{"record":{"id":"f75cf289f13e6c41","repo":"puppetlabs/puppet","slug":"no-directory-found-for-the-environment-env-name","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"No directory found for the environment '%{env_name}' on the path '%{envpath}'","messagePattern":"No directory found for the environment '%(.+?)' on the path '%(.+?)'","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ArgumentError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/puppet/pal/pal_impl.rb","lineNumber":323,"sourceCode":"\n      env = Puppet::Node::Environment.create(env_name, pre_modulepath + mid_modulepath + post_modulepath)\n      environments = Puppet::Environments::StaticDirectory.new(env_name, env_dir, env) # The env being used is the only one...\n    else\n      assert_non_empty_string(envpath, 'envpath')\n\n      # The environment is resolved against the envpath. This is setup without a basemodulepath\n      # The modulepath defaults to the 'modulepath' in the found env when \"Directories\" is used\n      #\n      if envpath.is_a?(String) && envpath.include?(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)\n        # potentially more than one directory to search\n        env_loaders = Puppet::Environments::Directories.from_path(envpath, [])\n        environments = Puppet::Environments::Combined.new(*env_loaders)\n      else\n        environments = Puppet::Environments::Directories.new(envpath, [])\n      end\n      env = environments.get(env_name)\n      if env.nil?\n        raise ArgumentError, _(\"No directory found for the environment '%{env_name}' on the path '%{envpath}'\") % { env_name: env_name, envpath: envpath }\n      end\n\n      # A given modulepath should override the default\n      mid_modulepath = modulepath.nil? ? env.modulepath : modulepath\n      env_path = env.configuration.path_to_env\n      env = env.override_with(:modulepath => pre_modulepath + mid_modulepath + post_modulepath)\n      # must configure this in case logic looks up the env by name again (otherwise the looked up env does\n      # not have the same effective modulepath).\n      environments = Puppet::Environments::StaticDirectory.new(env_name, env_path, env) # The env being used is the only one...\n    end\n    in_environment_context(environments, env, facts, variables, &block)\n  end\n\n  # Prepares the puppet context with pal information - and delegates to the block\n  # No set up is performed at this step - it is delayed until it is known what the\n  # operation is going to be (for example - using a ScriptCompiler).\n  #\n  def self.in_environment_context(environments, env, facts, variables, &block)","sourceCodeStart":305,"sourceCodeEnd":341,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a/lib/puppet/pal/pal_impl.rb#L305-L341","documentation":"When in_environment is given envpath (one or more parent directories, colon-separated), PAL resolves env_name by searching each directory for a subdirectory of that name. If no environment directory is found on any entry, it raises ArgumentError listing the environment name and the path searched.","triggerScenarios":"in_environment('produktion', envpath: '/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments') where only production/ exists; envpath pointing at the environment directory itself instead of its parent; empty envpath directory.","commonSituations":"Typo'd environment name; wrong envpath level (passing .../environments/production instead of .../environments); case-sensitive filesystem mismatches; environment not deployed to that path.","solutions":["Pre-check that some envpath entry contains the env: envpath.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).any? { |d| File.directory?(File.join(d, env_name)) }","Fix the environment name spelling or casing","Point envpath at the parent directory that actually holds the environment directories (or deploy the environment)"],"exampleFix":"# before\nPuppet::Pal.in_environment('prod', envpath: '/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production')\n\n# after\nPuppet::Pal.in_environment('prod', envpath: '/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments') { |pal| }","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"found = envpath.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR).any? { |d| File.directory?(File.join(d, env_name)) }\nraise ArgumentError, \"environment '#{env_name}' missing on #{envpath}\" unless found","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Point envpath at the parent directory containing environment dirs, never at an env dir itself","In tests, assert the fixture env directory exists before each PAL run"],"tags":["puppet","pal","environment","path-resolution"],"backgroundTag":"environment-not-found","analyzedSha":"e227c27540975c25aa22d533a52424a9d2fc886a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T20:49:46.650Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T23:17:16.201Z"}