istio/istio · error

--output is not applicable for this command

Error message

--output is not applicable for this command

What it means

Error "--output is not applicable for this command" thrown in istio/istio.

Source

Thrown at istioctl/pkg/ztunnelconfig/ztunnelconfig.go:426

 istioctl ztunnel-config log <pod-name[.namespace]> --level off

 # Update levels of the specified loggers for all Ztunnl pods
 istioctl ztunnel-config log --level access:debug,info

 # Reset levels of all the loggers to default value (warning)  for a specific Ztunnel pod.
 istioctl ztunnel-config log <pod-name[.namespace]> -r
`,
		Aliases: []string{"o"},
		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
			if err := common.validateArgs(cmd, args); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if reset && loggerLevelString != "" {
				cmd.Println(cmd.UsageString())
				return fmt.Errorf("--level cannot be combined with --reset")
			}
			if common.outputFormat != "" && common.outputFormat != summaryOutput {
				return fmt.Errorf("--output is not applicable for this command")
			}
			return nil
		},
		RunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
			kubeClient, err := ctx.CLIClient()
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
			var podNames []string
			var podNamespace string
			if len(args) == 1 {
				podName, ns, err := getComponentPodName(ctx, args[0], false)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				ztunnelPod := ambientutil.IsZtunnelPod(kubeClient, podName, ns)
				if !ztunnelPod {
					return fmt.Errorf("workloads command is only supported by Ztunnel proxies: %v", podName)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at istioctl/pkg/ztunnelconfig/ztunnelconfig.go:426 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/f5468b57dd25327d. Report an issue: GitHub.