — e.g. a malformed config structure lacking expected fields or a write error — so the current-context preference remains unchanged and the unset operation aborts.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/unset.go:39 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the top-level keys of the kubeconfig for malformed YAML","Manually unset with kubectl config unset current-context as a workaround","Repair the kubeconfig structure and retry"],"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"}