goharbor/harbor · error

failed to get adapter factory for registry type %s: %v

Error message

failed to get adapter factory for registry type %s: %v

What it means

Error "failed to get adapter factory for registry type %s: %v" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/controller/replication/flow/stage.go:37

	"path"
	"strings"

	repctlmodel "github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/controller/replication/model"
	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/lib/errors"
	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/lib/log"
	adp "github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/pkg/reg/adapter"
	"github.com/goharbor/harbor/src/pkg/reg/model"
)

// get/create the source registry, destination registry, source adapter and destination adapter
func initialize(policy *repctlmodel.Policy) (adp.Adapter, adp.Adapter, error) {
	var srcAdapter, dstAdapter adp.Adapter
	var err error

	// create the source registry adapter
	srcFactory, err := adp.GetFactory(policy.SrcRegistry.Type)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get adapter factory for registry type %s: %v", policy.SrcRegistry.Type, err)
	}
	srcAdapter, err = srcFactory.Create(policy.SrcRegistry)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create adapter for source registry %s: %v", policy.SrcRegistry.URL, err)
	}

	// create the destination registry adapter
	dstFactory, err := adp.GetFactory(policy.DestRegistry.Type)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get adapter factory for registry type %s: %v", policy.DestRegistry.Type, err)
	}
	dstAdapter, err = dstFactory.Create(policy.DestRegistry)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create adapter for destination registry %s: %v", policy.DestRegistry.URL, err)
	}
	log.Debug("replication flow initialization completed")
	return srcAdapter, dstAdapter, nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/controller/replication/flow/stage.go:37 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/806760bfc792858e. Report an issue: GitHub.