kubernetes/kops · error

error listing autoscaling groups: %v

Error message

error listing autoscaling groups: %v

What it means

A paginated autoscaling DescribeAutoScalingGroups call failed while fetching one batch (max 50) of the ASG names previously discovered via tags. Fires on API errors, throttling, or missing autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups permission.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:873

					asgNames = append(asgNames, aws.ToString(t.ResourceId))
				default:
					klog.Warningf("Unknown resource type: %v", *t.ResourceType)
				}
			}
		}
	}

	if len(asgNames) != 0 {
		for i := 0; i < len(asgNames); i += 50 {
			batch := asgNames[i:minInt(i+50, len(asgNames))]
			request := &autoscaling.DescribeAutoScalingGroupsInput{
				AutoScalingGroupNames: batch,
			}
			paginator := autoscaling.NewDescribeAutoScalingGroupsPaginator(c.Autoscaling(), request)
			for paginator.HasMorePages() {
				page, err := paginator.NextPage(ctx)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("error listing autoscaling groups: %v", err)
				}
				for _, asg := range page.AutoScalingGroups {
					if !matchesAsgTags(tags, asg.Tags) {
						// We used an inexact filter above
						continue
					}
					// Check for "Delete in progress" (the only use of .Status)
					if asg.Status != nil {
						klog.Warningf("Skipping ASG %v (which matches tags): %v", *asg.AutoScalingGroupARN, *asg.Status)
						continue
					}
					asgs = append(asgs, &asg)
				}
			}
		}
	}

	return asgs, nil

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Solutions

1. Verify IAM permission autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups
2. Retry the operation after a backoff if the wrapped error indicates throttling
3. Check AWS service health for the Autoscaling API in the cluster's region

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:873 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/f7658c82e47f7310. Report an issue: GitHub.