hyperledger/fabric · error

nil pRespPayload.Extension

Error message

nil pRespPayload.Extension

What it means

Returned by v13 extractValidationArtifacts when the decoded proposal response payload has no Extension bytes — the chaincode action is absent, so there is nothing from which to extract the rwset and endorsement checks.

Source

Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/validation_logic.go:164

	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,
		payl:         payl,
		cap:          cap,
	}, nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 2736b63f8f)

Solutions

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

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/validation_logic.go:164 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/df1e50c97cde8115. Report an issue: GitHub.