{"record":{"id":"a7022e97b74f9aa5","repo":"grafana/k6","slug":"failed-to-parse-the-http-proxy-url-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to parse the http proxy URL: %w","messagePattern":"failed to parse the http proxy URL: %w","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/output/influxdb/util.go","lineNumber":34,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn client.NewUDPClient(client.UDPConfig{\n\t\t\tAddr:        after,\n\t\t\tPayloadSize: int(conf.PayloadSize.Int64),\n\t\t})\n\t}\n\tif conf.Addr.String == \"\" {\n\t\tconf.Addr = null.StringFrom(\"http://localhost:8086\")\n\t}\n\tclientHTTPConfig := client.HTTPConfig{\n\t\tAddr:               conf.Addr.String,\n\t\tUsername:           conf.Username.String,\n\t\tPassword:           conf.Password.String,\n\t\tUserAgent:          \"k6\",\n\t\tInsecureSkipVerify: conf.Insecure.Bool,\n\t}\n\tif conf.Proxy.Valid {\n\t\tparsedProxyURL, err := url.Parse(conf.Proxy.String)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to parse the http proxy URL: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tclientHTTPConfig.Proxy = http.ProxyURL(parsedProxyURL)\n\t}\n\treturn client.NewHTTPClient(clientHTTPConfig)\n}\n\n// MakeBatchConfig returns a new InfluxDB BatchPointsConfig based on the given\nfunc MakeBatchConfig(conf Config) client.BatchPointsConfig {\n\tif !conf.DB.Valid || conf.DB.String == \"\" {\n\t\tconf.DB = null.StringFrom(\"k6\")\n\t}\n\treturn client.BatchPointsConfig{\n\t\tPrecision:        conf.Precision.String,\n\t\tDatabase:         conf.DB.String,\n\t\tRetentionPolicy:  conf.Retention.String,\n\t\tWriteConsistency: conf.Consistency.String,\n\t}\n}","sourceCodeStart":16,"sourceCodeEnd":52,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/grafana/k6/blob/01ffac6f245854c1b8adc6a69857c76a15f90022/internal/output/influxdb/util.go#L16-L52","documentation":"MakeClient for the InfluxDB output wraps the URL parse error when the K6_INFLUXDB_PROXY option is set but its value is not a valid URL (url.Parse failed). It indicates malformed proxy configuration, not a problem with the InfluxDB server address itself.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/output/influxdb/util.go:34 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Correct the proxy URL to a valid form such as http://proxyhost:3128","Remove K6_INFLUXDB_PROXY if no proxy is needed"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"01ffac6f245854c1b8adc6a69857c76a15f90022","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T03:05:52.393Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}