docker/cli · error

context not found: %w

Error message

context not found: %w

What it means

Error "context not found: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/context/store/metadatastore.go:76

		return nil, err
	}
	return reflect.ValueOf(typed).Elem().Interface(), nil
}

func (s *metadataStore) get(name string) (Metadata, error) {
	m, err := s.getByID(contextdirOf(name))
	if err != nil {
		return m, fmt.Errorf("context %q: %w", name, err)
	}
	return m, nil
}

func (s *metadataStore) getByID(id contextdir) (Metadata, error) {
	fileName := filepath.Join(s.contextDir(id), metaFile)
	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(fileName)
	if err != nil {
		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
			return Metadata{}, notFound(fmt.Errorf("context not found: %w", err))
		}
		return Metadata{}, err
	}
	var untyped untypedContextMetadata
	r := Metadata{
		Endpoints: make(map[string]any),
	}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, &untyped); err != nil {
		return Metadata{}, fmt.Errorf("parsing %s: %v", fileName, err)
	}
	r.Name = untyped.Name
	if r.Metadata, err = parseTypedOrMap(untyped.Metadata, s.config.contextType); err != nil {
		return Metadata{}, fmt.Errorf("parsing %s: %v", fileName, err)
	}
	for k, v := range untyped.Endpoints {
		if r.Endpoints[k], err = parseTypedOrMap(v, s.config.endpointTypes[k]); err != nil {
			return Metadata{}, fmt.Errorf("parsing %s: %v", fileName, err)
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/context/store/metadatastore.go:76 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of docker/cli@e9452d6e78 (2026-08-01). Data as JSON: /data/errors/6458d890cdf01c9e.json. Report an issue: GitHub.