docker/cli · error

%s: parsing %q: %w

Error message

%s: parsing %q: %w

What it means

Error "%s: parsing %q: %w" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cli/command/context/options.go:74

			description: "Path to TLS key file",
		},
		{
			name:        keySkipTLSVerify,
			description: "Skip TLS certificate validation",
		},
	}
)

func parseBool(config map[string]string, name string) (bool, error) {
	strVal, ok := config[name]
	if !ok {
		return false, nil
	}
	res, err := strconv.ParseBool(strVal)
	if err != nil {
		var nErr *strconv.NumError
		if errors.As(err, &nErr) {
			return res, fmt.Errorf("%s: parsing %q: %w", name, nErr.Num, nErr.Err)
		}
		return res, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", name, err)
	}
	return res, nil
}

func validateConfig(config map[string]string, allowedKeys map[string]struct{}) error {
	var errs []error
	for k := range config {
		if _, ok := allowedKeys[k]; !ok {
			errs = append(errs, errors.New("unrecognized config key: "+k))
		}
	}
	return errors.Join(errs...)
}

func getDockerEndpoint(contextStore store.Reader, config map[string]string) (docker.Endpoint, error) {
	if err := validateConfig(config, allowedDockerConfigKeys); err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/command/context/options.go:74 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/0085e0d53477276f.json. Report an issue: GitHub.