{"record":{"id":"9229940cb1ac69d9","repo":"hashicorp/vagrant","slug":"the-requested-communicator-comm-could-not-be","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The requested communicator '%{comm}' could not be found.\nPlease verify the name is correct and try again.","messagePattern":"The requested communicator '%(.+?)' could not be found\\.\nPlease verify the name is correct and try again\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Vagrant::Errors::CommunicatorNotFound","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/vagrant/machine.rb","lineNumber":266,"sourceCode":"    # machine. Note that the _exact_ semantics of this are up to the\n    # communication provider itself. Despite this, the semantics are expected\n    # to be consistent across operating systems. For example, all linux-based\n    # systems should have similar communication (usually a shell). All\n    # Windows systems should have similar communication as well. Therefore,\n    # prior to communicating with the machine, users of this method are\n    # expected to check the guest OS to determine their behavior.\n    #\n    # This method will _always_ return some valid communication object.\n    # The `ready?` API can be used on the object to check if communication\n    # is actually ready.\n    #\n    # @return [Object]\n    def communicate\n      if !@communicator\n        requested  = @config.vm.communicator\n        requested ||= :ssh\n        klass = Vagrant.plugin(\"2\").manager.communicators[requested]\n        raise Errors::CommunicatorNotFound, comm: requested.to_s if !klass\n        @communicator = klass.new(self)\n      end\n\n      @communicator\n    end\n\n    # Returns a guest implementation for this machine. The guest implementation\n    # knows how to do guest-OS specific tasks, such as configuring networks,\n    # mounting folders, etc.\n    #\n    # @return [Guest]\n    def guest\n      raise Errors::MachineGuestNotReady if !communicate.ready?\n      @guest.detect! if !@guest.ready?\n      @guest\n    end\n\n    # This sets the unique ID associated with this machine. This will","sourceCodeStart":248,"sourceCodeEnd":284,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/blob/35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5/lib/vagrant/machine.rb#L248-L284","documentation":"Error \"The requested communicator '%{comm}' could not be found.\nPlease verify the name is correct and try again.\" thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/vagrant/machine.rb:266 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"35f3160f4ad6edc3a9f3aa9570adfc1a4d73aaa5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T13:34:32.514Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}