{"record":{"id":"5ceec646de47f704","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-extract-kubeconfig-for-context-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to extract kubeconfig for context: %w","messagePattern":"failed to extract kubeconfig for context: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go","lineNumber":64,"sourceCode":"\tif err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\texists, err := kc.ContextExists(s.target)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to check context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif !exists {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"no context exists with the name: %q\", s.target)\n\t}\n\tpreviousCtx, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Extract minimal kubeconfig for the target context.\n\tdata, err := extractMinimalKubeconfig(kubectlPath, s.target)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to extract kubeconfig for context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Optionally transform the kubeconfig (e.g. rewrite for readonly proxy).\n\tvar cleanup func()\n\tif s.transformKubeconfig != nil {\n\t\tdata, cleanup, err = s.transformKubeconfig(data)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn err\n\t\t}\n\t\tif cleanup != nil {\n\t\t\tdefer cleanup()\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\t// Write kubeconfig to temp file.\n\ttmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(\"\", \"kubectx-shell-*.yaml\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to create temp kubeconfig file: %w\", err)","sourceCodeStart":46,"sourceCodeEnd":82,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go#L46-L82","documentation":"Wraps the failure of extractMinimalKubeconfig (the kubectl config view subprocess) when producing the flattened per-context kubeconfig for the isolated shell. The kubectl invocation for the target context failed; see the inner error for exit status/output.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go:64 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Run kubectl config view --minify --flatten --context <target> manually to reproduce","Refresh or fix credentials for the target context","Ensure the KUBECTL env var, if set, points to a working kubectl binary"],"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"}