{"record":{"id":"869d9a7cba01d989","repo":"hyperledger/fabric","slug":"encoding-of-identity-failed","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"encoding of identity failed","messagePattern":"encoding of identity failed","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"msp/identities.go","lineNumber":213,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\tvalid, err := id.msp.bccsp.Verify(id.pk, sig, digestOrMsg, nil)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.WithMessage(err, \"could not determine the validity of the signature\")\n\t} else if !valid {\n\t\tmspIdentityLogger.Warnf(\"The signature is invalid for (certificate subject=%s issuer=%s serialnumber=%d)\", id.cert.Subject, id.cert.Issuer, id.cert.SerialNumber)\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"The signature is invalid\")\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// Serialize returns a byte array representation of this identity\nfunc (id *identity) Serialize() ([]byte, error) {\n\tpb := &pem.Block{Bytes: id.cert.Raw, Type: \"CERTIFICATE\"}\n\tpemBytes := pem.EncodeToMemory(pb)\n\tif pemBytes == nil {\n\t\treturn nil, errors.New(\"encoding of identity failed\")\n\t}\n\n\t// We serialize identities by prepending the MSPID and appending the ASN.1 DER content of the cert\n\tsId := &msp.SerializedIdentity{Mspid: id.id.Mspid, IdBytes: pemBytes}\n\tidBytes, err := proto.Marshal(sId)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, errors.Wrapf(err, \"could not marshal a SerializedIdentity structure for identity %s\", id.id)\n\t}\n\n\treturn idBytes, nil\n}\n\nfunc (id *identity) getHashOpt(hashFamily string) (bccsp.HashOpts, error) {\n\tswitch hashFamily {\n\tcase bccsp.SHA2:\n\t\treturn bccsp.GetHashOpt(bccsp.SHA256)\n\tcase bccsp.SHA3:\n\t\treturn bccsp.GetHashOpt(bccsp.SHA3_256)","sourceCodeStart":195,"sourceCodeEnd":231,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6/msp/identities.go#L195-L231","documentation":"identity.Serialize: PEM-encoding the identity's raw certificate (pem.EncodeToMemory) failed, so the serialized identity byte form cannot be produced. A guard over the local cert-to-PEM conversion; failure is unexpected for a parsed certificate.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at msp/identities.go:213 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped encoding error for the exact cause","Verify the identity was constructed from a valid parsed certificate","Reconstruct the identity from the original certificate material"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"2736b63f8fd5932511d56fe68b7039d15977f7f6","analyzedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-04T08:52:36.465Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}