{"record":{"id":"edcc8732b8941016","repo":"ory/kratos","slug":"unable-to-open-or-create-message-file-at-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unable to open or create message file at %s","messagePattern":"unable to open or create message file at (.+?)","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/clidoc/main.go","lineNumber":420,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\tsort.Slice(usedIDs, func(i, j int) bool {\n\t\treturn usedIDs[i].ID < usedIDs[j].ID\n\t})\n\tfor i := 1; i < len(usedIDs); i++ {\n\t\tif usedIDs[i].ID == usedIDs[i-1].ID {\n\t\t\treturn errors.Errorf(\"message ID %s is used more than once: %s %s\", usedIDs[i].ID, usedIDs[i].Name, usedIDs[i-1].Name)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\treturn nil\n}\n\nfunc generateElements(messageFilePath string) error {\n\t// If the file at messageFilePath does not exist, create it\n\tf, err := os.OpenFile(messageFilePath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644) // #nosec\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"unable to open or create message file at %s\", messageFilePath)\n\t}\n\tif err := f.Close(); err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"unable to close message file at %s\", messageFilePath)\n\t}\n\n\tsortedMessages := sortMessages()\n\tif err := writeMessagesJson(messageFilePath, sortedMessages); err != nil {\n\t\treturn errors.Wrapf(err, \"unable to write messages json to %s\", messageFilePath)\n\t}\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":402,"sourceCodeEnd":432,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ory/kratos/blob/b86338da04a040247a07f46100a86dcfb3875909/cmd/clidoc/main.go#L402-L432","documentation":"generateElements could not open (or create) the message file at the given path with append/create/write-only mode. The wrapped os.OpenFile error indicates a filesystem-level problem: the path may not exist and be uncreatable, permissions may be insufficient, or the parent directory is missing.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/clidoc/main.go:420 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Check that the parent directory of the message file path exists","Fix permissions so the running user can create/append to the file (0o644 target)","Pass a writable, absolute path to the generator"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"b86338da04a040247a07f46100a86dcfb3875909","analyzedAt":"2026-09-07T15:58:15.934Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-07T15:58:15.934Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-16T09:17:16.951Z"}