hyperledger/fabric · error

Wrong number of arguments for invocation lscc(%s): expected

Error message

Wrong number of arguments for invocation lscc(%s): expected at least 2, received %d

What it means

The LSCC invocation's argument list (after the function name) has fewer than 2 entries. Deploy/upgrade require at least the chaincode version and deployment spec arguments, so the invocation is under-specified.

Source

Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:376

	if cis.ChaincodeSpec == nil ||
		cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input == nil ||
		cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args == nil {
		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: committing invalid vscc invocation")
		return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("malformed chaincode invocation spec"))
	}

	lsccFunc := string(cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args[0])
	lsccArgs := cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args[1:]

	logger.Debugf("VSCC info: ValidateLSCCInvocation acting on %s %#v", lsccFunc, lsccArgs)

	switch lsccFunc {
	case lscc.UPGRADE, lscc.DEPLOY:
		logger.Debugf("VSCC info: validating invocation of lscc function %s on arguments %#v", lsccFunc, lsccArgs)

		if len(lsccArgs) < 2 {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("Wrong number of arguments for invocation lscc(%s): expected at least 2, received %d", lsccFunc, len(lsccArgs)))
		}

		if (!ac.PrivateChannelData() && len(lsccArgs) > 5) ||
			(ac.PrivateChannelData() && len(lsccArgs) > 6) {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("Wrong number of arguments for invocation lscc(%s): received %d", lsccFunc, len(lsccArgs)))
		}

		cdsArgs, err := protoutil.UnmarshalChaincodeDeploymentSpec(lsccArgs[1])
		if err != nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("GetChaincodeDeploymentSpec error %s", err))
		}

		if cdsArgs == nil || cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec == nil || cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.ChaincodeId == nil ||
			cap.Action == nil || cap.Action.ProposalResponsePayload == nil {
			return policyErr(fmt.Errorf("VSCC error: invocation of lscc(%s) does not have appropriate arguments", lsccFunc))
		}

		switch cdsArgs.ChaincodeSpec.Type.String() {

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Solutions

1. Provide all required LSCC arguments for deploy/upgrade
2. Fix client code building the LSCC arg list

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at core/handlers/validation/builtin/v13/lscc_validation_logic.go:376 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/6a7a2cd7f44dd6f4. Report an issue: GitHub.