puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

No resource type provided in serialized data

Error message

No resource type provided in serialized data

What it means

Error "No resource type provided in serialized data" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/resource.rb:54

  TYPE_NODE  = 'Node'

  CLASS_STRING = 'class'
  DEFINED_TYPE_STRING = 'defined_type'
  COMPILABLE_TYPE_STRING = 'compilable_type'
  UNKNOWN_TYPE_STRING = 'unknown'

  PCORE_TYPE_KEY = '__ptype'
  VALUE_KEY = 'value'

  def self.from_data_hash(data)
    resource = allocate
    resource.initialize_from_hash(data)
    resource
  end

  def initialize_from_hash(data)
    type = data['type']
    raise ArgumentError, _('No resource type provided in serialized data') unless type

    title = data['title']
    raise ArgumentError, _('No resource title provided in serialized data') unless title

    @type, @title = self.class.type_and_title(type, title)

    params = data['parameters']
    if params
      params = Puppet::Pops::Serialization::FromDataConverter.convert(params)
      @parameters = {}
      params.each { |param, value| self[param] = value }
    else
      @parameters = EMPTY_HASH
    end

    sensitives = data['sensitive_parameters']
    if sensitives
      @sensitive_parameters = sensitives.map(&:to_sym)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/resource.rb:54 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/e394cbd2c973e848. Report an issue: GitHub.