{"record":{"id":"708888c1d574d118","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"getting-latest-version-info-from-gcs-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"getting latest version info from GCS: %w","messagePattern":"getting latest version info from GCS: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"pkg/skaffold/update/update.go","lineNumber":100,"sourceCode":"\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn none, none, err\n\t}\n\tlog.Entry(context.TODO()).Tracef(\"latest skaffold version: %s\", versionString)\n\tlatest, err := version.ParseVersion(versionString)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn none, none, fmt.Errorf(\"parsing latest version from GCS: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tcurrent, err := version.ParseVersion(version.Get().Version)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn none, none, fmt.Errorf(\"parsing current semver, skipping update check: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn latest, current, nil\n}\n\nfunc DownloadLatestVersion() (string, error) {\n\tversionBytes, err := util.Download(LatestVersionURL)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"getting latest version info from GCS: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn strings.TrimSuffix(string(versionBytes), \"\\n\"), nil\n}\n\nfunc releaseURL(v semver.Version) string {\n\treturn fmt.Sprintf(\"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/releases/tag/v%s\", v.String())\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":82,"sourceCodeEnd":108,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/pkg/skaffold/update/update.go#L82-L108","documentation":"DownloadLatestVersion fetches the latest-version file from GCS via util.Download(LatestVersionURL). This error wraps any failure to issue/complete that HTTP download, indicating skaffold could not read the latest release info from the network. The raw transport error is preserved with %w.","triggerScenarios":"util.Download returns an error: invalid URL (http.NewRequest failure), DNS failure, connection refused/timeout, or non-200 status ('http 403, error ...'). Raised in DownloadLatestVersion, which is called by GetLastReleasedVersion and getLatestAndCurrentVersion.","commonSituations":"No internet access or airplane mode; corporate firewall/proxy blocking storage.googleapis.com; GCS outage; DNS misconfiguration; the version-check URL being redirected/blocked by security tooling.","solutions":["Verify network connectivity: curl the LatestVersionURL directly and compare the error.","Configure HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY correctly for corporate environments.","Retry later if it is a transient network/GCS outage; the update check is optional.","Check firewall rules allow egress to storage.googleapis.com."],"exampleFix":"// before: fail the whole flow on network errors\nversionBytes, err := util.Download(LatestVersionURL)\n// after: degrade gracefully when offline\nversionBytes, err := util.Download(LatestVersionURL)\nif err != nil {\n    return \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"getting latest version info from GCS: %w\", err) // callers should treat as advisory\n}","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"u, err := url.Parse(LatestVersionURL)\nif err != nil || u.Scheme == \"\" { return fmt.Errorf(\"bad URL: %q\", LatestVersionURL) }\n// pre-check connectivity\nconn, err := net.DialTimeout(\"tcp\", u.Host+\":443\", 3*time.Second)","typeGuard":"func isNetworkErr(err error) bool {\n    var ne net.Error\n    return errors.As(err, &ne) || errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNREFUSED) || strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"no such host\")\n}","tryCatchPattern":"v, err := DownloadLatestVersion()\nif err != nil {\n    var ne net.Error\n    if errors.As(err, &ne) { /* retry with backoff */ }\n    return fallbackVersion, nil // advisory only\n}","preventionTips":["Configure proxy env vars (HTTPS_PROXY) in corporate networks","Retry transient network failures with exponential backoff","Make update checks non-fatal — never block the main workflow on them","Allowlist storage.googleapis.com in firewalls"],"tags":["network","gcs","http","update-check"],"backgroundTag":"http-request-failed","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"}