hyperledger/fabric · error

The required parameter 'name' is empty. Rerun the command wi

Error message

The required parameter 'name' is empty. Rerun the command with -n flag

What it means

Returned by CommitInput.Validate when the chaincode name is empty in a 'peer lifecycle chaincode commit' invocation. The user omitted the mandatory -n flag; validation runs before any proposal is built.

Source

Thrown at internal/peer/lifecycle/chaincode/commit.go:67

	EndorsementPlugin        string
	ValidationPlugin         string
	ValidationParameterBytes []byte
	CollectionConfigPackage  *pb.CollectionConfigPackage
	InitRequired             bool
	PeerAddresses            []string
	WaitForEvent             bool
	WaitForEventTimeout      time.Duration
	TxID                     string
}

// Validate the input for a CommitChaincodeDefinition proposal
func (c *CommitInput) Validate() error {
	if c.ChannelID == "" {
		return errors.New("The required parameter 'channelID' is empty. Rerun the command with -C flag")
	}

	if c.Name == "" {
		return errors.New("The required parameter 'name' is empty. Rerun the command with -n flag")
	}

	if c.Version == "" {
		return errors.New("The required parameter 'version' is empty. Rerun the command with -v flag")
	}

	if c.Sequence == 0 {
		return errors.New("The required parameter 'sequence' is empty. Rerun the command with --sequence flag")
	}

	return nil
}

// CommitCmd returns the cobra command for chaincode Commit
func CommitCmd(c *Committer, cryptoProvider bccsp.BCCSP) *cobra.Command {
	chaincodeCommitCmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:   "commit",
		Short: "Commit the chaincode definition on the channel.",

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Solutions

1. Rerun with -n <chaincode-name>, e.g. -n mycc.
2. Verify the name exactly matches the name used in approveformyorg.
3. Check wrapper scripts for empty shell variables feeding -n.
4. In code, set CommitInput.Name before calling Commit.

Example fix

// before
peer lifecycle chaincode commit -C mychannel -v 1.0 --sequence 1
// after
peer lifecycle chaincode commit -C mychannel -n mycc -v 1.0 --sequence 1

if name == "" {
    return errors.New("chaincode name required: use -n flag")
}

func hasName(c *CommitInput) bool { return c != nil && c.Name != "" }

if err := run(); err != nil {
    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "parameter 'name' is empty") {
        // prompt for chaincode name or print usage
    }
}

When it happens

Trigger: Constructing CommitInput with Name == "" and calling Validate, e.g. running `peer lifecycle chaincode commit` without -n.

Common situations: Forgotten -n flag; script variable for the chaincode name unset/empty due to shell quoting or a failed substitution; programmatic use where the name field of the definition was not copied from the approve step.

Understand the failure class

Background: "missing required argument" and "the following required arguments were not provided": what required-argument errors mean and how to fix them — this error's family across 20 libraries.

Related errors

• The required parameter 'channelID' is empty. Rerun the comma
• The required parameter 'version' is empty. Rerun the command
• The required parameter 'sequence' is empty. Rerun the comman
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• no signed data during channelless check policy with policy [

AI-assisted analysis of hyperledger/fabric@2736b63f8f (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fc0267e88bab3c5d. Report an issue: GitHub.