docker/cli · error

failed to parse repo name from %s: %w

Error message

failed to parse repo name from %s: %w

What it means

Error "failed to parse repo name from %s: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at internal/registryclient/client.go:125

		return "", err
	}

	_, opts, err := getManifestOptionsFromReference(ref)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	dgst, err := manifestService.Put(ctx, manifest, opts...)
	if err != nil {
		return dgst, fmt.Errorf("failed to put manifest %s: %w", ref, err)
	}
	return dgst, nil
}

func (c *client) getRepositoryForReference(ctx context.Context, ref reference.Named, repoEndpoint repositoryEndpoint) (distribution.Repository, error) {
	repoName, err := reference.WithName(repoEndpoint.repoName)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse repo name from %s: %w", ref, err)
	}
	httpTransport, err := c.getHTTPTransportForRepoEndpoint(ctx, repoEndpoint)
	if err != nil {
		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client") {
			return nil, err
		}
		if !repoEndpoint.endpoint.TLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify {
			return nil, httpProtoError{cause: err}
		}
		// --insecure was set; fall back to plain HTTP
		if url := repoEndpoint.endpoint.URL; url != nil && url.Scheme == "https" {
			url.Scheme = "http"
			httpTransport, err = c.getHTTPTransportForRepoEndpoint(ctx, repoEndpoint)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
		}
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/registryclient/client.go:125 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/cba3272b5b4b6b98.json. Report an issue: GitHub.