temporalio/temporal · error

failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w

Error message

failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w

What it means

Error "failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w" thrown in temporalio/temporal.

Source

Thrown at common/nexus/link_converter.go:194

		)
	}

	if link.URL.Scheme != urlSchemeTemporalKey {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
			"failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: invalid scheme: %s",
			link.URL.Scheme,
		)
	}

	matches := urlPathRE.FindStringSubmatch(link.URL.EscapedPath())
	if len(matches) != 4 {
		return nil, errors.New("failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: malformed URL path")
	}

	var err error
	we.Namespace, err = url.PathUnescape(matches[urlPathRE.SubexpIndex(urlPathNamespaceKey)])
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w", err)
	}

	we.WorkflowId, err = url.PathUnescape(matches[urlPathRE.SubexpIndex(urlPathWorkflowIDKey)])
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w", err)
	}

	we.RunId, err = url.PathUnescape(matches[urlPathRE.SubexpIndex(urlPathRunIDKey)])
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w", err)
	}

	switch refType := link.URL.Query().Get(linkWorkflowEventReferenceTypeKey); refType {
	case eventReferenceType:
		eventRef, err := convertURLQueryToLinkWorkflowEventEventReference(link.URL.Query())
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse link to Link_WorkflowEvent: %w", err)
		}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at common/nexus/link_converter.go:194 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of temporalio/temporal@bde624efd1 (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3e5850d49d6ea77e. Report an issue: GitHub.