kubernetes/kops · error

unexpected error resolving task %q: %v

Error message

unexpected error resolving task %q: %v

What it means

processDeferrals wraps any error returned by reflectutils.ReflectRecursive while walking a task's fields to rewire named task references. It fires when reflection over the task struct fails unexpectedly (unsupported types, visitor errors), aborting task resolution for that taskKey.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/loader.go:111

								}

								return fmt.Errorf("unable to find task %q, referenced from %s:%s", typeNameForTask+"/"+*name, taskKey, path)
							}

							klog.V(11).Infof("Replacing task %q at %s:%s", *name, taskKey, path)
							v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(primary))
						}
						return reflectutils.SkipReflection
					}
				}
			}

			return nil
		}

		err := reflectutils.ReflectRecursive(taskValue, visitor, &reflectutils.ReflectOptions{DeprecatedDoubleVisit: true})
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected error resolving task %q: %v", taskKey, err)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (l *Loader) FindDeletions(cloud fi.Cloud, lifecycleOverrides map[string]fi.Lifecycle) (map[string]fi.CloudupTask, error) {
	for _, builder := range l.Builders {
		if hasDeletions, ok := builder.(fi.HasDeletions); ok {
			context := &fi.CloudupModelBuilderContext{
				Tasks:              l.tasks,
				LifecycleOverrides: lifecycleOverrides,
			}
			if err := hasDeletions.FindDeletions(context, cloud); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			l.tasks = context.Tasks
		}

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Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error to find the field/type reflection could not handle
2. Check for custom task field types incompatible with ReflectRecursive
3. Fix the task type definition triggering the reflection failure

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/loader.go:111 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/60c0cec11399ee1e. Report an issue: GitHub.