netbirdio/netbird · error

failed to list profiles: %w

Error message

failed to list profiles: %w

What it means

ListProfiles delegates to the internal ServiceManager, which reads every profile config under configDir/profiles (plus the default profile) and merges the active state. The whole listing aborts on the first failure: an unreadable directory, an I/O error, or any single profile JSON file that cannot be parsed.

Source

Thrown at client/android/profile_manager.go:95

	profilemanager.ActiveProfileStatePath = filepath.Join(configDir, "active_profile.json")

	// Create ServiceManager with profiles/ subdirectory
	// This avoids modifying the global ConfigDirOverride for profile listing
	profilesDir := filepath.Join(configDir, profilesSubdir)
	serviceMgr := profilemanager.NewServiceManagerWithProfilesDir(defaultConfigPath, profilesDir)

	return &ProfileManager{
		configDir:  configDir,
		serviceMgr: serviceMgr,
	}
}

// ListProfiles returns all available profiles
func (pm *ProfileManager) ListProfiles() (*ProfileArray, error) {
	// Use ServiceManager (looks in profiles/ directory, checks active_profile.json for IsActive)
	internalProfiles, err := pm.serviceMgr.ListProfiles(androidUsername)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list profiles: %w", err)
	}

	// Convert internal profiles to Android Profile type
	var profiles []*Profile
	for _, p := range internalProfiles {
		profiles = append(profiles, &Profile{
			ID:       p.ID.String(),
			Name:     p.Name,
			Email:    pm.profileEmail(p.ID.String()),
			IsActive: p.IsActive,
		})
	}

	return &ProfileArray{items: profiles}, nil
}

// GetActiveProfile returns the currently active profile name
func (pm *ProfileManager) GetActiveProfile() (*Profile, error) {

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Solutions

1. Verify the configDir passed to NewProfileManager is the app-private files directory
2. Inspect the JSON files under configDir/profiles and delete or fix any that are truncated or corrupt
3. Ensure no other process writes the directory concurrently
4. Call ListProfiles again after cleanup; a removed file is safe — the profile is recreated on next login

// Sanity-check the profiles directory before first use
if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(configDir, "profiles")); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
	// permissions/I/O problem: fix before calling ListProfiles
}

profiles, err := pm.ListProfiles()
if err != nil {
	// fall back: treat as no extra profiles; offer the default profile and a login
	profiles = nil
}

When it happens

Trigger: ProfileManager.ListProfiles() → serviceMgr.ListProfiles("android") fails when the profiles/ directory cannot be read (permissions, deleted), a profile .json file is corrupt, or a file read errors mid-scan.

Common situations: Corrupt config from an interrupted WriteOutConfig (app killed mid-save), configDir pointing at the wrong path, files restored from backup with wrong ownership, app data partially cleared.

Related errors

• failed to read profile config: %w
• failed to get active profile: %w
• failed to resolve active profile %q: %w
• failed to switch profile: %w
• profile '%s' does not exist

AI-assisted analysis of netbirdio/netbird@93e97f4bf1 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3caabffa7b02ba69. Report an issue: GitHub.