{"record":{"id":"addba7e30bb4b689","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"invalid-kops-server-url-q","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"invalid kops server url: %q","messagePattern":"invalid kops server url: %q","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kops/util/factory.go","lineNumber":116,"sourceCode":"\tif f.clientset == nil {\n\t\tregistryPath := f.options.RegistryPath\n\t\tklog.V(2).Infof(\"state store %s\", registryPath)\n\t\tif registryPath == \"\" {\n\t\t\treturn nil, field.Required(field.NewPath(\"State Store\"), STATE_ERROR)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t// We recognize a `k8s` scheme; this might change in future so we won't document it yet\n\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{","sourceCodeStart":98,"sourceCodeEnd":134,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/cmd/kops/util/factory.go#L98-L134","documentation":"Guard in Factory.KopsClient for k8s:// state-store paths: the registry URL after the scheme could not be parsed by url.Parse. Only well-formed k8s://host/path URLs are accepted for the Kubernetes-backed state store.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kops/util/factory.go:116 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Fix the k8s:// URL syntax in --state","Use a standard s3:// or gs:// state path instead","Ensure the URL has a valid host portion"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","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"}