hyperledger/fabric · error

GetProposalResponsePayload error %s

Error message

GetProposalResponsePayload error %s

What it means

Returned by v13 extractValidationArtifacts when protoutil.UnmarshalProposalResponsePayload fails on the action's proposal response payload. The endorsed artifacts cannot be decoded, so the transaction cannot be validated by VSCC.

Source

Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/validation_logic.go:160

		return nil, err
	}

	// ...and the transaction...
	tx, err := protoutil.UnmarshalTransaction(payl.Data)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: GetTransaction failed, err %s", err)
		return nil, err
	}

	cap, err := protoutil.UnmarshalChaincodeActionPayload(tx.Actions[actionPosition].Payload)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: GetChaincodeActionPayload failed, err %s", err)
		return nil, err
	}

	pRespPayload, err := protoutil.UnmarshalProposalResponsePayload(cap.Action.ProposalResponsePayload)
	if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("GetProposalResponsePayload error %s", err)
		return nil, err
	}
	if pRespPayload.Extension == nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("nil pRespPayload.Extension")
		return nil, err
	}
	respPayload, err := protoutil.UnmarshalChaincodeAction(pRespPayload.Extension)
	if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("GetChaincodeAction error %s", err)
		return nil, err
	}

	return &validationArtifacts{
		rwset:        respPayload.Results,
		prp:          cap.Action.ProposalResponsePayload,
		endorsements: cap.Action.Endorsements,
		chdr:         chdr,
		env:          env,

View on GitHub (pinned to 2736b63f8f)

Solutions

1. Ensure endorsements carry valid ProposalResponsePayload bytes
2. Reject the malformed transaction

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/validation_logic.go:160 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/c0723771c083506c. Report an issue: GitHub.