{"record":{"id":"82ddeb7a317a8141","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"kubeconfig-error-w-82ddeb","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"kubeconfig error: %w","messagePattern":"kubeconfig error: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/switch.go","lineNumber":61,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to switch context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif err = printer.Success(stderr, \"Switched to context \\\"%s\\\".\", printer.SuccessColor.Sprint(newCtx)); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"print error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// switchContext switches to specified context name.\nfunc switchContext(name string) (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\n\tkc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)\n\tdefer kc.Close()\n\tif err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {\n\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)","sourceCodeStart":43,"sourceCodeEnd":79,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/switch.go#L43-L79","documentation":"Generic kubeconfig parse guard inside switchContext: loading or decoding the kubeconfig files failed before the target context could be checked. Wrapped error indicates whether it was a load failure (unreadable/missing file) or a decode failure (invalid YAML).","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/switch.go:61 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Verify KUBECONFIG paths exist and are readable","Validate YAML of each kubeconfig file","Repair or remove the broken file and retry the switch"],"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"}