getsops/sops · error

failed to parse and add to age identities: %w

Error message

failed to parse and add to age identities: %w

What it means

Error "failed to parse and add to age identities: %w" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at age/keysource.go:150

// It allows for creating a (local) keyservice.KeyServiceServer which parses
// identities only once, to then inject them using ApplyToMasterKey() for all
// requests.
type ParsedIdentities []age.Identity

// Import attempts to parse the given identities, to then add them to itself.
// It returns any parsing error.
// A single identity argument is allowed to be a multiline string containing
// multiple identities. Empty lines and lines starting with "#" are ignored.
// It is not thread safe, and parallel importing would better be done by
// parsing (using age.ParseIdentities) and appending to the slice yourself, in
// combination with e.g. a sync.Mutex.
func (i *ParsedIdentities) Import(identity ...string) error {
	// one identity per line
	r := strings.NewReader(strings.Join(identity, "\n"))

	identities, err := parseIdentities(r, false)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse and add to age identities: %w", err)
	}
	*i = append(*i, identities...)
	return nil
}

// ApplyToMasterKey configures the ParsedIdentities on the provided key.
func (i ParsedIdentities) ApplyToMasterKey(key *MasterKey) {
	key.parsedIdentities = i
}

// Encrypt takes a SOPS data key, encrypts it with the Recipient, and stores
// the result in the EncryptedKey field.
func (key *MasterKey) Encrypt(dataKey []byte) error {
	if key.parsedRecipient == nil {
		parsedRecipient, err := parseRecipient(key.Recipient)
		if err != nil {
			log.WithField("recipient", key.parsedRecipient).Info("Encryption failed")
			return err

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at age/keysource.go:150 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

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