kubernetes/kops · error

delete server %s: terminating instance: %w

Error message

delete server %s: terminating instance: %w

What it means

In DeleteServer, the ServerAction 'terminate' call (immediate stop+delete of the machine) failed with a non-404 error. 404s are deliberately tolerated (server already gone); any other SDK error — quota, locked state, permission — surfaces here with the server ID.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/cloud.go:633

				_, err = s.instanceAPI.DetachVolume(&instance.DetachVolumeRequest{
					Zone:     s.zone,
					VolumeID: volume.ID,
				})
				if err != nil {
					return fmt.Errorf("delete server %s: detaching volume %s", server.ID, volume.ID)
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// We terminate the server. This stops and deletes the machine immediately
	_, err = s.instanceAPI.ServerAction(&instance.ServerActionRequest{
		Zone:     s.zone,
		ServerID: server.ID,
		Action:   instance.ServerActionTerminate,
	})
	if err != nil && !is404Error(err) {
		return fmt.Errorf("delete server %s: terminating instance: %w", server.ID, err)
	}

	_, err = s.instanceAPI.WaitForServer(&instance.WaitForServerRequest{
		ServerID: server.ID,
		Zone:     s.zone,
	})
	if err != nil && !is404Error(err) {
		return fmt.Errorf("delete server %s: waiting for instance after termination: %w", server.ID, err)
	}

	return nil
}

func (s *scwCloudImplementation) DeleteSSHKey(sshkey *iam.SSHKey) error {
	err := s.iamAPI.DeleteSSHKey(&iam.DeleteSSHKeyRequest{
		SSHKeyID: sshkey.ID,
	})
	if err != nil {

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Solutions

1. Check the wrapped error for the terminate failure reason
2. Verify the server is not in a locked/stopped-transitional state
3. Retry deletion; terminate can fail transiently during concurrent operations

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/cloud.go:633 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/7f0147ad08ecd8c8. Report an issue: GitHub.