kubernetes/kops · error

error deleting Disk %s: %v

Error message

error deleting Disk %s: %v

What it means

Fires in deleteGCEDisk when the Disks().Delete call fails with a non-NotFound error while tearing down a cluster disk — a permissions, dependency (disk attached), or transient API failure. NotFound is already treated as deleted.

Source

Thrown at pkg/resources/gce/gce.go:371

}

func deleteGCEDisk(cloud fi.Cloud, r *resources.Resource) error {
	c := cloud.(gce.GCECloud)
	t := r.Obj.(*compute.Disk)

	klog.V(2).Infof("Deleting GCE Disk %s", t.SelfLink)
	u, err := gce.ParseGoogleCloudURL(t.SelfLink)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	op, err := c.Compute().Disks().Delete(u.Project, u.Zone, u.Name)
	if err != nil {
		if gce.IsNotFound(err) {
			klog.Infof("Disk not found, assuming deleted: %q", t.SelfLink)
			return nil
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting Disk %s: %v", t.SelfLink, err)
	}

	return c.WaitForOp(op)
}

func (d *clusterDiscoveryGCE) listTargetPools() ([]*resources.Resource, error) {
	c := d.gceCloud

	var resourceTrackers []*resources.Resource

	ctx := context.Background()

	tps, err := c.Compute().TargetPools().List(ctx, c.Project(), c.Region())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error listing TargetPools: %v", err)
	}

	for _, tp := range tps {

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Solutions

1. Ensure the disk is detached from any VM before deleting, then retry
2. Check compute.disks.delete permission
3. Inspect the wrapped error for resourceInUseByAnotherResource dependencies

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/resources/gce/gce.go:371 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/33632cae54a4f891. Report an issue: GitHub.