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github.com/pkg/errors.Errorf

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The 90th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 13,643 times across 98 modules; 12,341 of those run outside tests and generated code.

3% in production calls vs 2026-W37 (12,748 → 12,341)

All of github.com/pkg/errors → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗

prod calls
12,341
non-test, non-generated
all calls
13,643
total callsites
modules
98
distinct callers
in loop
19%
of prod calls
in tests
10%
1,300 calls
resolved
100%
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 →

  • Package function75%A direct call to an exported package function, resolved by type.
  • Package function (by syntax)25%A package function in a module outside the crawl, keyed by import path.

who calls this

Notable callers

Production calls into Errorf from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.

where it's called

Callsites in the wild

12 representative callsites of 13,643, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.

Errorf · 12 of 13,643 callsites

top callers

The modules that reach for it

The modules that call Errorf most in this snapshot.

  • github.com/bytebase/bytebase2,33717%
  • github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach1,68012%
  • github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v248136%
  • github.com/hypermodeinc/dgraph/v248136%
  • github.com/moby/buildkit7115%

siblings

More from github.com/pkg/errors

The other most-called functions in this package. See all →