hyperledger/fabric · error

signing identity expired %v ago

Error message

signing identity expired %v ago

What it means

setupSigningIdentity guard: the local signing identity's certificate expiration time is in the past; the message states how long ago it expired. The orderer/peer cannot use this expired identity to sign messages at startup.

Source

Thrown at msp/mspimplsetup.go:415

	return nil
}

func (msp *bccspmsp) setupSigningIdentity(conf *m.FabricMSPConfig) error {
	if conf.SigningIdentity != nil {
		sid, err := msp.getSigningIdentityFromConf(conf.SigningIdentity)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		expirationTime := sid.ExpiresAt()
		now := time.Now()
		if expirationTime.After(now) {
			mspLogger.Debug("Signing identity expires at", expirationTime)
		} else if expirationTime.IsZero() {
			mspLogger.Debug("Signing identity has no known expiration time")
		} else {
			return errors.Errorf("signing identity expired %v ago", now.Sub(expirationTime))
		}

		msp.signer = sid
	}

	return nil
}

func (msp *bccspmsp) setupOUs(conf *m.FabricMSPConfig) error {
	msp.ouIdentifiers = make(map[string][][]byte)
	for _, ou := range conf.OrganizationalUnitIdentifiers {

		certifiersIdentifier, err := msp.getCertifiersIdentifier(ou.Certificate)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.WithMessagef(err, "failed getting certificate for [%v]", ou)
		}

		// Check for duplicates

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Solutions

1. Renew the signing certificate with the organization's CA and update the MSP config
2. Re-enroll the node with its fabric-ca server to obtain a new signing identity
3. Check node clock synchronization in case expiry is a false positive

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at msp/mspimplsetup.go:415 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/815898cafb915c70. Report an issue: GitHub.