puppetlabs/puppet · error · Puppet::Error

Unable to create an instance of #{type.name}. No mapping exi

Error message

Unable to create an instance of #{type.name}. No mapping exists to runtime object

What it means

Error "Unable to create an instance of #{type.name}. No mapping exists to runtime object" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/types/ruby_generator.rb:164

    end

    # Emit registration of contained types
    unless class_names.empty?
      bld << "Puppet::Pops::Pcore.register_implementations([\n"
      class_names.each { |class_name| bld << '  ' << class_name << ",\n" }
      bld.chomp!(",\n")
      bld << "])\n\n"
    end
    bld.chomp!("\n")

    common_prefix.size.times { bld << "end\n" }
  end

  def implementation_names(object_types)
    object_types.map do |type|
      ir = Loaders.implementation_registry
      impl_name = ir.module_name_for_type(type)
      raise Puppet::Error, "Unable to create an instance of #{type.name}. No mapping exists to runtime object" if impl_name.nil?

      impl_name
    end
  end

  def class_definition(obj, namespace_segments, bld, class_name, *impl_subst)
    module_segments = remove_common_namespace(namespace_segments, class_name)
    leaf_name = module_segments.pop
    module_segments.each { |segment| bld << 'module ' << segment << "\n" }
    scoped_class_definition(obj, leaf_name, bld, class_name, *impl_subst)
    module_segments.size.times { bld << "end\n" }
    module_segments << leaf_name
    module_segments.join(TypeFormatter::NAME_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR)
  end

  def scoped_class_definition(obj, leaf_name, bld, class_name, *impl_subst)
    bld << 'class ' << leaf_name
    segments = class_name.split(TypeFormatter::NAME_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/types/ruby_generator.rb:164 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/ce48d8cbcc2ab52c. Report an issue: GitHub.