grafana/k6 · error

error parsing tag '%s': %w

Error message

error parsing tag '%s': %w

What it means

Error "error parsing tag '%s': %w" thrown in grafana/k6.

Source

Thrown at internal/cmd/options.go:224

	if summaryTimeUnit != "" {
		if summaryTimeUnit != "s" && summaryTimeUnit != "ms" && summaryTimeUnit != "us" {
			return opts, fmt.Errorf("invalid summary time unit '%s', use 's', 'ms' or 'us'", summaryTimeUnit)
		}
		opts.SummaryTimeUnit = null.StringFrom(summaryTimeUnit)
	}

	runTags, err := flags.GetStringArray("tag")
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}

	if len(runTags) > 0 {
		parsedRunTags := make(map[string]string, len(runTags))
		for _, s := range runTags {
			var name, value string
			name, value, err = parseTagNameValue(s)
			if err != nil {
				return opts, fmt.Errorf("error parsing tag '%s': %w", s, err)
			}
			parsedRunTags[name] = value
		}
		opts.RunTags = parsedRunTags
	}

	redirectConFile, err := flags.GetString("console-output")
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}

	if redirectConFile != "" {
		opts.ConsoleOutput = null.StringFrom(redirectConFile)
	}

	if dns, err := flags.GetString("dns"); err != nil {
		return opts, err
	} else if dns != "" {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/cmd/options.go:224 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of grafana/k6@93accf6570 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b5924298eb751acc. Report an issue: GitHub.