{"record":{"id":"58f81fcb0ceed391","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"unable-to-load-secret-immediately-after-creation-58f81f","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unable to load secret immediately after creation %v: %v","messagePattern":"unable to load secret immediately after creation (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"upup/pkg/fi/secrets/vfs_secretstore.go","lineNumber":174,"sourceCode":"func (c *VFSSecretStore) ReplaceSecret(id string, secret *fi.Secret) (*fi.Secret, error) {\n\tctx := context.TODO()\n\n\tp := c.buildSecretPath(id)\n\n\tacl, err := acls.GetACL(ctx, p, c.cluster)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n\n\terr = createSecret(ctx, secret, p, acl, true)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"unable to write secret: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\t// Confirm the secret exists\n\ts, err := c.loadSecret(ctx, p)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"unable to load secret immediately after creation %v: %v\", p, err)\n\t}\n\treturn s, nil\n}\n\n// createSecret will create the Secret, overwriting an existing secret if replace is true\nfunc createSecret(ctx context.Context, s *fi.Secret, p vfs.Path, acl vfs.ACL, replace bool) error {\n\tdata, err := json.Marshal(s)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error serializing secret: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\trs := bytes.NewReader(data)\n\tif replace {\n\t\treturn p.WriteFile(ctx, rs, acl)\n\t}\n\treturn p.CreateFile(ctx, rs, acl)\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":156,"sourceCodeEnd":192,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/upup/pkg/fi/secrets/vfs_secretstore.go#L156-L192","documentation":"After ReplaceSecret writes the secret, it immediately reads it back via loadSecret to confirm the write round-trips. If that verification read fails (the file is not there yet, or parses as invalid JSON), the error is wrapped as 'unable to load secret immediately after creation %v: %v'. It signals an eventual-consistency window, a concurrent overwrite, or a corrupt write.","triggerScenarios":"loadSecret on <secrets-basdir>/<id> fails right after a successful WriteFile: eventual consistency on the storage backend (rare on modern S3 but possible with custom VFS backends), another process deleting/overwriting the key in between, or the written bytes not parsing as fi.Secret JSON.","commonSituations":"Custom/legacy object stores with read-after-write inconsistency, aggressive caching layers in front of the state store, concurrent kops runs during secret rotation.","solutions":["Re-run the replace; verify with `kops get secret <id>`","Check the wrapped cause: if 'parsing secret', inspect the stored object for corruption and re-create it","Ensure no other process is concurrently modifying the secrets store during rotation","Use a storage backend with strong read-after-write consistency"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"s, err := store.ReplaceSecret(id, sec)\nif err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"unable to load secret immediately after creation\") {\n    // read-back raced or store is inconsistent; retry with backoff\n    time.Sleep(time.Second)\n    s, err = store.ReplaceSecret(id, sec)\n}","preventionTips":["Use strongly consistent storage backends for the state store","Avoid concurrent kops secret operations","Bypass aggressive caching proxies in front of object storage","Verify with `kops get secret <id>` after rotation"],"tags":["vfs","secrets","verification","replace"],"backgroundTag":"read-after-write-failed","analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T07:17:12.445Z"}