hashicorp/packer · error

failed to create Version for Bucket %s with error: %w

Error message

failed to create Version for Bucket %s with error: %w

What it means

createVersion calls the HCP Packer registry API to create a Version object for the given bucket. This error wraps whatever failure the API/client returned (network error, auth failure, bucket not found, invalid version name) so the caller initializeVersion can report which bucket failed and why. Check connectivity/credentials to HCP Packer and that the bucket exists and accepts new versions.

Source

Thrown at internal/hcp/registry/types.bucket.go:457

// The version can then be stored locally and used for tracking build status and artifacts for a running
// Packer build.
func (bucket *Bucket) createVersion(
	templateType hcpPackerModels.HashicorpCloudPacker20230101TemplateType,
) (*hcpPackerModels.HashicorpCloudPacker20230101Version, error) {
	ctx := context.Background()

	if templateType == hcpPackerModels.HashicorpCloudPacker20230101TemplateTypeTEMPLATETYPEUNSET {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
			"packer error: template type should not be unset when creating a version. " +
				"This is a Packer internal bug which should be reported to the development team for a fix",
		)
	}

	createVersionResp, err := bucket.client.CreateVersion(
		ctx, bucket.Name, bucket.Version.Fingerprint, templateType,
	)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create Version for Bucket %s with error: %w", bucket.Name, err)
	}

	if createVersionResp == nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create Version for Bucket %s with error: %w", bucket.Name, err)
	}

	log.Println(
		"[TRACE] a valid version for build was created with the Id", createVersionResp.Payload.Version.ID,
	)
	return createVersionResp.Payload.Version, nil
}

func (bucket *Bucket) initializeVersion(
	ctx context.Context, templateType hcpPackerModels.HashicorpCloudPacker20230101TemplateType,
) error {
	// load existing version using fingerprint.
	version, err := bucket.client.GetVersion(ctx, bucket.Name, bucket.Version.Fingerprint)
	if hcpPackerAPI.CheckErrorCode(err, codes.Aborted) {

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Solutions

1. Verify HCP credentials and network connectivity, then retry
2. Check the bucket exists and the fingerprint is valid in HCP Packer

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/hcp/registry/types.bucket.go:457 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hashicorp/packer@eb36e3c3e4 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/55a89df62d2f56d7. Report an issue: GitHub.