kubernetes/kops · error

error creating IP Address: %v

Error message

error creating IP Address: %v

What it means

The GCE Address task's RenderGCE wraps Compute Addresses.Insert failure when creating a new static IP address (only when no existing address was found). It fires when GCE rejects the insert — name/quota conflicts, invalid subnetwork or address type — so the apply fails and will retry on the next run.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gcetasks/address.go:186

	cloud := t.Cloud
	addr := &compute.Address{
		Name:        *e.Name,
		Address:     fi.ValueOf(e.IPAddress),
		AddressType: fi.ValueOf(e.IPAddressType),
		Purpose:     fi.ValueOf(e.Purpose),
		Region:      cloud.Region(),
	}

	if e.Subnetwork != nil {
		addr.Subnetwork = e.Subnetwork.URL(t.Cloud.Project(), t.Cloud.Region())
	}

	if a == nil {
		klog.V(2).Infof("Creating Address: %q", addr.Name)

		op, err := cloud.Compute().Addresses().Insert(cloud.Project(), cloud.Region(), addr)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error creating IP Address: %v", err)
		}

		if err := cloud.WaitForOp(op); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for IP Address: %v", err)
		}
	} else {
		return fmt.Errorf("cannot apply changes to IP Address: %v", changes)
	}

	return nil
}

type terraformAddress struct {
	Name        *string                  `cty:"name"`
	AddressType *string                  `cty:"address_type"`
	Purpose     *string                  `cty:"purpose"`
	Subnetwork  *terraformWriter.Literal `cty:"subnetwork"`
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check the wrapped API error for the rejection reason
2. Verify address name uniqueness in the region
3. Check in-use IP address quota
4. Retry after resolving the cause

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/gcetasks/address.go:186 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/2a3697f421fd820d. Report an issue: GitHub.