getsops/sops · error

%s: %w%s%s

Error message

%s: %w%s%s

What it means

Error "%s: %w%s%s" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at age/keysource.go:235

func formatError(msg string, err error, errs errSet, unusedLocations []string) error {
	var loadSuffix string
	if len(errs) > 0 {
		loadSuffix = fmt.Sprintf(". Errors while loading age identities: %s", errs.Error())
	}
	var unusedSuffix string
	if len(unusedLocations) > 0 {
		count := len(unusedLocations)
		if count == 1 {
			unusedSuffix = fmt.Sprintf(" '%s'", unusedLocations[0])
		} else if count == 2 {
			unusedSuffix = fmt.Sprintf("s '%s' and '%s'", unusedLocations[0], unusedLocations[1])
		} else {
			unusedSuffix = fmt.Sprintf("s '%s', and '%s'", strings.Join(unusedLocations[:count-1], "', '"), unusedLocations[count-1])
		}
		unusedSuffix = fmt.Sprintf(". Did not find keys in location%s.", unusedSuffix)
	}
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w%s%s", msg, err, loadSuffix, unusedSuffix)
	} else {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s%s%s", msg, loadSuffix, unusedSuffix)
	}
}

// Decrypt decrypts the EncryptedKey with the parsed or loaded identities, and
// returns the result.
func (key *MasterKey) Decrypt() ([]byte, error) {
	var errs errSet
	var unusedLocations []string
	if len(key.parsedIdentities) == 0 {
		var ids ParsedIdentities
		ids, unusedLocations, errs = key.loadIdentities()
		if len(ids) == 0 {
			log.Info("Decryption failed")
			return nil, formatError("failed to load age identities", nil, errs, unusedLocations)
		}
		ids.ApplyToMasterKey(key)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at age/keysource.go:235 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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