docker/cli · error

failed to remove TLS data for endpoint %s: %w

Error message

failed to remove TLS data for endpoint %s: %w

What it means

Error "failed to remove TLS data for endpoint %s: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/context/store/tlsstore.go:58

		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return nil, notFound(fmt.Errorf("TLS data for %s/%s/%s does not exist", name, endpointName, filename))
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read TLS data for endpoint %s: %w", endpointName, err)
	}
	return data, nil
}

// remove deletes all TLS data for the given context.
func (s *tlsStore) remove(name string) error {
	if err := os.RemoveAll(s.contextDir(name)); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove TLS data: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func (s *tlsStore) removeEndpoint(name, endpointName string) error {
	if err := os.RemoveAll(s.endpointDir(name, endpointName)); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove TLS data for endpoint %s: %w", endpointName, err)
	}
	return nil
}

func (s *tlsStore) listContextData(name string) (map[string]EndpointFiles, error) {
	contextDir := s.contextDir(name)
	epFSs, err := os.ReadDir(contextDir)
	if err != nil {
		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return map[string]EndpointFiles{}, nil
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list TLS files for context %s: %w", name, err)
	}
	r := make(map[string]EndpointFiles)
	for _, epFS := range epFSs {
		if epFS.IsDir() {
			fss, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(contextDir, epFS.Name()))
			if os.IsNotExist(err) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/context/store/tlsstore.go:58 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/8906de60c81e018a.json. Report an issue: GitHub.