hyperledger/fabric · error

No read write set for lscc was found

Error message

No read write set for lscc was found

What it means

Returned by ValidateLSCCInvocation (security check 0) when the transaction's rwset contains no 'lscc' namespace entry — a deploy/upgrade must write through LSCC, so a missing LSCC rwset fails validation.

Source

Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:457

			logger.Debugf("Namespace %s", ns.NameSpace)
			if ns.NameSpace == "lscc" {
				lsccrwset = ns.KvRwSet
				break
			}
		}

		// retrieve from the ledger the entry for the chaincode at hand
		cdLedger, ccExistsOnLedger, err := vscc.getInstantiatedCC(chid, cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Name)
		if err != nil {
			return &commonerrors.VSCCExecutionFailureError{Err: err}
		}

		/******************************************/
		/* security check 0 - validation of rwset */
		/******************************************/
		// there has to be a write-set
		if lsccrwset == nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("No read write set for lscc was found"))
		}
		// there must be at least one write
		if len(lsccrwset.Writes) < 1 {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("LSCC must issue at least one single putState upon deploy/upgrade"))
		}
		// the first key name must be the chaincode id provided in the deployment spec
		if lsccrwset.Writes[0].Key != cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Name {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("expected key %s, found %s", cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Name, lsccrwset.Writes[0].Key))
		}
		// the value must be a ChaincodeData struct
		cdRWSet := &ccprovider.ChaincodeData{}
		err = proto.Unmarshal(lsccrwset.Writes[0].Value, cdRWSet)
		if err != nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling of ChaincodeData failed, error %s", err))
		}
		// the chaincode name in the lsccwriteset must match the chaincode name in the deployment spec
		if cdRWSet.Name != cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Name {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("expected cc name %s, found %s", cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId.Name, cdRWSet.Name))

View on GitHub (pinned to 2736b63f8f)

Solutions

1. Ensure the LSCC invocation actually writes to the lscc namespace
2. Reject the transaction missing its LSCC rwset

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:457 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/a057d3882a8f05b0. Report an issue: GitHub.