kubernetes/kops · error

error writing to output: %v

Error message

error writing to output: %v

What it means

Error "error writing to output: %v" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at util/pkg/tables/format.go:160

	// Format in tab-separated columns with a tab stop of 8.
	w.Init(out, 0, 8, 1, '\t', tabwriter.StripEscape)

	writeHeader := true
	if writeHeader {
		for i, c := range columns {
			if i != 0 {
				b.WriteByte('\t')
			}
			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
			b.WriteString(c.Name)
			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
		}
		b.WriteByte('\n')

		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error writing to output: %v", err)
		}
		b.Reset()
	}

	for _, row := range rows {
		for i, col := range row {
			if i != 0 {
				b.WriteByte('\t')
			}

			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
			b.WriteString(col)
			b.WriteByte(tabwriter.Escape)
		}
		b.WriteByte('\n')

		_, err := w.Write(b.Bytes())
		if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at util/pkg/tables/format.go:160 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/4ea2c4ae8342b9d5. Report an issue: GitHub.