vxcontrol/pentagi · error

path component contains unsupported character %q

Error message

path component contains unsupported character %q

What it means

Error "path component contains unsupported character %q" thrown in vxcontrol/pentagi.

Source

Thrown at backend/pkg/resources/resources.go:448

}

// validatePathComponent rejects empty, dot/dotdot, overly long, or
// character-unsafe path segments.  Mirrors flowfiles.validatePathComponent.
func validatePathComponent(component string) error {
	clean := strings.TrimSpace(component)
	if clean == "" || clean == "." || clean == ".." {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid path component %q", component)
	}
	if len(clean) > MaxFileNameLength {
		return fmt.Errorf("path component %q exceeds maximum length of %d", component, MaxFileNameLength)
	}
	for _, r := range clean {
		if r < 0x20 || r == 0x7f {
			return fmt.Errorf("path component contains control characters")
		}
		switch r {
		case '/', '\\', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|':
			return fmt.Errorf("path component contains unsupported character %q", r)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at backend/pkg/resources/resources.go:448 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of vxcontrol/pentagi@ea665308ba (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f5ff7f7e0ec11523. Report an issue: GitHub.