istio/istio · error

failed to get config dump from file %s: %s

Error message

failed to get config dump from file %s: %s

What it means

Error "failed to get config dump from file %s: %s" thrown in istio/istio.

Source

Thrown at istioctl/pkg/authz/authz.go:76

			if len(args) > 1 {
				cmd.Println(cmd.UsageString())
				return fmt.Errorf("check requires only <pod-name>[.<pod-namespace>]")
			}
			if err := util.ValidatePort(proxyAdminPort); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			return nil
		},
		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
			kubeClient, err := ctx.CLIClient()
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create k8s client: %w", err)
			}
			var configDump *configdump.Wrapper
			if configDumpFile != "" {
				configDump, err = getConfigDumpFromFile(configDumpFile)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get config dump from file %s: %s", configDumpFile, err)
				}
			} else if len(args) == 1 {
				podName, podNamespace, err := ctx.InferPodInfoFromTypedResource(args[0], ctx.Namespace())
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				configDump, err = getConfigDumpFromPod(kubeClient, podName, podNamespace, proxyAdminPort)
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("failed to get config dump from pod %s in %s", podName, podNamespace)
				}
			} else {
				return fmt.Errorf("expecting pod name or config dump, found: %d", len(args))
			}

			analyzer, err := NewAnalyzer(configDump)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at istioctl/pkg/authz/authz.go:76 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of istio/istio@8dc789c5cf (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/01d94812e75cfd8f. Report an issue: GitHub.