{"record":{"id":"e240b5b96ca9e4a0","repo":"grafana/k6","slug":"could-not-create-the-s-output-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"could not create the '%s' output: %w","messagePattern":"could not create the '(.+?)' output: %w","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/cmd/outputs.go","lineNumber":171,"sourceCode":"\t\t}\n\n\t\t// An output is an extension by membership in the output registry, not by\n\t\t// its name, so built-in outputs stay out of the \"extensions\" bucket that\n\t\t// the usage report filters against the catalog.\n\t\tif e, isExt := ext.Get(ext.OutputExtension)[outputType]; isExt {\n\t\t\tif err := test.preInitState.Usage.Values(\"extensions\", e); err != nil {\n\t\t\t\tgs.Logger.WithError(err).Warnf(\"Couldn't report usage for output extension %q\", outputType)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tparams := baseParams\n\t\tparams.OutputType = outputType\n\t\tparams.ConfigArgument = outputArg\n\t\tparams.JSONConfig = test.derivedConfig.Collectors[outputType]\n\n\t\tout, err := outputConstructor(params)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"could not create the '%s' output: %w\", outputType, err)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif thresholdOut, ok := out.(output.WithThresholds); ok {\n\t\t\tthresholdOut.SetThresholds(test.derivedConfig.Thresholds)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tif builtinMetricOut, ok := out.(output.WithBuiltinMetrics); ok {\n\t\t\tbuiltinMetricOut.SetBuiltinMetrics(test.preInitState.BuiltinMetrics)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t// If the output is configured to support the archive, and supports it, we proceed\n\t\t// with building an archive and setting it on the output instance.\n\t\tif !test.derivedConfig.NoArchiveUpload.Bool {\n\t\t\tif archiveOut, ok := out.(output.WithArchive); ok {\n\t\t\t\tarchiveOut.SetArchive(test.makeArchive())\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n","sourceCodeStart":153,"sourceCodeEnd":189,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/grafana/k6/blob/93accf6570dcd306ca5e99cc44c393ee3797761b/internal/cmd/outputs.go#L153-L189","documentation":"Error \"could not create the '%s' output: %w\" thrown in grafana/k6.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at internal/cmd/outputs.go:171 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"93accf6570dcd306ca5e99cc44c393ee3797761b","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T21:23:27.118Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}