{"id":"2820d7e68ca0f936","repo":"docker/cli","slug":"error-reading-from-stdin-w-2820d7","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error reading from STDIN: %w","messagePattern":"error reading from STDIN: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cli/command/secret/create.go","lineNumber":131,"sourceCode":"}\n\n// maxSecretSize is the maximum byte length of the [swarm.SecretSpec.Data] field,\n// as defined by [MaxSecretSize] in SwarmKit.\n//\n// [MaxSecretSize]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/moby/swarmkit/v2@v2.0.0-20250103191802-8c1959736554/api/validation#MaxSecretSize\nconst maxSecretSize = 500 * 1024 // 500KB\n\n// readSecretData reads the secret from either stdin or the given fileName.\n//\n// It reads up to twice the maximum size of the secret ([maxSecretSize]),\n// just in case swarm's limit changes; this is only a safeguard to prevent\n// reading arbitrary files into memory.\nfunc readSecretData(in io.Reader, fileName string) ([]byte, error) {\n\tswitch fileName {\n\tcase \"-\":\n\t\tdata, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(in, 2*maxSecretSize))\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error reading from STDIN: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tif len(data) == 0 {\n\t\t\treturn nil, errors.New(\"error reading from STDIN: data is empty\")\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn data, nil\n\tcase \"\":\n\t\treturn nil, errors.New(\"secret file is required\")\n\tdefault:\n\t\t// Open file with [FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN] on Windows, which\n\t\t// prevents Windows from aggressively caching it. We expect this\n\t\t// file to be only read once. Given that this is expected to be\n\t\t// a small file, this may not be a significant optimization, so\n\t\t// we could choose to omit this, and use a regular [os.Open].\n\t\t//\n\t\t// [FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilea#FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN\n\t\tf, err := sequential.Open(fileName)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error reading from %s: %w\", fileName, err)","sourceCodeStart":113,"sourceCodeEnd":149,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/e9452d6e785f6e365712b9d71bd7517591773c86/cli/command/secret/create.go#L113-L149","documentation":"Error \"error reading from STDIN: %w\" thrown in docker/cli.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at cli/command/secret/create.go:131 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"analyzedSha":"e9452d6e785f6e365712b9d71bd7517591773c86","analyzedAt":"2026-08-01T07:09:22.474Z","schemaVersion":2}