goharbor/harbor · error

the metadata of resource cannot be null

Error message

the metadata of resource cannot be null

What it means

Error "the metadata of resource cannot be null" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go:148

	info.SupportedResourceFilters = append(info.SupportedResourceFilters,
		&model.FilterStyle{
			Type:   model.FilterTypeLabel,
			Style:  model.FilterStyleTypeList,
			Values: labels,
		})

	return info, nil
}

// PrepareForPush creates projects
func (a *Adapter) PrepareForPush(resources []*model.Resource) error {
	projects := map[string]*Project{}
	for _, resource := range resources {
		if resource == nil {
			return errors.New("the resource cannot be null")
		}
		if resource.Metadata == nil {
			return errors.New("the metadata of resource cannot be null")
		}
		if resource.Metadata.Repository == nil {
			return errors.New("the repository of resource cannot be null")
		}
		if len(resource.Metadata.Repository.Name) == 0 {
			return errors.New("the name of the repository cannot be null")
		}

		paths := strings.Split(resource.Metadata.Repository.Name, "/")
		projectName := paths[0]
		// handle the public properties
		metadata := abstractPublicMetadata(resource.Metadata.Repository.Metadata)
		pro, exist := projects[projectName]
		if exist {
			metadata = mergeMetadata(pro.Metadata, metadata)
		}
		projects[projectName] = &Project{
			Name:     projectName,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go:148 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/b428e8eecd5ebb17. Report an issue: GitHub.