grafana/k6 · error

the cloud output needs the following system tags enabled: %s

Error message

the cloud output needs the following system tags enabled: %s

What it means

Error "the cloud output needs the following system tags enabled: %s" thrown in grafana/k6.

Source

Thrown at internal/cmd/outputs_cloud.go:300

	return nil
}

// validateRequiredSystemTags checks if all required tags are present.
func validateRequiredSystemTags(scriptTags *metrics.SystemTagSet) error {
	var missingRequiredTags []string
	requiredTags := metrics.SystemTagSet(metrics.TagName |
		metrics.TagMethod |
		metrics.TagStatus |
		metrics.TagError |
		metrics.TagCheck |
		metrics.TagGroup)
	for _, tag := range metrics.SystemTagValues() {
		if requiredTags.Has(tag) && !scriptTags.Has(tag) {
			missingRequiredTags = append(missingRequiredTags, tag.String())
		}
	}
	if len(missingRequiredTags) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf(
			"the cloud output needs the following system tags enabled: %s",
			strings.Join(missingRequiredTags, ", "),
		)
	}
	return nil
}

func cloudConfToRawMessage(conf cloudapi.Config) (json.RawMessage, error) {
	var buff bytes.Buffer
	enc := json.NewEncoder(&buff)
	if err := enc.Encode(conf); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return buff.Bytes(), nil
}

// resolveCloudTestName returns the test name from the config, or derives it from
// the script path when the config name is unset. A name of "-" is replaced

View on GitHub (pinned to 93accf6570)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/cmd/outputs_cloud.go:300 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/5cb0212d0f23bd5a. Report an issue: GitHub.