kubernetes/kops · error

error creating Healthcheck: %v

Error message

error creating Healthcheck: %v

What it means

After a successful Insert, RenderGCE waits for the returned long-running operation via t.Cloud.WaitForOp(r). An error here means the create operation was submitted but failed to complete successfully (or polling failed).

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gcetasks/httphealthcheck.go:97

	}
	return nil
}

func (h *HTTPHealthcheck) RenderGCE(t *gce.GCEAPITarget, a, e, changes *HTTPHealthcheck) error {
	if a == nil {
		o := &compute.HttpHealthCheck{
			Name:        fi.ValueOf(e.Name),
			Port:        fi.ValueOf(e.Port),
			RequestPath: fi.ValueOf(e.RequestPath),
		}

		klog.V(4).Infof("Creating Healthcheck %q", o.Name)
		r, err := t.Cloud.Compute().HTTPHealthChecks().Insert(t.Cloud.Project(), o)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error creating Healthcheck %q: %v", o.Name, err)
		}
		if err := t.Cloud.WaitForOp(r); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error creating Healthcheck: %v", err)
		}
		h.SelfLink = r.TargetLink
	} else if changes.Port != nil || changes.RequestPath != nil {
		// Insert only applies these on create, so reconcile changes to an existing check with a separate Update.
		o := &compute.HttpHealthCheck{
			Name:        fi.ValueOf(e.Name),
			Port:        fi.ValueOf(e.Port),
			RequestPath: fi.ValueOf(e.RequestPath),
		}

		klog.V(4).Infof("Updating Healthcheck %q", o.Name)
		r, err := t.Cloud.Compute().HTTPHealthChecks().Update(t.Cloud.Project(), o.Name, o)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error updating Healthcheck %q: %v", o.Name, err)
		}
		if err := t.Cloud.WaitForOp(r); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error updating Healthcheck: %v", err)
		}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Look up the operation result/error in GCE Cloud Logging to see the backend rejection reason
2. Re-run the apply after backoff — Find will then reconcile against whatever was actually created
3. Eliminate concurrent operations on the same health check (avoid parallel applies to one project)
4. Increase quota if the operation failed on quota

Example fix

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if err := t.Cloud.WaitForOp(r); err != nil {
	var gerr *googleapi.Error
	if errors.As(err, &gerr) && (gerr.Code == 429 || gerr.Code >= 500) {
		// backoff, then re-run apply — Find reconciles partial state
	}
}

When it happens

Trigger: The async insert operation fails on the GCE backend: quota enforcement at execution time, conflicting concurrent operation on the same health check name, server-side validation rejection, or polling errors/timeouts.

Common situations: Two applies racing to create the same health check; quota hit between submit and execute; GCE API instability during the polling window.

Related errors

• error waiting for healthcheck: %v
• error parsing operation URL %q: %v
• error creating forwarding rule: %v
• setting ForwardRule labels: %w
• error getting HealthCheck %q: %v

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ec1e7f62fe548256. Report an issue: GitHub.