floci-io/floci · error · AwsException

InvalidTrailNameException

InvalidTrailNameException

Error message

Trail name is required.

What it means

First branch of validateTrailName: CreateTrail (or anything that validates a new trail name) rejects a null or empty name with InvalidTrailNameException. It is the earliest name check, so an empty name always surfaces as this error rather than the length or character rules.

Solutions

1. Provide a non-empty Name (3-128 chars, letters/digits/._-, starting and ending alphanumeric).
2. Assert required parameters before the call so failures name the field locally.
3. Print the serialized request when debugging template-rendered calls.

Example fix

// before
client.createTrail(b -> b.s3BucketName(bucket).build());

// after
client.createTrail(b -> b.name("audit-trail").s3BucketName(bucket).build());

if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Trail name is required");
}

try {
    client.createTrail(req);
} catch (InvalidTrailNameException e) {
    // do not retry: fix the name per the message and call again
}

When it happens

Trigger: CreateTrail with Name omitted, null, or an empty string — e.g. an unset template variable or a builder where name() was never called.

Common situations: Infrastructure templates with a missing name parameter; scripts deriving the trail name from an env var that is empty in CI; refactors that dropped the name assignment.

Related errors

• S3BucketDoesNotExistException
• BadRequestException
• BadRequestException
• IdempotencyException
• InvalidAction

AI-assisted analysis of floci-io/floci@62ff490619 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1de3ae6b09c1bdbb. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/main/java/io/github/hectorvent/floci/services/cloudtrail/CloudTrailService.java:472

        }
        // Name → region-scoped only (AWS resolves a name only in the current Region)
        return store.get(regionKey(region, nameOrArn))
                .map(CloudTrailEntry::trail)
                .orElse(null);
    }

    private Trail findTrailOrThrow(String region, String nameOrArn) {
        Trail t = findTrail(region, nameOrArn);
        if (t == null) {
            throw new AwsException("TrailNotFoundException",
                    "Unknown trail: " + nameOrArn, 400);
        }
        return t;
    }

    private static void validateTrailName(String name) {
        if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
            throw new AwsException("InvalidTrailNameException", "Trail name is required.", 400);
        }
        if (name.length() < 3) {
            throw new AwsException("InvalidTrailNameException",
                    "Trail name too short. Minimum allowed length: 3 characters.", 400);
        }
        if (name.length() > 128) {
            throw new AwsException("InvalidTrailNameException",
                    "Trail name too long. Maximum allowed length: 128 characters.", 400);
        }
        if (!Character.isLetterOrDigit(name.charAt(0))) {
            throw new AwsException("InvalidTrailNameException",
                    "Trail name must starts with a letter or number.", 400);
        }
        if (!Character.isLetterOrDigit(name.charAt(name.length() - 1))) {
            throw new AwsException("InvalidTrailNameException",
                    "Trail name must end with a letter or number.", 400);
        }
        for (char c : name.toCharArray()) {

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