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Autocomplete suggestion for some VPP configuration commands throw errors
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Description

Examples:

adminuser@vyos-vm# set vpp settings interface eth1 driver 'sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

dpdk  xdp   
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adminuser@vyos-vm# set system option performance 'sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

network-latency     network-throughput  power-save          virtual-guest       virtual-host
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Steps to reproduce1:
Please note: There is a single quote at the end

  1. Type: set vpp settings interface eth1 driver '
  2. Press TAB

Another issue is when configuration value (preceded by single quote) being autocompleted it adds a space at the end and such command fails with Invalid value error:

adminuser@vyos-vm# set system option performance 'network-latency '

  
  
  Invalid value
  Value validation failed
  Set failed

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Steps to reproduce2:
Please note: There is a single quote at the end

  1. Type: set system option performance 'network-l
  2. Press TAB
  3. Press Enter

Details

Version
vyos-2025.09.01-0023-rolling-generic-amd64
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

Unknown Object (User) triaged this task as Normal priority.Sep 9 2025, 9:42 AM
dmbaturin renamed this task from Autocomplete suggestion for some conf commands throws errors to Autocomplete suggestion for some VPP configuration commands throw errors.Sep 16 2025, 8:53 AM