projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

errors occurred during template validation

Error message

errors occurred during template validation

What it means

Error "errors occurred during template validation" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/catalog/loader/loader.go:644

	workflowPaths, errs := store.config.Catalog.GetTemplatesPath(store.finalWorkflows)
	store.logErroredTemplates(errs)

	templatePathsMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(templatePaths))
	for _, path := range templatePaths {
		templatePathsMap[path] = struct{}{}
	}

	workflowPathsMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(workflowPaths))
	for _, path := range workflowPaths {
		workflowPathsMap[path] = struct{}{}
	}

	if store.areTemplatesValid(templatePathsMap) && store.areWorkflowsValid(workflowPathsMap) {
		return nil
	}

	return errors.New("errors occurred during template validation")
}

func (store *Store) areWorkflowsValid(filteredWorkflowPaths map[string]struct{}) bool {
	return store.areWorkflowOrTemplatesValid(filteredWorkflowPaths, true, func(templatePath string, tagFilter *templates.TagFilter) (bool, error) {
		return store.config.ExecutorOptions.Parser.LoadWorkflow(templatePath, store.config.Catalog)
	})
}

func (store *Store) areTemplatesValid(filteredTemplatePaths map[string]struct{}) bool {
	return store.areWorkflowOrTemplatesValid(filteredTemplatePaths, false, func(templatePath string, tagFilter *templates.TagFilter) (bool, error) {
		return store.config.ExecutorOptions.Parser.LoadTemplate(templatePath, store.tagFilter, nil, store.config.Catalog)
	})
}

func (store *Store) areWorkflowOrTemplatesValid(filteredTemplatePaths map[string]struct{}, isWorkflow bool, load func(templatePath string, tagFilter *templates.TagFilter) (bool, error)) bool {
	areTemplatesValid := true

	for templatePath := range filteredTemplatePaths {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/catalog/loader/loader.go:644 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/612d9d5948f9571c. Report an issue: GitHub.