projectdiscovery/nuclei · error · ErrNoTemplatesFound

%w in path %q

Error message

%w in path %q

What it means

Error "%w in path %q" thrown in projectdiscovery/nuclei.

Source

Thrown at pkg/catalog/disk/find.go:88

	if c.templatesFS == nil {
		var err error
		target, err = c.convertPathToAbsolute(target)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "could not find template file")
		}
	}

	if strings.Contains(target, "*") {
		globMatches, err := c.findGlobPathMatches(target, processed)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not globbing path")
		}

		if len(globMatches) > 0 {
			return globMatches, nil
		} else {
			return globMatches, fmt.Errorf("%w in path %q", ErrNoTemplatesFound, target)
		}
	}

	// `target` is either a file or a directory
	match, file, err := c.findFileMatches(target, processed)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not find file")
	}

	if file {
		if match != "" {
			return []string{match}, nil
		}
		return nil, nil
	}

	// Recursively walk down the Templates directory and run all
	// the template file checks

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/catalog/disk/find.go:88 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/020426f2f8507e6a. Report an issue: GitHub.