{"record":{"id":"7ab711e3c3cff445","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"getting-kubeconfig-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"getting kubeconfig: %w","messagePattern":"getting kubeconfig: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/skaffold/deploy/label/labels.go","lineNumber":139,"sourceCode":"\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"patching resource %s/%q: %w\", ns, name, err)\n\t\t}\n\t} else {\n\t\tlog.Entry(ctx).Debug(\"Patching\", name)\n\t\tif _, err := client.Resource(gvr).Patch(ctx, name, types.StrategicMergePatchType, p, metav1.PatchOptions{}); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"patching resource %q: %w\", name, err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc resolveNamespace(ns, kubeContext string) (string, error) {\n\tif ns != \"\" {\n\t\treturn ns, nil\n\t}\n\tcfg, err := kubectx.CurrentConfig()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn \"\", fmt.Errorf(\"getting kubeconfig: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tcurrent, present := cfg.Contexts[kubeContext]\n\tif present && current.Namespace != \"\" {\n\t\treturn current.Namespace, nil\n\t}\n\treturn \"default\", nil\n}\n\nfunc copyMap(dest, from map[string]string) {\n\tfor k, v := range from {\n\t\tdest[k] = v\n\t}\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":121,"sourceCodeEnd":154,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/pkg/skaffold/deploy/label/labels.go#L121-L154","documentation":"resolveNamespace falls back to the kubeconfig context's default namespace when the resource has no explicit namespace. It loads configuration with kubectx.CurrentConfig(), and this error wraps any failure reading/parsing that kubeconfig.","triggerScenarios":"resolveNamespace called with empty ns and CurrentConfig fails: missing kubeconfig file, invalid YAML, or an error in the current-context machinery (e.g. malformed current-context entry).","commonSituations":"CI containers without ~/.kube/config while manifests omit namespaces; hand-edited kubeconfig with broken YAML; stale KUBECONFIG env var pointing to a deleted file.","solutions":["Add an explicit `metadata.namespace` to manifests so the kubeconfig fallback isn't needed","Validate the kubeconfig: `kubectl config view` must succeed without errors","Restore or regenerate the kubeconfig (cloud provider CLI login, k3d/minikube setup, etc.)"],"exampleFix":"// before\nmetadata:\n  name: svc\n// after\nmetadata:\n  name: svc\n  namespace: production","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"if _, err := os.Stat(kubeconfigPath); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig %s missing: %w\", kubeconfigPath, err)\n}\nif _, err := clientcmd.LoadFromFile(kubeconfigPath); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig unparseable: %w\", err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"cfg, err := kubectx.CurrentConfig()\nif err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"cannot read kubeconfig for default namespace: %w\", err)\n}","preventionTips":["Set namespace explicitly in manifests to bypass the kubeconfig lookup","Ensure KUBECONFIG env var points to an existing file in CI","Validate YAML after manual kubeconfig edits","Generate kubeconfig via provider CLIs rather than by hand"],"tags":["kubernetes","kubeconfig","namespace"],"backgroundTag":"invalid-kubeconfig","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"}