netbirdio/netbird · error

parse daemon address: %w

Error message

parse daemon address: %w

What it means

Error "parse daemon address: %w" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/cmd/service_controller.go:78

	if err := validateJSONSocketFlags(); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Collect static system and platform information
	system.UpdateStaticInfoAsync()

	// A daemon installed before named-pipe support has the loopback TCP address
	// persisted. Move it to the named pipe so an upgraded daemon can identify
	// its callers instead of silently serving an unauthenticated socket.
	if migrated, ok := daemonaddr.MigrateLegacy(daemonAddr); ok {
		log.Infof("daemon address %q predates named-pipe support, listening on %q so callers can be identified", daemonAddr, migrated)
		daemonAddr = migrated
	}

	network, _, err := parseListenAddress(daemonAddr)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("parse daemon address: %w", err)
	}

	// in any case, even if configuration does not exists we run daemon to serve CLI gRPC API.
	p.serv = grpc.NewServer(daemonServerOptions(network)...)

	daemonListener, jsonListener, err := listenDaemonSockets()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	go func() {
		// Fatal here rather than inside serve, so serve's deferred listener
		// closes run before the process exits.
		if err := p.serve(daemonListener, jsonListener); err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to %v", err)
		}
	}()
	return nil

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/cmd/service_controller.go:78 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/2875a212ba96bc34. Report an issue: GitHub.