{"record":{"id":"724d1d2e81182a53","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-writing-kubeconfig-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error writing kubeconfig: %v","messagePattern":"error writing kubeconfig: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go","lineNumber":74,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error loading kubeconfig: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tif config == nil || clientcmdapi.IsConfigEmpty(config) {\n\t\tklog.V(2).Info(\"kubeconfig is empty\")\n\t\treturn nil\n\t}\n\n\tdelete(config.Clusters, b.Context)\n\tdelete(config.AuthInfos, b.Context)\n\tdelete(config.AuthInfos, fmt.Sprintf(\"%s-basic-auth\", b.Context))\n\tdelete(config.Contexts, b.Context)\n\n\tif config.CurrentContext == b.Context {\n\t\tconfig.CurrentContext = \"\"\n\t}\n\n\tif err := clientcmd.ModifyConfig(configAccess, *config, false); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error writing kubeconfig: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Deleted kubectl config for %s\\n\", b.Context)\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// Write out a new kubeconfig\nfunc (b *KubeconfigBuilder) WriteKubecfg(configAccess clientcmd.ConfigAccess) error {\n\tconfig, err := configAccess.GetStartingConfig()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error reading kubeconfig: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tif config == nil {\n\t\tconfig = &clientcmdapi.Config{}\n\t}\n\n\t{","sourceCodeStart":56,"sourceCodeEnd":92,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go#L56-L92","documentation":"Persisting the modified kubeconfig after removing the context failed at the clientcmd layer; typically file permissions or a read-only KUBECONFIG path after the in-memory edits succeeded.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go:74 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check write permission on the kubeconfig file and its directory","Ensure KUBECONFIG does not point to a read-only location","Retry after fixing permissions"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T07:17:12.445Z"}