tailscale/tailscale · error

error getting state Secret: %w

Error message

error getting state Secret: %w

What it means

Error "error getting state Secret: %w" thrown in tailscale/tailscale.

Source

Thrown at cmd/k8s-operator/tsrecorder.go:558

		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (r *RecorderReconciler) getStateSecret(ctx context.Context, tsrName string, replica int32) (*corev1.Secret, error) {
	secret := &corev1.Secret{
		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
			Namespace: r.tsNamespace,
			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", tsrName, replica),
		},
	}
	if err := r.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(secret), secret); err != nil {
		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
			return nil, nil
		}

		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting state Secret: %w", err)
	}

	return secret, nil
}

func (r *RecorderReconciler) getDevicePrefs(ctx context.Context, tsrName string, replica int32) (prefs prefs, ok bool, err error) {
	secret, err := r.getStateSecret(ctx, tsrName, replica)
	if err != nil || secret == nil {
		return prefs, false, err
	}

	return getDevicePrefs(secret)
}

// getDevicePrefs returns 'ok == true' iff the node ID is found. The dnsName
// is expected to always be non-empty if the node ID is, but not required.
func getDevicePrefs(secret *corev1.Secret) (prefs prefs, ok bool, err error) {
	// TODO(tomhjp): Should maybe use ipn to parse the following info instead.

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/k8s-operator/tsrecorder.go:558 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of tailscale/tailscale@cfe32b8be6 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/03d9ef905d347418. Report an issue: GitHub.