CIRCLECI_CONTEXT_MISSING cicd config_error ai_generated true

Error: No context named 'deploy-prod' found. Please create the context or check the context name.

ID: cicd/circleci-no-context

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90%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
1Evidence
2024-01-08First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
CircleCI Server 4.0 active — — —
CircleCI CLI 0.1.30000 active — — —

Root Cause

CircleCI pipeline references a context name that does not exist in the organization's context list, often due to typo, context deletion, or insufficient permissions to access the context.

generic

中文

CircleCI流水线引用了组织中不存在的上下文名称，通常是由于拼写错误、上下文被删除或权限不足无法访问该上下文。

Official Documentation

https://circleci.com/docs/contexts/

Workarounds

  1. 95% success List all available contexts via CircleCI CLI: `circleci context list --org-id <org-id>`. If 'deploy-prod' is missing, create it: `circleci context create <org-name> deploy-prod` and add required environment variables via UI or CLI 
    List all available contexts via CircleCI CLI: `circleci context list --org-id <org-id>`. If 'deploy-prod' is missing, create it: `circleci context create <org-name> deploy-prod` and add required environment variables via UI or CLI
  2. 90% success Verify the context name in the CircleCI config file (.circleci/config.yml) matches exactly (case-sensitive) the context created in the CircleCI web UI under Organization Settings > Contexts 
    Verify the context name in the CircleCI config file (.circleci/config.yml) matches exactly (case-sensitive) the context created in the CircleCI web UI under Organization Settings > Contexts

中文步骤

  1. List all available contexts via CircleCI CLI: `circleci context list --org-id <org-id>`. If 'deploy-prod' is missing, create it: `circleci context create <org-name> deploy-prod` and add required environment variables via UI or CLI
  2. Verify the context name in the CircleCI config file (.circleci/config.yml) matches exactly (case-sensitive) the context created in the CircleCI web UI under Organization Settings > Contexts

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 80% fail

    The pipeline will find the context but fail later because required secrets (e.g., AWS keys) are missing from the empty context

  2. 60% fail

    The 'default' context may not exist or may not contain the required environment variables, causing subsequent steps to fail with missing credentials