tailscale/tailscale · error

error resetting state: %w

Error message

error resetting state: %w

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at cmd/k8s-proxy/k8s-proxy.go:197

		if err := state.SetInitialKeys(st, podUID); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error setting initial state: %w", err)
		}

		if cfg.Parsed.State != nil {
			if name, ok := strings.CutPrefix(*cfg.Parsed.State, "kube:"); ok {
				stateSecretName = name

				kc, err = kubeclient.New(k8sProxyFieldManager)
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}

				var configAuthKey string
				if cfg.Parsed.AuthKey != nil {
					configAuthKey = *cfg.Parsed.AuthKey
				}
				if err := resetState(ctx, kc, stateSecretName, podUID, configAuthKey); err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("error resetting state: %w", err)
				}
			}
		}
	}

	var authKey string
	if cfg.Parsed.AuthKey != nil {
		authKey = *cfg.Parsed.AuthKey
	}

	ts := &tsnet.Server{
		Logf:     logger.Named("tsnet").Debugf,
		UserLogf: logger.Named("tsnet").Infof,
		Store:    st,
		AuthKey:  authKey,
	}

	if cfg.Parsed.ServerURL != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/k8s-proxy/k8s-proxy.go:197 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/f9fa4d0938bfef43. Report an issue: GitHub.