puppetlabs/puppet · error

Failed to call %{callback}: %{detail}

Error message

Failed to call %{callback}: %{detail}

What it means

Error "Failed to call %{callback}: %{detail}" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/transaction/event_manager.rb:160

  #   associated with this callback and resource.
  # @return [true, false] Whether the callback was successfully run.
  def process_callback(resource, callback, events)
    unless process_callback?(resource, events)
      process_noop_events(resource, callback, events)
      return false
    end

    resource.send(callback)

    unless resource.is_a?(Puppet::Type.type(:whit))
      message = n_("Triggered '%{callback}' from %{count} event", "Triggered '%{callback}' from %{count} events", events.length) % { count: events.length, callback: callback }
      resource.notice message
      add_callback_status_event(resource, callback, message, "success")
    end

    true
  rescue => detail
    resource_error_message = _("Failed to call %{callback}: %{detail}") % { callback: callback, detail: detail }
    resource.err(resource_error_message)
    transaction.resource_status(resource).failed_to_restart = true
    transaction.resource_status(resource).fail_with_event(resource_error_message)
    resource.log_exception(detail)
    false
  end

  def add_callback_status_event(resource, callback, message, status)
    options = { message: message, status: status, name: callback.to_s }
    event = resource.event options
    transaction.resource_status(resource) << event if event
  end

  def process_noop_events(resource, callback, events)
    resource.notice n_("Would have triggered '%{callback}' from %{count} event", "Would have triggered '%{callback}' from %{count} events", events.length) % { count: events.length, callback: callback }

    # And then add an event for it.
    queue_events(resource, [resource.event(:status => "noop", :name => :noop_restart)])

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/transaction/event_manager.rb:160 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of puppetlabs/puppet@e227c27540 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9988d8e0a775aa74. Report an issue: GitHub.