hashicorp/packer · error

zip : %v

Error message

zip : %v

What it means

Plugin installation error from InstallLatest: the downloaded temp file, which passed checksumming, could not be opened as a zip archive — the file is corrupt or truncated. This aborts the install loop immediately.

Source

Thrown at packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go:850

						err := fmt.Errorf("Error getting plugin, trying another getter: %w", err)
						errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
						continue
					}
					if _, err := tmpFile.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
						err := fmt.Errorf("Error seeking beginning of temporary file for checksumming, continuing: %w", err)
						errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
						continue
					}

					// verify that the checksum for the zip is what we expect.
					if err := checksum.Checksummer.Checksum(checksum.Expected, tmpFile); err != nil {
						err := fmt.Errorf("%w. Is the checksum file correct ? Is the binary file correct ?", err)
						errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)
						continue
					}
					zr, err := zip.OpenReader(tmpFile.Name())
					if err != nil {
						errs = multierror.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf("zip : %v", err))
						return nil, errs
					}

					var copyFrom io.ReadCloser
					for _, f := range zr.File {
						if f.Name != expectedBinaryFilename {
							continue
						}
						copyFrom, err = f.Open()
						if err != nil {
							errs = multierror.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf("failed to open temp file: %w", err))
							return nil, errs
						}
						break
					}
					if copyFrom == nil {
						err := fmt.Errorf("could not find a %q file in zipfile", expectedBinaryFilename)
						errs = multierror.Append(errs, err)

View on GitHub (pinned to eb36e3c3e4)

Solutions

1. Retry the plugin install to re-download the zip
2. Check disk space and network integrity if corruption repeats

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packer/plugin-getter/plugins.go:850 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/df2b31a1f0b816ea. Report an issue: GitHub.