{"record":{"id":"5d6990538c2a8653","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"there-s-no-version-to-upgrade-from-latest","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"there's no version to upgrade from \"latest\"","messagePattern":"there's no version to upgrade from \"latest\"","errorType":"error_code","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"info","filePath":"pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/upgrade.go","lineNumber":27,"sourceCode":"\nUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\ndistributed under the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\nWITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\nSee the License for the specific language governing permissions and\nlimitations under the License.\n*/\n\npackage latest\n\nimport (\n\t\"errors\"\n\n\t\"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/v2/pkg/skaffold/schema/util\"\n)\n\n// Upgrade upgrades a configuration to the next version.\nfunc (c *SkaffoldConfig) Upgrade() (util.VersionedConfig, error) {\n\treturn nil, errors.New(\"there's no version to upgrade from \\\"latest\\\"\")\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":9,"sourceCodeEnd":29,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/pkg/skaffold/schema/latest/upgrade.go#L9-L29","documentation":"SkaffoldConfig implements util.VersionedConfig; Upgrade() moves a config to the next schema version. The 'latest' schema is the newest version, so there is no next version to upgrade to, and the method unconditionally returns nil and this error.","triggerScenarios":"Calling Upgrade() on a *latest.SkaffoldConfig (i.e. a config already parsed as the latest skaffold schema version).","commonSituations":"Running `skaffold fix` or programmatic schema upgrades against a skaffold.yaml that already uses the newest API version; iterating configs in tooling that blindly calls Upgrade on every parsed config.","solutions":["Do not call Upgrade on a config already parsed to the latest schema version; treat it as already up to date.","Check the config's APIVersion before upgrading and skip/return the original config when it equals the latest version.","Parse with the version matching the file's kind/apiVersion and only upgrade older versions (v1..., v2beta...) up to latest."],"exampleFix":"// before\nupgraded, err := cfg.Upgrade() // cfg is latest.SkaffoldConfig\n// after\nif cfg.APIVersion == latest.Version {\n    return cfg, nil // already latest, nothing to upgrade\n}\nupgraded, err := cfg.Upgrade()","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"func isLatest(c *latest.SkaffoldConfig) bool { return c != nil && c.APIVersion == latest.Version } // skip Upgrade when true","typeGuard":"_, ok := cfg.(util.VersionedConfig); if isLatestConfig(apiVersion) { /* already latest */ }","tryCatchPattern":"upgraded, err := cfg.Upgrade()\nif err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"no version to upgrade from\") {\n    return cfg, nil // already latest\n}\nif err != nil { return nil, err }","preventionTips":["Compare APIVersion against the latest version before attempting upgrades","Treat 'latest' configs as terminal in upgrade loops","Use skaffold fix, which already handles this case"],"tags":["skaffold","schema-upgrade","no-op"],"backgroundTag":"schema-upgrade-not-supported","analyzedSha":"a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}