netbirdio/netbird · error

unmarshaling response failed with error: %v

Error message

unmarshaling response failed with error: %v

What it means

Error "unmarshaling response failed with error: %v" thrown in netbirdio/netbird.

Source

Thrown at client/internal/auth/device_flow.go:171

	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)
	}

	// Fallback to the verification_uri if the IdP doesn't support verification_uri_complete
	if deviceCode.VerificationURIComplete == "" {
		deviceCode.VerificationURIComplete = deviceCode.VerificationURI
	}

	if d.providerConfig.LoginHint != "" {
		deviceCode.VerificationURIComplete = appendLoginHint(deviceCode.VerificationURIComplete, d.providerConfig.LoginHint)
		if deviceCode.VerificationURI != "" {
			deviceCode.VerificationURI = appendLoginHint(deviceCode.VerificationURI, d.providerConfig.LoginHint)
		}
	}

	return deviceCode, err
}

func appendLoginHint(uri, loginHint string) string {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at client/internal/auth/device_flow.go:171 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/067fa29c949f0fd2. Report an issue: GitHub.