tailscale/tailscale · error

failed to get object: %w

Error message

failed to get object: %w

What it means

Error "failed to get object: %w" thrown in tailscale/tailscale.

Source

Thrown at cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go:1215

		existing.SetName(obj.GetName())
		existing.SetNamespace(obj.GetNamespace())
		err = c.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(obj), existing)
	} else {
		existing, err = getSingleObject[T, O](ctx, c, ns, obj.GetLabels())
	}
	if err == nil && existing != nil {
		if update != nil {
			if err := update(existing); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			if err := c.Update(ctx, existing); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
		}
		return existing, nil
	}
	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get object: %w", err)
	}
	if err := c.Create(ctx, obj); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return obj, nil
}

// createOrUpdate adds obj to the k8s cluster, unless the object already exists,
// in which case update is called to make changes to it. If update is nil, the
// existing object is returned unmodified.
//
// obj is looked up by its Name and Namespace if Name is set, otherwise it's
// looked up by labels.
func createOrUpdate[T any, O ptrObject[T]](ctx context.Context, c client.Client, ns string, obj O, update func(O)) (O, error) {
	return createOrMaybeUpdate(ctx, c, ns, obj, func(o O) error {
		if update != nil {
			update(o)
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go:1215 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/3c52f057cb4103cb. Report an issue: GitHub.