goharbor/harbor · error

Internal Server Error

Error message

Internal Server Error

What it means

Error "Internal Server Error" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/registryctl/handlers/handler.go:64

type authHandler struct {
	authenticator auth.AuthenticationHandler
	handler       http.Handler
	insecureAPIs  map[string]bool
}

func newAuthHandler(authenticator auth.AuthenticationHandler, handler http.Handler, insecureAPIs map[string]bool) http.Handler {
	return &authHandler{
		authenticator: authenticator,
		handler:       handler,
		insecureAPIs:  insecureAPIs,
	}
}

func (a *authHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	if a.authenticator == nil {
		log.Errorf("No authenticator found in registry controller.")
		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError),
			http.StatusInternalServerError)
		return
	}

	if a.insecureAPIs != nil && a.insecureAPIs[r.URL.Path] {
		if a.handler != nil {
			a.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
		}
		return
	}

	err := a.authenticator.AuthorizeRequest(r)
	if err != nil {
		log.Errorf("failed to authenticate request: %v", err)
		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusUnauthorized),
			http.StatusUnauthorized)
		return
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/registryctl/handlers/handler.go:64 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• HTTP status errors: handling 4xx and 5xx responses — how to handle 4xx and 5xx responses properly.

AI-assisted analysis of goharbor/harbor@7b2fd08cc5 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/feba6987e53620b8. Report an issue: GitHub.