hashicorp/nomad · error

Error formatting host volumes: %w

Error message

Error formatting host volumes: %w

What it means

Fires in hostVolumeList after volumes were fetched: rendering them via formatHostVolumes failed, typically because the JSON or go-template output options are malformed.

Source

Thrown at command/volume_status_host.go:76

	if !(opts.json || len(opts.template) > 0) {
		c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color("[bold]Dynamic Host Volumes[reset]"))
	}

	vols, _, err := client.HostVolumes().List(&api.HostVolumeListRequest{
		NodeID:   nodeID,
		NodePool: nodePool,
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error querying host volumes: %w", err)
	}
	if len(vols) == 0 {
		c.Ui.Error("No dynamic host volumes")
		return nil // empty is not an error
	}

	str, err := formatHostVolumes(vols, opts)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error formatting host volumes: %w", err)
	}
	c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color(str))
	return nil
}

func getHostVolumeByPrefix(client *api.Client, prefix, ns string) (*api.HostVolumeStub, []*api.HostVolumeStub, error) {
	vols, _, err := client.HostVolumes().List(nil, &api.QueryOptions{
		Prefix:    prefix,
		Namespace: ns,
	})

	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error querying volumes: %w", err)
	}
	switch len(vols) {
	case 0:
		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("no volumes with prefix or ID %q found", prefix)
	case 1:

View on GitHub (pinned to 482b49bf1a)

Solutions

1. Check the -json/-t template syntax against the volume stub schema
2. Retry without formatting overrides to use the default table output
3. Report a bug if the default format path fails

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at command/volume_status_host.go:76 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hashicorp/nomad@482b49bf1a (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3e7b57d9d27f8cfc. Report an issue: GitHub.