docker/cli · error · cancelledErr

trust revoke has been cancelled

Error message

trust revoke has been cancelled

What it means

Error "trust revoke has been cancelled" thrown in docker/cli.

Source

Thrown at cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go:52

	return cmd
}

func revokeTrust(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, remote string, options revokeOptions) error {
	imgRefAndAuth, err := trust.GetImageReferencesAndAuth(ctx, authResolver(dockerCLI), remote)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	tag := imgRefAndAuth.Tag()
	if imgRefAndAuth.Tag() == "" && imgRefAndAuth.Digest() != "" {
		return errors.New("cannot use a digest reference for IMAGE:TAG")
	}
	if imgRefAndAuth.Tag() == "" && !options.forceYes {
		deleteRemote, err := prompt.Confirm(ctx, dockerCLI.In(), dockerCLI.Out(), fmt.Sprintf("Confirm you would like to delete all signature data for %s?", remote))
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if !deleteRemote {
			return cancelledErr{errors.New("trust revoke has been cancelled")}
		}
	}

	notaryRepo, err := newNotaryClient(dockerCLI, imgRefAndAuth, trust.ActionsPushAndPull)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err = clearChangeList(notaryRepo); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer clearChangeList(notaryRepo)
	if err := revokeSignature(notaryRepo, tag); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("could not remove signature for %s: %w", remote, err)
	}
	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(dockerCLI.Out(), "Successfully deleted signature for %s\n", remote)
	return nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go:52 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/ed9802d4577ce23a.json. Report an issue: GitHub.