crowdsecurity/crowdsec · error

serializing console context: %s

Error message

serializing console context: %s

What it means

At the end of LoadConsoleContext the assembled context map is JSON-marshaled as a sanity check; if marshaling fails the context data is not serializable (invalid types/keys), signaling corrupted context content.

Source

Thrown at pkg/alertcontext/config.go:136

		if _, err := os.Stat(c.Crowdsec.ConsoleContextPath); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("while checking console_context_path: %w", err)
		}
	} else {
		c.Crowdsec.ConsoleContextPath = filepath.Join(c.ConfigPaths.ConfigDir, "console", "context.yaml")
		ignoreMissing = true
	}

	if err := addContextFromFile(c.Crowdsec.ContextToSend, c.Crowdsec.ConsoleContextPath); err != nil {
		if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
			return err
		} else if !ignoreMissing {
			log.Warningf("while merging context from %s: %s", c.Crowdsec.ConsoleContextPath, err)
		}
	}

	feedback, err := json.Marshal(c.Crowdsec.ContextToSend)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("serializing console context: %s", err)
	}

	log.Debugf("console context to send: %s", feedback)

	return nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 909b515798)

Solutions

1. Inspect the context items and console context file for unusual data types
2. Fix malformed context values (must be string lists)
3. Report a bug if context content looks normal

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/alertcontext/config.go:136 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of crowdsecurity/crowdsec@909b515798 (2026-09-06). Data as JSON: /api/errors/397a77ded083983b. Report an issue: GitHub.