derailed/k9s · warning

you must provide a selection

Error message

you must provide a selection

What it means

Returned by `DaemonSet.logOptions` (internal/view/ds.go:~55) when the daemonset table has no selected item. Log retrieval needs a daemonset name to derive pod-template log options; with GetSelectedItem()=="" it fails immediately.

Source

Thrown at internal/view/ds.go:55

}

func (d *DaemonSet) showPods(app *App, _ ui.Tabular, _ *client.GVR, path string) {
	var res dao.DaemonSet
	res.Init(app.factory, d.GVR())

	ds, err := res.GetInstance(path)
	if err != nil {
		d.App().Flash().Err(err)
		return
	}

	showPodsFromSelector(app, path, ds.Spec.Selector)
}

func (d *DaemonSet) logOptions(prev bool) (*dao.LogOptions, error) {
	path := d.GetTable().GetSelectedItem()
	if path == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("you must provide a selection")
	}
	ds, err := d.getInstance(path)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return podLogOptions(d.App(), path, prev, &ds.ObjectMeta, &ds.Spec.Template.Spec), nil
}

func (d *DaemonSet) getInstance(fqn string) (*appsv1.DaemonSet, error) {
	var ds dao.DaemonSet
	ds.Init(d.App().factory, client.DsGVR)

	return ds.GetInstance(fqn)
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 2d3ccc6ba2)

Solutions

1. Highlight a daemonset row first, then press the logs key
2. Remove active filters that exclude all rows
3. Verify daemonsets exist: `kubectl get ds -n <ns>`
4. Fall back to pods view logs if you need logs from one node's pod

if d.GetTable().GetSelectedItem() == "" {
    d.App().Flash().Warnf("You must select a daemonset")
    return nil
}

When it happens

Trigger: Pressing the logs key on the daemonsets view while no row is selected (empty list, filter hiding all rows, or no highlight).

Common situations: Namespace without daemonsets; heavy filters; pressing `l` immediately after entering the view.

Related errors

• nothing selected
• you must provide a selection
• you must provide a selection
• you must provide a selection
• you must provide a selection

AI-assisted analysis of derailed/k9s@2d3ccc6ba2 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3177dc85c4303df8. Report an issue: GitHub.