kubernetes/kops · error

error creating tags on %v: %v

Error message

error creating tags on %v: %v

What it means

CreateTags failed with a non-retryable error (outside the eventual-consistency class), aborting tag application on resource %v. Fires on permission denied, nonexistent resource, or throttling not classified as retryable.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:1284

		}

		_, err := c.EC2().CreateTags(ctx, request)
		if err != nil {
			if isTagsEventualConsistencyError(err) {
				if attempt > CreateTagsMaxAttempts {
					return fmt.Errorf("got retryable error while creating tags on %q, but retried too many times without success: %v", resourceID, err)
				}

				if (attempt % CreateTagsLogInterval) == 0 {
					klog.Infof("waiting for eventual consistency while creating tags on %q", resourceID)
				}

				klog.V(2).Infof("will retry after encountering error creating tags on %q: %v", resourceID, err)
				time.Sleep(CreateTagsRetryInterval)
				continue
			}

			return fmt.Errorf("error creating tags on %v: %v", resourceID, err)
		}

		return nil
	}
}

// DeleteTags will remove tags from the specified resource,
// retrying up to MaxCreateTagsAttempts times if it hits an eventual-consistency type error
func (c *awsCloudImplementation) DeleteTags(resourceID string, tags map[string]string) error {
	return deleteTags(c, resourceID, tags)
}

func deleteTags(c AWSCloud, resourceID string, tags map[string]string) error {
	if len(tags) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	ctx := context.TODO()

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Verify ec2:CreateTags permission on the resource
2. Confirm the resource ID exists in the account and region
3. Inspect the wrapped error for the specific EC2 failure code

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:1284 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/368a0573e6bda943. Report an issue: GitHub.