endorctl CLI exit codes

The endorctl exit codes provide the result of the program’s execution, indicating whether it was completed successfully or encountered an error. This page documents the possible endorctl exit code values and the recommended next steps. When contacting support, provide the error code and the error message to help us debug the issue.

To get the exit code, run echo $? on the command line prompt.

ENDORCTL_RC_ERROR = 2

The exact reason for the error could not be determined.

ENDORCTL_RC_INVALID_ARGS = 3

An invalid argument was provided. This may occur due to an invalid parameter value, or an incorrect package format.

ENDORCTL_RC_ENDOR_AUTH_FAILURE = 4

The user does not have the correct permissions to perform the given operation. Check the Endor Labs token or API keys to make sure they are valid and include the necessary permissions. These are provided using the --token flag or through the environment variables ENDOR_TOKEN, or ENDOR_API_CREDENTIALS_KEY/SECRET. Note that the environment variables are mutually exclusive, i.e. you cannot have both a token and api keys set at the same time.

ENDORCTL_RC_GITHUB_AUTH_FAILURE = 6

The user has provided an empty or invalid GitHub token. This token is provided using the --github-token flag or through the environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN. You can skip the GitHub scan by not setting the --github flag.

ENDORCTL_RC_ANALYTICS_ERROR = 7

There was an error analyzing the dependencies.

ENDORCTL_RC_FINDINGS_ERROR = 8

There was an error generating findings based on the analytics output.

ENDORCTL_RC_NOTIFICATIONS_ERROR = 9

There was an error processing a notification triggered by a notification policy. See the error log for details and verify that the corresponding notification target is setup correctly.

ENDORCTL_RC_GITHUB_API_ERROR = 10

An error was returned by the GitHub API. This can occur due to:

• GitHub rate-limiting
• Context deadline exceeded

Check the log message to see what object is causing the issue.

ENDORCTL_RC_GITHUB_PERMISSIONS_ERROR = 11

This error typically occurs when the user is authenticated with GitHub, but does not have the necessary permissions to perform the requested operation. It indicates that the user is forbidden from accessing the requested resource due to insufficient permissions.

Check the GitHub token permissions, as well as the permissions and user accounts associated with the repository and/or organization and try again.

ENDORCTL_RC_GIT_ERROR = 12

A git operation has failed. Examples of git operations are: Cloning, opening, finding the root, finding the HEAD, finding the default branch, and more. Ensure you are scanning the correct git repository and that it is properly set up for the scan.

ENDORCTL_RC_DEPENDENCY_RESOLUTION_ERROR = 13

There was an error resolving the dependencies.

ENDORCTL_RC_DEPENDENCY_SCANNING_ERROR = 14

There was an error processing the resolved dependencies.

ENDORCTL_RC_CALL_GRAPH_ERROR = 15

There was an error generating the call graph.

ENDORCTL_RC_LINTER_ERROR = 16

There was an error while running the linter(s) used to analyze the source code. This can affect secret and vulnerability detection.

ENDORCTL_RC_BAD_POLICY_TYPE = 17

An invalid policy was detected. Note that this is not a fatal error, but the policy in question was not processed. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_POLICY_ERROR = 18

There was an error evaluating one or more policies. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_INTERNAL_ERROR = 20

There was an internal error within endorctl. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_NOT_FOUND = 22

The requested resource was not found.

ENDORCTL_RC_ALREADY_EXISTS = 23

An attempt to create an entity failed because a resource with the same key already exists.

ENDORCTL_RC_VULN_ERROR = 25

There was an issue ingesting and processing vulnerability data. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_INITIALIZATION_ERROR = 26

There was an error initializing the project and/or repository. This can happen for example if the project ingestion token is missing, the project URL is invalid, or authorization failed. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_HOST_CHECK_FAILURE = 27

The endorctl host-check failed. Host will not be able to run endorctl scan successfully. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_SBOM_IMPORT_ERROR = 28

There was an error importing an SBOM. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_PRE_COMMIT_CHECK_FAILURE = 29

The pre-commit-checks command discovered one or more leaked secrets. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_GH_ACTION_WORKFLOW_SCAN_FAILURE = 30

There was an error scanning the GitHub action dependencies. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_POLICY_VIOLATION = 128

One or more “blocking” admission policies were violated. See log for details.

ENDORCTL_RC_POLICY_WARNING = 129

One or more “warning” admission policies were violated. This error code is only return if the --exit-on-policy-warning flag is set.