projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

dialers not initialized for %s

Error message

dialers not initialized for %s

What it means

Error "dialers not initialized for %s" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/reporting/exporters/splunk/splunkhec.go:54

type data struct {
	Event *output.ResultEvent `json:"event"`
}

// Exporter type for splunk
type Exporter struct {
	url            string
	authentication string
	splunk         *http.Client
}

// New creates and returns a new exporter for splunk
func New(option *Options) (*Exporter, error) {
	var ei *Exporter

	dialers := protocolstate.GetDialersWithId(option.ExecutionId)
	if dialers == nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dialers not initialized for %s", option.ExecutionId)
	}

	var client *http.Client
	if option.HttpClient != nil {
		client = option.HttpClient.HTTPClient
	} else {
		client = &http.Client{
			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
			Transport: &http.Transport{
				MaxIdleConns:        10,
				MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 10,
				DialContext:         dialers.Fastdialer.Dial,
				DialTLSContext:      dialers.Fastdialer.DialTLS,
				TLSClientConfig:     &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: option.SSLVerification},
			},
		}
	}

View on GitHub (pinned to 265b3a3dec)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/reporting/exporters/splunk/splunkhec.go:54 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/4832e464490aba2d. Report an issue: GitHub.