netbirdio/netbird · error

doing request failed with error: %v

Error message

doing request failed with error: %v

What it means

Error "doing request failed with error: %v" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/internal/auth/device_flow.go:155

	d.providerConfig.LoginHint = hint
}

// RequestAuthInfo requests a device code login flow information from Hosted
func (d *DeviceAuthorizationFlow) RequestAuthInfo(ctx context.Context) (AuthFlowInfo, error) {
	form := url.Values{}
	form.Add("client_id", d.providerConfig.ClientID)
	form.Add("audience", d.providerConfig.Audience)
	form.Add("scope", d.providerConfig.Scope)
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", d.providerConfig.DeviceAuthEndpoint,
		strings.NewReader(form.Encode()))
	if err != nil {
		return AuthFlowInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("creating request failed with error: %v", err)
	}
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

	res, err := d.HTTPClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return AuthFlowInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("doing request failed with error: %v", err)
	}

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return AuthFlowInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("reading body failed with error: %v", err)
	}

	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
		return AuthFlowInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("request device code returned status %d error: %s", res.StatusCode, string(body))
	}

	deviceCode := AuthFlowInfo{}
	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &deviceCode)
	if err != nil {
		return AuthFlowInfo{}, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling response failed with error: %v", err)
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/internal/auth/device_flow.go:155 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of netbirdio/netbird@93e97f4bf1 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/087f555bff894174. Report an issue: GitHub.