docker/cli · error

failed to remove metadata: %w

Error message

failed to remove metadata: %w

What it means

Error "failed to remove metadata: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/context/store/metadatastore.go:101

	}
	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)
		}
	}
	return r, err
}

func (s *metadataStore) remove(name string) error {
	if err := os.RemoveAll(s.contextDir(contextdirOf(name))); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove metadata: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func (s *metadataStore) list() ([]Metadata, error) {
	ctxDirs, err := listRecursivelyMetadataDirs(s.root)
	if err != nil {
		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
			return nil, nil
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	res := make([]Metadata, 0, len(ctxDirs))
	for _, dir := range ctxDirs {
		c, err := s.getByID(contextdir(dir))
		if err != nil {
			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
				continue

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/context/store/metadatastore.go:101 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/edbccb60ceacd0d3.json. Report an issue: GitHub.