kubernetes/kops · error

error applying update after prune: %w

Error message

error applying update after prune: %w

What it means

updateAddon retries the apply after a successful prune when the first apply failed but pruning succeeded; this error means the second apply attempt also failed. Both the original apply error and this retry error are accumulated via multierr.

Source

Thrown at channels/pkg/channels/addon.go:214

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error reading manifest: %w", err)
	}

	var merr error
	var applyError, pruneError error

	if applyError = applier.Apply(ctx, data); applyError != nil {
		merr = multierr.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("error applying update: %w", applyError))
	}

	if pruneError = pruner.Prune(ctx, data, a.Spec.Prune); pruneError != nil {
		merr = multierr.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("error pruning manifest: %w", pruneError))
	}

	if applyError != nil && pruneError == nil {
		// If we failed to apply, but not prune, we should try to apply again
		if err := applier.Apply(ctx, data); err != nil {
			merr = multierr.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("error applying update after prune: %w", err))
		} else {
			// If we succeeded to apply after prune, clear the errors
			merr = nil
		}
	}

	if merr != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error updating addon from %q: %w", manifestURL, merr)
	}

	if err := a.AddNeedsUpdateLabel(ctx, k8sClient, required); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error adding needs-update label: %v", err)
	}

	channel := a.buildChannel()
	err = channel.SetInstalledVersion(ctx, k8sClient, a.ChannelVersion())
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error applying annotation to record addon installation: %v", err)

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Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error from the retried apply
2. Check whether pruning removed an object the manifest apply depends on and re-run
3. Verify cluster health and RBAC permissions, then re-run the channel apply

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at channels/pkg/channels/addon.go:214 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/2691f65008ac8051. Report an issue: GitHub.