projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

could not create reporting client

Error message

could not create reporting client

What it means

Error "could not create reporting client" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/reporting/reporting.go:36

	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/exporters/markdown"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/exporters/mongo"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/exporters/pdf"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/exporters/sarif"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/exporters/splunk"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/filters"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitea"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/github"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitlab"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/reporting/trackers/linear"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v3/pkg/utils/yaml"
	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/errkit"
	fileutil "github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/file"
	"go.uber.org/multierr"
)

var (
	ErrReportingClientCreation = errors.New("could not create reporting client")
	ErrExportClientCreation    = errors.New("could not create exporting client")
)

// Tracker is an interface implemented by an issue tracker
type Tracker interface {
	// Name returns the name of the tracker
	Name() string
	// CreateIssue creates an issue in the tracker
	CreateIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) (*filters.CreateIssueResponse, error)
	// CloseIssue closes an issue in the tracker
	CloseIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error
	// ShouldFilter determines if the event should be filtered out
	ShouldFilter(event *output.ResultEvent) bool
}

// Exporter is an interface implemented by an issue exporter
type Exporter interface {
	// Close closes the exporter after operation

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/reporting/reporting.go:36 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of projectdiscovery/nuclei@265b3a3dec (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/76d2f59cd51b1106. Report an issue: GitHub.