goharbor/harbor · error

check existence of namespace '%s' error: %v

Error message

check existence of namespace '%s' error: %v

What it means

Error "check existence of namespace '%s' error: %v" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/pkg/reg/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go:191

	if resp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
		log.Errorf("list namespace error: %s", string(body))
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s", string(body))
	}

	namespaces := NamespacesResp{}
	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &namespaces)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	log.Debugf("got namespaces %v by calling the listing namespaces API", namespaces)
	return namespaces.Namespaces, nil
}

// CreateNamespace creates a new namespace in DockerHub
func (a *adapter) CreateNamespace(namespace *model.Namespace) error {
	ns, err := a.getNamespace(namespace.Name)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("check existence of namespace '%s' error: %v", namespace.Name, err)
	}

	// If the namespace already exist, return succeeded directly.
	if ns != nil {
		log.Infof("Namespace %s already exist in DockerHub, skip it.", namespace.Name)
		return nil
	}

	req := &NewOrgReq{
		Name:     namespace.Name,
		FullName: namespace.GetStringMetadata(metadataKeyFullName, namespace.Name),
		Company:  namespace.GetStringMetadata(metadataKeyCompany, namespace.Name),
	}
	b, err := json.Marshal(req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/pkg/reg/adapter/dockerhub/adapter.go:191 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b771b62b7f8d72b4. Report an issue: GitHub.