k3s-io/k3s · error

error updating LoadBalancer Status for %s: %v, requeueing

Error message

error updating LoadBalancer Status for %s: %v, requeueing

What it means

Error "error updating LoadBalancer Status for %s: %v, requeueing" thrown in k3s-io/k3s.

Source

Thrown at pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go:220

// processSingleItem processes a single item from the work queue,
// requeueing it if the handler fails.
func (k *k3s) processSingleItem(obj any) error {
	var (
		key string
		ok  bool
	)

	defer k.workqueue.Done(obj)

	if key, ok = obj.(string); !ok {
		logrus.Errorf("expected string in workqueue but got %#v", obj)
		k.workqueue.Forget(obj)
		return nil
	}
	keyParts := strings.SplitN(key, "/", 2)
	if err := k.updateStatus(keyParts[0], keyParts[1]); err != nil {
		k.workqueue.AddRateLimited(key)
		return fmt.Errorf("error updating LoadBalancer Status for %s: %v, requeueing", key, err)
	}

	k.workqueue.Forget(obj)
	return nil
}

// updateServiceStatus updates the load balancer status for the matching service, if it exists and is a
// LoadBalancer service.  The patchStatus function handles checking to see if status needs updating.
func (k *k3s) updateStatus(namespace, name string) error {
	svc, err := k.client.CoreV1().Services(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), name, meta.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
			return nil
		}
		return err
	}

	if svc.Spec.Type != core.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer {

View on GitHub (pinned to 6ba341e396)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go:220 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of k3s-io/k3s@6ba341e396 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1dad2880aa225215. Report an issue: GitHub.