projectdiscovery/nuclei · error

no events found in the events file

Error message

no events found in the events file

What it means

Error "no events found in the events file" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/scan/charts/charts.go:74

		return nil, err
	}
	defer func() {
		_ = f.Close()
	}()

	data := []events.ScanEvent{}
	dec := json.NewDecoder(f)
	for {
		var event events.ScanEvent
		if err := dec.Decode(&event); err != nil {
			break
		}
		data = append(data, event)
	}
	sc.data = data

	if len(data) == 0 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no events found in the events file")
	}

	return sc, nil
}

// Start starts the nuclei event charts server
func (sc *ScanEventsCharts) Start(addr string) {
	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(addr, sc.routes()))
}

func (sc *ScanEventsCharts) routes() http.Handler {
	mux := http.NewServeMux()
	mux.HandleFunc("GET /concurrency", sc.ConcurrencyVsTime)
	mux.HandleFunc("GET /fuzz", sc.TotalRequestsOverTime)
	mux.HandleFunc("GET /slow", sc.TopSlowTemplates)
	mux.HandleFunc("GET /rps", sc.RequestsVSInterval)
	mux.HandleFunc("GET /{$}", sc.AllCharts)
	return mux

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/scan/charts/charts.go:74 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/ddc558f1f13abff5. Report an issue: GitHub.