go-redis/redis · error

redis: can't parse verbatim string reply: %q

Error message

redis: can't parse verbatim string reply: %q

What it means

Error "redis: can't parse verbatim string reply: %q" thrown in go-redis/redis.

Source

Thrown at internal/proto/reader.go:421

		return "", err
	}

	b := make([]byte, n+2)
	_, err = io.ReadFull(r.rd, b)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return util.BytesToString(b[:n]), nil
}

func (r *Reader) readVerb(line []byte) (string, error) {
	s, err := r.readStringReply(line)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	if len(s) < 4 || s[3] != ':' {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("redis: can't parse verbatim string reply: %q", line)
	}
	return s[4:], nil
}

func (r *Reader) readSlice(line []byte) ([]interface{}, error) {
	n, err := replyLen(line)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	val := make([]interface{}, n)
	for i := 0; i < len(val); i++ {
		v, err := r.ReadReply()
		if err != nil {
			if err == Nil {
				val[i] = nil
				continue
			}

View on GitHub (pinned to 36d97525cd)

Solutions

1. Check the quoted verbatim string; the format prefix may be unsupported
2. Reconnect to resynchronize the stream

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/proto/reader.go:421 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: Strictly validate the verbatim format field and drop the conn on unknown formats.

AI-assisted analysis of go-redis/redis@36d97525cd (2026-08-06). Data as JSON: /data/errors/51f90e919307c54e.json. Report an issue: GitHub.