helm/helm · error

no cached repo found. (try 'helm repo update'): %w

Error message

no cached repo found. (try 'helm repo update'): %w

What it means

Error "no cached repo found. (try 'helm repo update'): %w" thrown in helm/helm.

Source

Thrown at pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go:461

	}

	if r != nil && r.Config != nil {
		if r.Config.CertFile != "" || r.Config.KeyFile != "" || r.Config.CAFile != "" {
			c.Options = append(c.Options, getter.WithTLSClientConfig(r.Config.CertFile, r.Config.KeyFile, r.Config.CAFile))
		}
		if r.Config.Username != "" && r.Config.Password != "" {
			c.Options = append(c.Options,
				getter.WithBasicAuth(r.Config.Username, r.Config.Password),
				getter.WithPassCredentialsAll(r.Config.PassCredentialsAll),
			)
		}
	}

	// Next, we need to load the index, and actually look up the chart.
	idxFile := filepath.Join(c.RepositoryCache, helmpath.CacheIndexFile(r.Config.Name))
	i, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(idxFile)
	if err != nil {
		return "", u, fmt.Errorf("no cached repo found. (try 'helm repo update'): %w", err)
	}

	cv, err := i.Get(chartName, version)
	if err != nil {
		return "", u, fmt.Errorf("chart %q matching %s not found in %s index. (try 'helm repo update'): %w", chartName, version, r.Config.Name, err)
	}

	if len(cv.URLs) == 0 {
		return "", u, fmt.Errorf("chart %q has no downloadable URLs", ref)
	}

	// TODO: Seems that picking first URL is not fully correct
	resolvedURL, err := repo.ResolveReferenceURL(rc.URL, cv.URLs[0])
	if err != nil {
		return cv.Digest, u, fmt.Errorf("invalid chart URL format: %s", ref)
	}

	loc, err := url.Parse(resolvedURL)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go:461 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of helm/helm@2a29f1770b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/02da5cb5d8eee902. Report an issue: GitHub.