crowdsecurity/crowdsec · error

while checking console_context_path

Error message

while checking console_context_path: %w

What it means

LoadConsoleContext validates console_context_path with os.Stat when explicitly configured; the configured file cannot be accessed (missing or unreadable), so the console context cannot be loaded and crowdsec startup fails.

Solutions

1. Create the console context file at the configured path
2. Fix the console_context_path in config.yaml
3. Remove the option if no console context file is desired

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/alertcontext/config.go:119 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/2b3506961d8eb90c. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at pkg/alertcontext/config.go:119

// LoadConsoleContext loads the context from the hub (if provided) and the file console_context_path.
func LoadConsoleContext(c *csconfig.Config, hub *cwhub.Hub) error {
	c.Crowdsec.ContextToSend = make(map[string][]string, 0)

	if hub != nil {
		for _, item := range hub.GetInstalledByType(cwhub.CONTEXTS, true) {
			// context in item files goes under the key 'context'
			if err := addContextFromItem(c.Crowdsec.ContextToSend, item); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
	}

	ignoreMissing := false

	if c.Crowdsec.ConsoleContextPath != "" {
		// if it's provided, it must exist
		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)
	}

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