docker/cli · error

could not remove signature for %s: %w

Error message

could not remove signature for %s: %w

What it means

Error "could not remove signature for %s: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go:66

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if !deleteRemote {
			return cancelledErr{errors.New("trust revoke has been cancelled")}
		}
	}

	notaryRepo, err := newNotaryClient(dockerCLI, imgRefAndAuth, trust.ActionsPushAndPull)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err = clearChangeList(notaryRepo); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer clearChangeList(notaryRepo)
	if err := revokeSignature(notaryRepo, tag); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("could not remove signature for %s: %w", remote, err)
	}
	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(dockerCLI.Out(), "Successfully deleted signature for %s\n", remote)
	return nil
}

type cancelledErr struct{ error }

func (cancelledErr) Cancelled() {}

func revokeSignature(notaryRepo client.Repository, tag string) error {
	if tag != "" {
		// Revoke signature for the specified tag
		if err := revokeSingleSig(notaryRepo, tag); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	} else {
		// revoke all signatures for the image, as no tag was given
		if err := revokeAllSigs(notaryRepo); err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go:66 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/46109f281af71cd7.json. Report an issue: GitHub.