hyperledger/fabric · error

nil pRespPayload.Extension

Error message

nil pRespPayload.Extension

What it means

Returned by ValidateLSCCInvocation when the decoded proposal response payload has a nil Extension — the chaincode action bytes are missing. Without them there is no action payload to unmarshal for rwset validation.

Source

Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:425

		// it can't match the name of one of the system chaincodes
		if _, in := systemChaincodeNames[ccName]; in {
			return policyErr(errors.Errorf("chaincode name '%s' is reserved for system chaincodes", ccName))
		}

		// validate chaincode version
		ccVersion := cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Version
		// it must comply with the lscc.ChaincodeVersionRegExp
		if !lscc.ChaincodeVersionRegExp.MatchString(ccVersion) {
			return policyErr(errors.Errorf("invalid chaincode version '%s'", ccVersion))
		}

		// get the rwset
		pRespPayload, err := protoutil.UnmarshalProposalResponsePayload(cap.Action.ProposalResponsePayload)
		if err != nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("GetProposalResponsePayload error %s", err))
		}
		if pRespPayload.Extension == nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("nil pRespPayload.Extension"))
		}
		respPayload, err := protoutil.UnmarshalChaincodeAction(pRespPayload.Extension)
		if err != nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("GetChaincodeAction error %s", err))
		}
		txRWSet := &rwsetutil.TxRwSet{}
		if err = txRWSet.FromProtoBytes(respPayload.Results); err != nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("txRWSet.FromProtoBytes error %s", err))
		}

		// extract the rwset for lscc
		var lsccrwset *kvrwset.KVRWSet
		for _, ns := range txRWSet.NsRwSets {
			logger.Debugf("Namespace %s", ns.NameSpace)
			if ns.NameSpace == "lscc" {
				lsccrwset = ns.KvRwSet
				break
			}

View on GitHub (pinned to 2736b63f8f)

Solutions

1. Ensure endorsement populates the response payload extension
2. Reject the incomplete endorsement

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:425 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/6b0c57ea9f75b7c9. Report an issue: GitHub.