portainer/portainer · error

Invalid stack file content

Error message

Invalid stack file content

What it means

Error "Invalid stack file content" thrown in portainer/portainer.

Source

Thrown at api/http/handler/stacks/create_kubernetes_stack.go:104

type kubernetesManifestURLDeploymentPayload struct {
	StackName     string
	Namespace     string
	ComposeFormat bool
	ManifestURL   string
}

func createStackPayloadFromK8sUrlPayload(name, namespace, manifestUrl string, composeFormat bool) stackbuilders.StackPayload {
	return stackbuilders.StackPayload{
		StackName:   name,
		Namespace:   namespace,
		ManifestURL: manifestUrl,
	}
}

func (payload *kubernetesStringDeploymentPayload) Validate(r *http.Request) error {
	if len(payload.StackFileContent) == 0 {
		return errors.New("Invalid stack file content")
	}

	return nil
}

func (payload *kubernetesGitDeploymentPayload) Validate(r *http.Request) error {
	if payload.SourceID == 0 {
		if len(payload.RepositoryURL) == 0 || !validate.IsURL(payload.RepositoryURL) {
			return errors.New("Invalid repository URL. Must correspond to a valid URL format")
		}
		if payload.RepositoryAuthentication && len(payload.RepositoryPassword) == 0 {
			return errors.New("Invalid repository credentials. Password must be specified when authentication is enabled")
		}
	}

	if len(payload.ManifestFile) == 0 {
		return errors.New("Invalid manifest file in repository")
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at api/http/handler/stacks/create_kubernetes_stack.go:104 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of portainer/portainer@17e74456ff (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9b099cd10dbf5d0a. Report an issue: GitHub.