{"record":{"id":"66b00545f9e085a2","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"s-is-not-a-valid-value-for-field-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"%s is not a valid value for field %s","messagePattern":"(.+?) is not a valid value for field (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go","lineNumber":71,"sourceCode":"\tcfg, err := getConfigForKubectxOrDefault()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\tfieldIdx, valI, err := getFieldIndex(cfg, name, value)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\tlastIdx := 0\n\tif isUserSurvey() {\n\t\tlastIdx = fieldIdx[len(fieldIdx)-1]\n\t\tfieldIdx = fieldIdx[:len(fieldIdx)-1]\n\t}\n\tfield := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(cfg)).FieldByIndex(fieldIdx)\n\tval, err := parseAsType(valI, field, lastIdx, value)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"%s is not a valid value for field %s\", value, name)\n\t}\n\treflect.ValueOf(cfg).Elem().FieldByIndex(fieldIdx).Set(val)\n\n\treturn writeConfig(cfg)\n}\n\nfunc getFieldIndex(cfg *config.ContextConfig, name string, val string) ([]int, interface{}, error) {\n\tvalI := getValueInterface(cfg, val)\n\tcs, err := getConfigStructWithIndex(cfg)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, nil, err\n\t}\n\n\tallConfigFields := make(map[string]bool)\n\tfor i := 0; i < cs.value.NumField(); i++ {\n\t\tfieldType := cs.rType.Field(i)\n\t\tfor _, tag := range strings.Split(fieldType.Tag.Get(\"yaml\"), \",\") {\n\t\t\tallConfigFields[tag] = true","sourceCodeStart":53,"sourceCodeEnd":89,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go#L53-L89","documentation":"Raised in setConfigValue when parseAsType cannot convert the user-supplied CLI value to the type of the config field being set via `skaffold config set`. The value fails type-specific parsing (e.g. a non-boolean for a bool field, non-integer for an int field).","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go:71 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check the field's expected type with `skaffold config list` and supply a value of that type (e.g. true/false for boolean fields, integers for numeric fields)","For string values containing special characters, quote the value on the command line","Drop any unsupported syntax (lists, objects) — use the config file directly for complex values"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"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"}