{"record":{"id":"f5e996051e8873db","repo":"ahmetb/kubectx","slug":"no-contexts-found-in-the-kubeconfig-file","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"no contexts found in the kubeconfig file","messagePattern":"no contexts found in the kubeconfig file","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/kubectx/fzf.go","lineNumber":56,"sourceCode":"\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\t// parse kubeconfig just to see if it can be loaded\n\tkc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)\n\tdefer kc.Close()\n\tif err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {\n\t\tif cmdutil.IsNotFoundErr(err) {\n\t\t\tprinter.Warning(stderr, \"kubeconfig file not found\")\n\t\t\treturn nil\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"kubeconfig error: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tctxNames, err := kc.ContextNames()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"failed to get context names: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\tif len(ctxNames) == 0 {\n\t\treturn errors.New(\"no contexts found in the kubeconfig file\")\n\t}\n\n\tvar in bytes.Buffer\n\tif err := formatContextList(kc, &in); err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\tcmd := exec.Command(\"fzf\", \"--ansi\", \"--no-preview\")\n\tvar out bytes.Buffer\n\tcmd.Stdin = &in\n\tcmd.Stderr = stderr\n\tcmd.Stdout = &out\n\n\tcmd.Env = append(os.Environ(),\n\t\tfmt.Sprintf(\"%s=1\", env.EnvForceColor))\n\tif err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {\n\t\tvar exitErr *exec.ExitError\n\t\tif !errors.As(err, &exitErr) {","sourceCodeStart":38,"sourceCodeEnd":74,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/blob/12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7/cmd/kubectx/fzf.go#L38-L74","documentation":"Guard error in InteractiveSwitchOp.Run: kc.ContextNames() returned an empty list, meaning the kubeconfig parsed fine but defines zero contexts. The interactive fzf picker has nothing to display, so it aborts instead of launching fzf with an empty menu.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cmd/kubectx/fzf.go:56 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Add clusters/contexts to the kubeconfig (e.g. copy from cluster admin or `kubectl config set-context`)","Check KUBECONFIG points at the right file(s)"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"12ad6fb22e8c546ee2b54e7de38aa51c906832f7","analyzedAt":"2026-09-02T12:23:10.107Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-09T16:17:10.729Z"}