{"record":{"id":"8525fdcffa9455de","repo":"hashicorp/packer","slug":"failed-to-update-channel-s-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to update channel %s: %w","messagePattern":"failed to update channel (.+?): %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/hcp/registry/types.bucket.go","lineNumber":332,"sourceCode":"\treturn bucket.client.UploadSbom(ctx, bucket.Name, bucket.Version.Fingerprint, buildToUpdate.ID, sbom)\n}\n\nfunc (bucket *Bucket) updateChannels(ctx context.Context, ui packerSDK.Ui) error {\n\tif len(bucket.Channels) == 0 {\n\t\treturn nil\n\t}\n\n\tbody := &hcpPackerModels.HashicorpCloudPacker20230101UpdateChannelBody{\n\t\tVersionFingerprint: bucket.Version.Fingerprint,\n\t\tUpdateMask:         \"versionFingerprint\",\n\t}\n\n\tfor _, channel := range bucket.Channels {\n\t\tui.Say(fmt.Sprintf(\"==> Assigning version `%s` to channel `%s`\", bucket.Version.Fingerprint, channel))\n\t\t_, err := bucket.client.UpdateChannel(ctx, bucket.Name, channel, body)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\tui.Error(fmt.Sprintf(\"==> Failed assigning version `%s` to channel `%s`: %v\", bucket.Version.Fingerprint, channel, err))\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to update channel %s: %w\", channel, err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// markBuildComplete should be called to set a build on the HCP Packer registry to DONE.\n// Upon a successful call markBuildComplete will publish all artifacts created by the named build,\n// and set the build to done. A build with no artifacts can not be set to DONE.\nfunc (bucket *Bucket) markBuildComplete(ctx context.Context, name string) error {\n\tbuildToUpdate, err := bucket.Version.Build(name)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\tif buildToUpdate.ID == \"\" {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"the build for the component %q does not have a valid id\", name)\n\t}","sourceCodeStart":314,"sourceCodeEnd":350,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/eb36e3c3e48a036f3e8cc94087636ee72e1303c9/internal/hcp/registry/types.bucket.go#L314-L350","documentation":"HCP registry error from Bucket.updateChannels: assigning the build's version fingerprint to one of the configured channel names failed via the HCP UpdateChannel API. Commonly caused by a channel that doesn't exist yet or an auth/permission problem.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/hcp/registry/types.bucket.go:332 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Create the channel on the bucket in HCP Packer before assigning versions to it","Check registry credentials and retry for transient API errors"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"eb36e3c3e48a036f3e8cc94087636ee72e1303c9","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T13:20:43.127Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T13:20:43.127Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}