Invalid key in stanza (value: python3)

[mah]

Hi,

After several update of some splunkbase apps and after a restart of my search head, I get this error :

Invalid key in stanza [lookup_watcher] in /opt/splunk/etc/apps/SplunkAdmins/default/inputs.conf, line 2: python.version (value: python3).
Invalid key in stanza [sendresults_alert] in /opt/splunk/etc/apps/sendresults/default/alert_actions.conf, line 7: python.version (value: python3).
Invalid key in stanza [slack] in /opt/splunk/etc/apps/slack_alerts/default/alert_actions.conf, line 6: python.version (value: python3).
Invalid key in stanza [script://$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk-dashboard-app/bin/save_image_and_icon_on_install.py] in /opt/splunk/etc/apps/splunk-dashboard-app/default/inputs.conf, line 4: python.version (value: python3).

I am in 7.3.4 and before updating, I checked the compatibility version with both 7.3 and 8.x because I am about to upgrade my platform to a 8.x version.    

Is this message (python3) will block the functionality of app updated  on the 7.3.4 splunk version ? 

Thank you.

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

"Invalid key" messages (they're really just warnings rather than errors) notify you of entries in config files that are not recognized.  That is, the key specified is not in the corresponding .spec file.  Usually, this is the result of a spelling error.  In this case, however, the key is known only to Splunk versions 8 and higher so the messages can be ignored in earlier versions.