getsops/sops · error

YAML documents that are sequences are not supported

Error message

YAML documents that are sequences are not supported

What it means

Error "YAML documents that are sequences are not supported" thrown in getsops/sops.

Source

Thrown at stores/yaml/store.go:130

	return nil, nil
}

func (store Store) appendYamlNodeToTreeBranch(node *yaml.Node, branch sops.TreeBranch, commentsWereHandled bool) (sops.TreeBranch, error) {
	var err error
	if !commentsWereHandled {
		branch = store.appendCommentToMap(node.HeadComment, branch)
		branch = store.appendCommentToMap(node.LineComment, branch)
	}
	switch node.Kind {
	case yaml.DocumentNode:
		for _, item := range node.Content {
			branch, err = store.appendYamlNodeToTreeBranch(item, branch, false)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
		}
	case yaml.SequenceNode:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("YAML documents that are sequences are not supported")
	case yaml.MappingNode:
		for i := 0; i < len(node.Content); i += 2 {
			key := node.Content[i]
			value := node.Content[i+1]
			branch = store.appendCommentToMap(key.HeadComment, branch)
			branch = store.appendCommentToMap(key.LineComment, branch)
			handleValueComments := value.Kind == yaml.ScalarNode || value.Kind == yaml.AliasNode
			if handleValueComments {
				branch = store.appendCommentToMap(value.HeadComment, branch)
				branch = store.appendInlineCommentToMap(value.LineComment, branch)
			}
			var keyValue interface{}
			key.Decode(&keyValue)
			valueTV, err := store.nodeToTreeValue(value, handleValueComments)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			branch = append(branch, sops.TreeItem{

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at stores/yaml/store.go:130 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/b740165ba0807a59. Report an issue: GitHub.