{"record":{"id":"74af2cf1ebe1b603","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-save-kubeconfig-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to save kubeconfig: %w","messagePattern":"failed to save kubeconfig: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/switch.go","lineNumber":79,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tprev, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\texists, err := kc.ContextExists(name)\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: \\\"%s\\\"\", name)\n\t}\n\tif err := kc.ModifyCurrentContext(name); err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", err\n\t}\n\tif err := kc.Save(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to save kubeconfig: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tif prev != name {\n\t\tif err := writeLastContext(prevCtxFile, prev); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to save previous context name: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn name, nil\n}\n\n// swapContext switches to previously switch context.\nfunc swapContext() (string, error) {\n\tprevCtxFile, err := kubectxPrevCtxFile()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"failed to determine state file: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tprev, err := readLastContext(prevCtxFile)\n\tif err != nil {","sourceCodeStart":61,"sourceCodeEnd":97,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/switch.go#L61-L97","documentation":"kc.Save() failed to write the modified kubeconfig (with the new current-context) back to disk. The in-memory switch succeeded; persistence failed due to filesystem issues: permissions, read-only file/mount, or a Reset/truncate error on one of the files.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/switch.go:79 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check write permissions and ownership of every KUBECONFIG file (~/.kube/config)","Ensure no read-only mount or immutable attribute blocks writes","Free disk space if the filesystem is full"],"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"}