fix-issue-6297

Signed-off-by: Lyndon-Li <lyonghui@vmware.com>

.github/workflows/pr-ci-check.yml

@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run staticcheck
         uses: dominikh/staticcheck-action@v1.3.0
         with:
-          version: "2022.1.3"
+          version: "2023.1.3"
+          install-go: false

changelogs/unreleased/6477-Lyndon-Li

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enhance the code because of #6297, the return value of GetBucketRegion is not recorded, as a result, when it fails, we have no way to get the cause

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.21.0

pkg/repository/config/aws.go

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 
+	goerr "errors"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/endpoints"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
@@ -76,16 +78,20 @@ func GetS3Credentials(config map[string]string) (credentials.Value, error) {
 // GetAWSBucketRegion returns the AWS region that a bucket is in, or an error
 // if the region cannot be determined.
 func GetAWSBucketRegion(bucket string) (string, error) {
-	var region string
-
 	sess, err := session.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
+	var region string
+	var requestErrs []error
+
 	for _, partition := range endpoints.DefaultPartitions() {
 		for regionHint := range partition.Regions() {
-			region, _ = s3manager.GetBucketRegion(context.Background(), sess, bucket, regionHint)
+			region, err = s3manager.GetBucketRegion(context.Background(), sess, bucket, regionHint)
+			if err != nil {
+				requestErrs = append(requestErrs, errors.Wrapf(err, "error to get region with hint %s", regionHint))
+			}
 
 			// we only need to try a single region hint per partition, so break after the first
 			break
@@ -96,5 +102,9 @@ func GetAWSBucketRegion(bucket string) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return "", errors.New("unable to determine bucket's region")
+	if requestErrs == nil {
+		return "", errors.Errorf("unable to determine region by bucket %s", bucket)
+	} else {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(goerr.Join(requestErrs...), "error to get region by bucket %s", bucket)
+	}
 }