{"record":{"id":"b73a92ed0ac4e489","repo":"cilium/cilium","slug":"failed-to-submit-spire-entries-task-for-q-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to submit SPIRE entries task for %q: %w","messagePattern":"failed to submit SPIRE entries task for %q: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cilium-cli/sysdump/sysdump.go","lineNumber":2701,"sourceCode":"\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to pick exec target: %w\", err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tdefer func() {\n\t\t\t\terr := cleanupFunc(ctx)\n\t\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\t\tc.logWarn(\"Failed to clean up exec target: %v\", err)\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}()\n\n\t\t\tcommand := []string{\"/opt/spire/bin/spire-server\", \"entry\", \"show\", \"-output\", \"json\"}\n\t\t\tif err := c.WithFileSink(fmt.Sprintf(ciliumSPIREServerEntriesFileName, p.Name), func(out io.Writer) error {\n\t\t\t\treturn c.Client.ExecInPodWithWriters(ctx, nil, p.Namespace, p.Name, containerName, command, out, k8s.StderrAsError)\n\t\t\t}); err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to collect 'spire-server' output for %q in namespace %q: %w\", p.Name, p.Namespace, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\treturn nil\n\t\t}); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to submit SPIRE entries task for %q: %w\", p.Name, err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc extractGopsPID(output string) (string, error) {\n\tfor entry := range strings.SplitSeq(output, \"\\n\") {\n\t\tmatch := gopsRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(entry)\n\t\tif len(match) > 0 {\n\t\t\tresult := make(map[string]string)\n\t\t\tfor i, name := range gopsRegexp.SubexpNames() {\n\t\t\t\tif i != 0 && name != \"\" {\n\t\t\t\t\tresult[name] = match[i]\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn result[\"pid\"], nil\n\t\t}\n\t}","sourceCodeStart":2683,"sourceCodeEnd":2719,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/cilium/cilium/blob/ac7b90affa4baf0642e6685319d56907b3a73a6d/cilium-cli/sysdump/sysdump.go#L2683-L2719","documentation":"This error wraps a failure returned while scheduling a worker-pool task in cilium-cli's sysdump collector that collects SPIRE server 'entries' output for a given pod. It is thrown by SubmitSpireEntriesSubtask when the submitted task function (which runs 'spire-server entry list'-style collection via WithFileSink and pod exec) returns an error. The %q is the pod name; the wrapped %w error is the underlying collection failure.","triggerScenarios":"Collector.SubmitSpireEntriesSubtask iterates SPIRE server pods and calls c.Pool.Submit for each; the inner task errors (e.g. ExecInPodWithWriters on the spire-server container fails) and the returned error is wrapped with the pod name.","commonSituations":"SPIRE server pod is terminating/restarting during sysdump; container name mismatch; exec denied by PodSecurity or missing tty support; cluster connectivity dropped mid-collection.","solutions":["Inspect the wrapped cause (%w) to find the real failure (exec error, sink write error) and fix that first","Verify the SPIRE server pod is Running and its container name matches what the sysdump expects","Re-run 'cilium-cli sysdump' with retries or after the cluster stabilizes","Ensure kubectl-style exec is permitted in the namespace (admission policies, RBAC pods/exec)"],"exampleFix":"// before: collection task fails inside submit\nreturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to submit SPIRE entries task for %q: %w\", p.Name, err)\n// after: guard pod readiness before submitting\nif p.Status.Phase != corev1.PodRunning || p.DeletionTimestamp != nil {\n    log.Printf(\"skipping SPIRE entries for non-running pod %s\", p.Name)\n    continue\n}\nif err := c.Pool.Submit(...); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"failed to submit SPIRE entries task for %q: %w\", p.Name, err)\n}","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":"for _, p := range spirePods {\n    if p.Status.Phase != corev1.PodRunning || p.DeletionTimestamp != nil {\n        fmt.Printf(\"skipping SPIRE pod %s (phase=%s)\\n\", p.Name, p.Status.Phase)\n    }\n}","typeGuard":"func spireServerReady(p *corev1.Pod) bool {\n    return p != nil && p.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning && p.DeletionTimestamp == nil\n}","tryCatchPattern":"if err := collector.SubmitSpireEntriesSubtask(ctx, pods); err != nil {\n    var wrapped interface{ Unwrap() error }\n    if errors.As(err, &target) { log.Printf(\"root cause: %v\", target) }\n    // non-fatal: continue collecting the rest of the sysdump\n}","preventionTips":["Check pod readiness before submitting collection tasks","Keep SPIRE pods stable (avoid rolling updates during sysdump)","Grant pods/exec RBAC to the cilium-cli identity","Read the wrapped cause with errors.As/Unwrap before guessing"],"tags":["cilium-cli","sysdump","spire","pod-exec"],"backgroundTag":"pod-exec-failure","analyzedSha":"ac7b90affa4baf0642e6685319d56907b3a73a6d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-31T18:27:15.868Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-31T19:17:28.585Z"}