hasura/graphql-engine · error

failed to get version from server: %w

Error message

failed to get version from server: %w

What it means

An object type referenced by its qualified name is not defined. This is the object-type-specific variant: the resolver expected a defined object type (e.g. for a nested model output or command output) and could not find it.

Source

Thrown at cli/cli.go:879

			ec.Config.GetV1QueryEndpoint(),
			ec.HasMetadataV3,
			ec.Logger,
		)
	}

	ec.ServerUUID = state.UUID
	ec.Telemetry.ServerUUID = ec.ServerUUID
	ec.Logger.Debugf("server: uuid: %s", ec.ServerUUID)
	// Set headers required for communicating with HGE
	return nil
}

func (ec *ExecutionContext) checkServerVersion() error {
	var op errors.Op = "cli.ExecutionContext.checkServerVersion"

	v, err := version.FetchServerVersion(ec.Config.GetVersionEndpoint(), ec.Config.HTTPClient)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.E(op, fmt.Errorf("failed to get version from server: %w", err))
	}

	ec.Version.SetServerVersion(v)
	ec.Telemetry.ServerVersion = ec.Version.GetServerVersion()
	isCompatible, reason := ec.Version.CheckCLIServerCompatibility()
	ec.Logger.Debugf(
		"versions: cli: [%s] server: [%s]",
		ec.Version.GetCLIVersion(),
		ec.Version.GetServerVersion(),
	)
	ec.Logger.Debugf("compatibility check: [%v] %v", isCompatible, reason)

	if !isCompatible {
		ec.Logger.Warnf(
			"[cli: %s] [server: %s] version mismatch: %s",
			ec.Version.GetCLIVersion(),
			ec.Version.GetServerVersion(),
			reason,

View on GitHub (pinned to 724551b9ae)

Solutions

1. Declare the object type in the metadata with the exact qualified name
2. Correct the reference to the actual type name/namespace
3. Verify all type files are included in the metadata source

let objs: HashSet<_> = metadata.object_types.keys().collect();
for t in referenced_object_types(&metadata) {
    assert!(objs.contains(&t), "object type {t} not defined");
}

When it happens

Trigger: Referencing an object type name as a field's type, command output, or nested structure when no object type with that qualified name is declared.

Common situations: Defining command outputs or nested object fields before defining the type itself; type renamed or moved to another namespace; missing type file in the metadata glob.

Related errors

• error while parsing the endpoint :%w
• cannot read config from file/env: %w
• unable to parse server endpoint: %w
• setting up codegen-assets repo failed (this is required for
• error building metadata

AI-assisted analysis of hasura/graphql-engine@724551b9ae (2026-08-28). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8c548b13c17d720c. Report an issue: GitHub.