kubernetes/kops · error

error fetching info for project %q: %v

Error message

error fetching info for project %q: %v

What it means

Wraps the compute Projects.Get failure in ServiceAccount while lazily fetching project info to obtain the default GCE service account email. Fires when the API call fails: wrong project ID, insufficient permissions, or API errors.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gce/gce_cloud.go:250

// Region returns private struct element region.
func (c *gceCloudImplementation) Region() string {
	return c.region
}

// Project returns private struct element project.
func (c *gceCloudImplementation) Project() string {
	return c.project
}

// ServiceAccount returns the email address for the service account that the instances will run under.
func (c *gceCloudImplementation) ServiceAccount() (string, error) {
	if c.projectInfo == nil {
		// Find the project info from the compute API, which includes the default service account
		klog.V(2).Infof("fetching project %q from compute API", c.project)
		p, err := c.compute.Projects().Get(c.project)
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("error fetching info for project %q: %v", c.project, err)
		}

		c.projectInfo = p
	}

	if c.projectInfo.DefaultServiceAccount == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("compute project %q did not have DefaultServiceAccount", c.project)
	}

	return c.projectInfo.DefaultServiceAccount, nil
}

func (c *gceCloudImplementation) DNS() (dnsprovider.Interface, error) {
	provider, err := clouddns.CreateInterface(c.project, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error building (k8s) DNS provider: %v", err)
	}
	return provider, nil

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Verify the project ID is correct
2. Grant compute.projects.get permission to the credentials
3. Inspect the wrapped API error

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gce/gce_cloud.go:250 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/93eddf60ecc67811. Report an issue: GitHub.