netbirdio/netbird · error

invalid action: %w

Error message

invalid action: %w

What it means

Error "invalid action: %w" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/internal/acl/manager.go:265

		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("parse source range: %w", err)
		}
		sources = append(sources, source)
	}

	destination, err := determineDestination(rule, dynamicResolver, sources)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("determine destination: %w", err)
	}

	protocol, err := convertToFirewallProtocol(rule.Protocol)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid protocol: %w", err)
	}

	action, err := convertFirewallAction(rule.Action)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid action: %w", err)
	}

	dPorts := convertPortInfo(rule.PortInfo)

	addedRule, err := d.firewall.AddRouteFiltering(rule.PolicyID, sources, destination, protocol, nil, dPorts, action)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("add route rule: %w", err)
	}

	return id.RuleID(addedRule.ID()), nil
}

func (d *DefaultManager) protoRuleToFirewallRule(
	r *mgmProto.FirewallRule,
	ipsetName string,
) (id.RuleID, []firewall.Rule, error) {
	ip, err := extractRuleIP(r)
	if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/internal/acl/manager.go:265 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/c9371fffc73ada1d. Report an issue: GitHub.