{"record":{"id":"a089489e0b171843","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"failed-to-save-modified-kubeconfig-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to save modified kubeconfig: %w","messagePattern":"failed to save modified kubeconfig: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/rename.go","lineNumber":91,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to check context: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif newExists {\n\t\tprinter.Warning(stderr, \"context \\\"%s\\\" exists, overwriting it.\", op.New)\n\t\tif err := kc.DeleteContextEntry(op.New); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to delete new context to overwrite it: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\tif err := kc.ModifyContextName(op.Old, op.New); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to change context name: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif op.Old == cur {\n\t\tif err := kc.ModifyCurrentContext(op.New); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to set current-context to new name: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\tif err := kc.Save(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to save modified kubeconfig: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\t_ = printer.Success(stderr, \"Context %s renamed to %s.\",\n\t\tprinter.SuccessColor.Sprint(op.Old),\n\t\tprinter.SuccessColor.Sprint(op.New))\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":73,"sourceCodeEnd":98,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/rename.go#L73-L98","documentation":"kc.Save() failed to persist the modified kubeconfig back to disk after the rename was applied in memory. Fires on filesystem errors: permission denied on the kubeconfig file(s), read-only mounts, or a Reset/encode failure in the save loop over multiple KUBECONFIG files.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/rename.go:91 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check write permissions on every file in KUBECONFIG (chmod/ownership of ~/.kube/config)","Ensure the directory is not read-only (e.g. macOS System Integrity protection, container mounts)","Verify disk space is available"],"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"}