{"record":{"id":"879749074926509e","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-get-current-context-w-879749","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to get current context: %w","messagePattern":"failed to get current context: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go","lineNumber":58,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\t// Verify context exists and get current context for exit message.\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\texists, err := kc.ContextExists(s.target)\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: %q\", s.target)\n\t}\n\tpreviousCtx, err := kc.GetCurrentContext()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get current context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Extract minimal kubeconfig for the target context.\n\tdata, err := extractMinimalKubeconfig(kubectlPath, s.target)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to extract kubeconfig for context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Optionally transform the kubeconfig (e.g. rewrite for readonly proxy).\n\tvar cleanup func()\n\tif s.transformKubeconfig != nil {\n\t\tdata, cleanup, err = s.transformKubeconfig(data)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn err\n\t\t}\n\t\tif cleanup != nil {\n\t\t\tdefer cleanup()\n\t\t}","sourceCodeStart":40,"sourceCodeEnd":76,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go#L40-L76","documentation":"GetCurrentContext failed while reading the current-context field to record the previous context for the exit message. Fires when the kyaml read of the current-context field errors in every file (e.g. field present but not a scalar), not when it is simply unset.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/shell_session.go:58 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check that current-context entries in kubeconfig files are plain string scalars","Fix or remove the malformed current-context field and retry","Use kubectl config current-context to identify which file is problematic"],"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"}