{"record":{"id":"ad6d73fd440a947d","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-loading-kubeconfig-for-q","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error loading kubeconfig for %q","messagePattern":"error loading kubeconfig for %q","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kops/util/factory.go","lineNumber":124,"sourceCode":"\t\t// In practice nobody is going to hit this accidentally, so I don't think we need a feature flag.\n\t\tif strings.HasPrefix(registryPath, \"k8s://\") {\n\t\t\tloadingRules := clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules()\n\n\t\t\tconfigOverrides := &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}\n\n\t\t\tif registryPath == \"k8s://\" {\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\tu, err := url.Parse(registryPath)\n\t\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"invalid kops server url: %q\", registryPath)\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tconfigOverrides.CurrentContext = u.Host\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tkubeConfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loadingRules, configOverrides)\n\t\t\tconfig, err := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error loading kubeconfig for %q\", registryPath)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tkopsClient, err := kopsclient.NewForConfig(config)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error building kops API client: %v\", err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tf.clientset = api.NewRESTClientset(\n\t\t\t\tf.VFSContext(),\n\t\t\t\t&url.URL{\n\t\t\t\t\tScheme: \"k8s\",\n\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\tkopsClient.Kops(),\n\t\t\t)\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\tbasePath, err := f.VFSContext().BuildVfsPath(registryPath)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error building path for %q: %v\", registryPath, err)","sourceCodeStart":106,"sourceCodeEnd":142,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/cmd/kops/util/factory.go#L106-L142","documentation":"Wraps a failure of kubeConfig.ClientConfig in Factory.KopsClient for a k8s:// state store: a kubeconfig for the referenced context could not be loaded. The kOps state is stored in a Kubernetes API server whose connection settings are unavailable.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kops/util/factory.go:124 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Create the matching context in kubeconfig","Set KUBECONFIG to the correct file","Verify the context name matches the k8s:// host"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"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"}