docker/cli · error

invalid publish mode value (%s): must be either '%s' or '%s'

Error message

invalid publish mode value (%s): must be either '%s' or '%s'

What it means

Error "invalid publish mode value (%s): must be either '%s' or '%s'" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at opts/swarmopts/port.go:71

			// TODO(thaJeztah): these options should not be case-insensitive.
			key, val, ok := strings.Cut(strings.ToLower(field), "=")
			if !ok || key == "" {
				return fmt.Errorf("invalid field: %s", field)
			}
			switch key {
			case portOptProtocol:
				switch proto := network.IPProtocol(val); proto {
				case network.TCP, network.UDP, network.SCTP:
					pConfig.Protocol = proto
				default:
					return fmt.Errorf("invalid protocol value '%s'", val)
				}
			case portOptMode:
				switch swarm.PortConfigPublishMode(val) {
				case swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress, swarm.PortConfigPublishModeHost:
					pConfig.PublishMode = swarm.PortConfigPublishMode(val)
				default:
					return fmt.Errorf("invalid publish mode value (%s): must be either '%s' or '%s'", val, swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress, swarm.PortConfigPublishModeHost)
				}
			case portOptTargetPort:
				tPort, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, 10, 16)
				if err != nil {
					var numErr *strconv.NumError
					if errors.As(err, &numErr) {
						err = numErr.Err
					}
					return fmt.Errorf("invalid target port (%s): value must be an integer: %w", val, err)
				}

				pConfig.TargetPort = uint32(tPort)
			case portOptPublishedPort:
				pPort, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, 10, 16)
				if err != nil {
					var numErr *strconv.NumError
					if errors.As(err, &numErr) {
						err = numErr.Err

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at opts/swarmopts/port.go:71 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/cad287813df756b0.json. Report an issue: GitHub.