{"record":{"id":"a0c09c5eab8f31fb","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-creating-secret-q-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error creating secret %q: %v","messagePattern":"error creating secret %q: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"upup/pkg/fi/fitasks/secret.go","lineNumber":89,"sourceCode":"\t\t\treturn fi.CannotChangeField(\"Name\")\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc (_ *Secret) Render(c *fi.CloudupContext, a, e, changes *Secret) error {\n\tctx := c.Context()\n\n\tname := fi.ValueOf(e.Name)\n\tif name == \"\" {\n\t\treturn fi.RequiredField(\"Name\")\n\t}\n\n\tsecrets := c.T.SecretStore\n\n\tsecret, err := fi.CreateSecret()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating secret %q: %v\", name, err)\n\t}\n\n\t_, _, err = secrets.GetOrCreateSecret(ctx, name, secret)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating secret %q: %v\", name, err)\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":71,"sourceCodeEnd":99,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/upup/pkg/fi/fitasks/secret.go#L71-L99","documentation":"The secret fitask's Render calls fi.CreateSecret() to generate a new random secret material (key+value). If generating that in-memory secret fails, the task wraps and returns the underlying error. This almost never fails in practice; it indicates a crypto/rand read failure in the environment.","triggerScenarios":"fi.CreateSecret() returns a non-nil error during Render of the Secret task (e.g. entropy source failure from crypto/rand).","commonSituations":"Running on a system where the random source is unavailable or blocked (unusual container/virtualized environments lacking entropy); OS-level crypto/rand errors.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped %v error to identify the underlying crypto/rand failure","Ensure the host/container has a working entropy source (/dev/urandom available and readable)","Re-run the kops apply/render after fixing the environment"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"// Go: ensure crypto/rand works in your environment before provisioning\nif _, err := rand.Read(make([]byte, 32)); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"entropy source unavailable: %w\", err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := task.Render(ctx, a, b, c); err != nil {\n    var wrapped *fmt.WrapError // or inspect via errors.Unwrap\n    log.Printf(\"secret creation failed: %v\", err)\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Run provisioning on hosts with a functioning /dev/urandom","Pin to recent base images where getrandom(2) is supported"],"tags":["secrets","crypto","entropy"],"backgroundTag":"random-source-unavailable","analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T07:17:12.445Z"}