hyperledger/fabric · error

errors.New(err.Content)

Error message

errors.New(err.Content)

What it means

mapConfig received a non-nil Error payload from the discovery service for a channel's config query; the error's Content string is surfaced as the error value for that channel's config entry in the response map.

Source

Thrown at discovery/client/client.go:376

		}
	}

	return resp, err
}

func (resp response) mapConfig(channel2index map[string]int, r *discovery.Response) error {
	for ch, index := range channel2index {
		config, err := protoext.ResponseConfigAt(r, index)
		if config == nil && err == nil {
			return errors.Errorf("expected QueryResult of either ConfigResult or Error but got %v instead", r.Results[index])
		}
		key := key{
			queryType: protoext.ConfigQueryType,
			k:         ch,
		}

		if err != nil {
			resp[key] = errors.New(err.Content)
			continue
		}

		resp[key] = config
	}
	return nil
}

func (resp response) mapPeerMembership(key2Index map[string]int, r *discovery.Response, qt protoext.QueryType) error {
	for k, index := range key2Index {
		membersRes, err := protoext.ResponseMembershipAt(r, index)
		if membersRes == nil && err == nil {
			return errors.Errorf("expected QueryResult of either PeerMembershipResult or Error but got %v instead", r.Results[index])
		}

		key := key{
			queryType: qt,
			k:         k,

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Solutions

1. Inspect the underlying discovery service error (e.g. channel not found, access denied)
2. Retry the discovery request after fixing the server-side cause

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at discovery/client/client.go:376 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of hyperledger/fabric@2736b63f8f (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6a78b69dbb45237b. Report an issue: GitHub.