{"record":{"id":"9e78f3f7c774270c","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"unsupported-type-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unsupported type: %s","messagePattern":"unsupported type: (.+?)","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go","lineNumber":198,"sourceCode":"\t\t\treturn reflect.Value{}, err\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn reflect.ValueOf(&valBase), nil\n\tcase \"[]*config.UserSurvey\":\n\t\tus := field.Interface().([]*config.UserSurvey)\n\t\tparentVal, parentIdx := hasUserSurvey(us)\n\t\tchildField := reflect.Indirect(parentVal).FieldByIndex([]int{childIdx})\n\t\tv1, err := parseAsType(childValue, childField, 0, \"\")\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn reflect.Value{}, err\n\t\t}\n\t\tchildField.Set(v1)\n\t\tif parentIdx == -1 {\n\t\t\treturn reflect.Append(field, parentVal), nil\n\t\t}\n\t\tfield.Index(parentIdx).Set(parentVal)\n\t\treturn field, nil\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn reflect.Value{}, fmt.Errorf(\"unsupported type: %s\", fieldType)\n\t}\n}\n\nfunc hasUserSurvey(cs []*config.UserSurvey) (reflect.Value, int) {\n\tfor i, f := range cs {\n\t\tif f.ID == surveyID {\n\t\t\treturn reflect.ValueOf(f), i\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn reflect.ValueOf(&config.UserSurvey{ID: surveyID}), -1\n}\n\nfunc writeConfig(cfg *config.ContextConfig) error {\n\tfullConfig, err := config.ReadConfigFile(configFile)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\tif global {","sourceCodeStart":180,"sourceCodeEnd":216,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go#L180-L216","documentation":"Default-case guard in parseAsType: the reflect type of the config field being set does not match any of the known types (string, int, bool, []*config.UserSurvey, etc.) that the value parser knows how to construct. The field type is unsupported by `skaffold config set`.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/config/set.go:198 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Edit the skaffold config file (~/.skaffold/config) directly for fields with unsupported types","Check whether a newer skaffold release supports the field type","Report the field name and type as an enhancement/bug to skaffold maintainers"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}