error.Error
standard libraryThe 24th most-called standard-library method by production calls. Called 1,010 times across 152 modules; 902 of those run outside tests and generated code.
11% in production calls vs 2026-06-sample (812 → 902)
- prod calls
- 902
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 1,010
- total callsites
- modules
- 152
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 9%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 8%
- 84 calls
- resolved
- 0%
- to a known target
resolution mix
How each call resolves
How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →
- Interface method88%Called through an interface. The runtime target may differ.
- Unresolved12%Receiver typed by a dependency outside the crawl.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Error from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- gRPC-Go 288 32%
- Kubernetes 205 23%
- HashiCorp 141 16%
- Docker 88 10%
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Error most in this snapshot.
- google.golang.org/grpc28829%
- k8s.io/apimachinery20520%
- github.com/hashicorp/consul14114%
- github.com/prometheus/prometheus9610%