phacility/phabricator · error · PhutilArgumentUsageException

Storage format "%s" can not generate keys.

Error message

Storage format "%s" can not generate keys.

What it means

Error "Storage format "%s" can not generate keys." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/files/management/PhabricatorFilesManagementGenerateKeyWorkflow.php:38

  public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
    $type = $args->getArg('type');
    if (!strlen($type)) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'Specify the type of key to generate with --type.'));
    }

    $format = PhabricatorFileStorageFormat::getFormat($type);
    if (!$format) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'No key type "%s" exists.',
          $type));
    }

    if (!$format->canGenerateNewKeyMaterial()) {
      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
        pht(
          'Storage format "%s" can not generate keys.',
          $format->getStorageFormatName()));
    }

    $material = $format->generateNewKeyMaterial();

    $structure = array(
      'name' => 'generated-key-'.Filesystem::readRandomCharacters(12),
      'type' => $type,
      'material.base64' => $material,
    );

    $json = id(new PhutilJSON())->encodeFormatted($structure);

    echo tsprintf(
      "%s: %s\n\n%B\n",
      pht('Key Material'),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/files/management/PhabricatorFilesManagementGenerateKeyWorkflow.php:38 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bd78f3dd53ad223b. Report an issue: GitHub.