kubernetes/kops · error

could not find floating ip associated to server ("%s") %v

Error message

could not find floating ip associated to server ("%s") %v

What it means

After polling a server's addresses, no floating IP (or, when floating IPs are disabled, no address at all) was found, or the polling errored/timed out. The server either has not yet received its addresses or genuinely has none associated in the observed address map.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/instance.go:178

		for _, addrList := range addresses {
			for _, props := range addrList {
				if floatingEnabled {
					if props.IPType == "floating" {
						result = append(result, new(props.Addr))
					}
				} else {
					result = append(result, new(props.Addr))
				}
			}
		}
		if len(result) > 0 {
			return true, nil
		}
		return false, nil
	})
	if len(result) == 0 || err != nil {
		return result, fmt.Errorf("could not find floating ip associated to server (\"%s\") %v", instanceID, err)
	}
	return result, nil
}

func (c *openstackCloud) DeleteInstance(i *cloudinstances.CloudInstance) error {
	return deleteInstance(c, i)
}

func deleteInstance(c OpenstackCloud, i *cloudinstances.CloudInstance) error {
	return deleteInstanceWithID(c, i.ID)
}

func (c *openstackCloud) DeleteInstanceWithID(instanceID string) error {
	return deleteInstanceWithID(c, instanceID)
}

func deleteInstanceWithID(c OpenstackCloud, instanceID string) error {
	done, err := vfs.RetryWithBackoff(deleteBackoff, func() (bool, error) {

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Solutions

1. Check the server's addresses in OpenStack and confirm a floating IP is associated
2. If networking is slow, retry — the lookup polls with backoff
3. For floating-enabled clusters, associate a floating IP to the port

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/instance.go:178 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ff69123fe38dc238. Report an issue: GitHub.