puppetlabs/puppet · error · SerializationError

Integer out of bounds

Error message

Integer out of bounds

What it means

Error "Integer out of bounds" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/serialization/abstract_writer.rb:60

  # Tell the underlying packer to flush.
  # @api public
  def finish
    @packer.flush
  end

  def supports_binary?
    false
  end

  # Write a value on the underlying stream
  # @api public
  def write(value)
    written = false
    case value
    when Integer
      # not tabulated, but integers larger than 64-bit cannot be allowed.
      raise SerializationError, _('Integer out of bounds') if value > MAX_INTEGER || value < MIN_INTEGER
    when Numeric, Symbol, Extension::NotTabulated, true, false, nil
      # not tabulated
    else
      if @tabulate
        index = @written[value]
        if index.nil?
          @packer.write(value)
          written = true
          @written[value] = @written.size
        else
          value = Extension::InnerTabulation.new(index)
        end
      end
    end
    @packer.write(value) unless written
  end

  # Called from extension callbacks only

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/serialization/abstract_writer.rb:60 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/c3c4b0617cba439a. Report an issue: GitHub.