getsops/sops · error

Error encoding key %s: %s

Error message

Error encoding key %s: %s

What it means

Error "Error encoding key %s: %s" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at stores/json/store.go:264

}

func (store Store) encodeTree(tree sops.TreeBranch) ([]byte, error) {
	out := "{"
	empty := true
	for _, item := range tree {
		if _, ok := item.Key.(sops.Comment); ok {
			continue
		}
		if !empty {
			out += ","
		}
		v, err := store.encodeValue(item.Value)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error encoding value %s: %s", v, err)
		}
		k, err := json.Marshal(item.Key.(string))
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error encoding key %s: %s", k, err)
		}
		out += string(k) + `: ` + string(v)
		empty = false
	}
	return []byte(out + "}"), nil
}

func (store Store) jsonFromTreeBranch(branch sops.TreeBranch) ([]byte, error) {
	out, err := store.encodeTree(branch)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return store.reindentJSON(out)
}

func (store Store) treeBranchFromJSON(in []byte) (sops.TreeBranch, error) {
	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(in))
	// Decode numbers as json.Number instead of the default float64, then

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at stores/json/store.go:264 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of getsops/sops@13442bb981 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/01db1d412b904d92. Report an issue: GitHub.