hyperledger/fabric · error

endorsements should either be both nil or not nil

Error message

endorsements should either be both nil or not nil

What it means

ValidateCip found one SignedChaincodeDeploymentSpec carries OwnerEndorsements while the other does not. The collation rule requires all owner packages to be endorsed uniformly — mixing endorsed and non-endorsed packages is invalid.

Source

Thrown at core/common/ccpackage/ccpackage.go:56

	}

	return ch, sp, nil
}

// This file provides functions for helping with the chaincode install
// package workflow. In particular
//     OwnerCreateSignedCCDepSpec - each owner creates signs the package using the same deploy
//     CreateSignedCCDepSpecForInstall - an admin or owner creates the package to be installed
//                                       using the packages from OwnerCreateSignedCCDepSpec

// ValidateCip validate the endorsed package against the base package
func ValidateCip(baseCip, otherCip *peer.SignedChaincodeDeploymentSpec) error {
	if baseCip == nil || otherCip == nil {
		panic("do not call with nil parameters")
	}

	if (baseCip.OwnerEndorsements == nil && otherCip.OwnerEndorsements != nil) || (baseCip.OwnerEndorsements != nil && otherCip.OwnerEndorsements == nil) {
		return errors.New("endorsements should either be both nil or not nil")
	}

	bN := len(baseCip.OwnerEndorsements)
	oN := len(otherCip.OwnerEndorsements)
	if bN > 1 || oN > 1 {
		return errors.New("expect utmost 1 endorsement from a owner")
	}

	if bN != oN {
		return fmt.Errorf("Rule-all packages should be endorsed or none should be endorsed failed for (%d, %d)", bN, oN)
	}

	if !bytes.Equal(baseCip.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec, otherCip.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec) {
		return fmt.Errorf("Rule-all deployment specs should match(%d, %d)", len(baseCip.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec), len(otherCip.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec))
	}

	if !bytes.Equal(baseCip.InstantiationPolicy, otherCip.InstantiationPolicy) {
		return fmt.Errorf("Rule-all instantiation policies should match(%d, %d)", len(baseCip.InstantiationPolicy), len(otherCip.InstantiationPolicy))

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Solutions

1. Ensure all owners sign their packages (or none do) before collating with CreateSignedCCDepSpecForInstall
2. Re-collect packages from all owners with consistent endorsement behavior

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/common/ccpackage/ccpackage.go:56 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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