kubernetes/kops · error

error deleting port: %v

Error message

error deleting port: %v

What it means

The Neutron port delete call failed with an error other than 404 (404 is treated as success). Deletion is retried with backoff; common blockers are the port still being attached to a device or in a non-deletable state.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/port.go:137

	})
	if err != nil {
		return p, err
	} else if done {
		return p, nil
	} else {
		return p, wait.ErrWaitTimeout
	}
}

func (c *openstackCloud) DeletePort(portID string) error {
	return deletePort(c, portID)
}

func deletePort(c OpenstackCloud, portID string) error {
	done, err := vfs.RetryWithBackoff(deleteBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
		err := ports.Delete(context.TODO(), c.NetworkingClient(), portID).ExtractErr()
		if err != nil && !isNotFound(err) {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("error deleting port: %v", err)
		}
		if isNotFound(err) {
			return true, nil
		}
		return false, nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	} else if done {
		return nil
	} else {
		return wait.ErrWaitTimeout
	}
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check if the port is still attached and detach it first
2. Inspect the wrapped Neutron error for the blocker
3. Retry the deletion after the port is free

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/port.go:137 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/f8200010254a7589. Report an issue: GitHub.