kubernetes/kops · error

error listing volumes %v: %v

Error message

error listing volumes %v: %v

What it means

Listing Cinder volumes with the given filters failed at the API level. Reads are retried with backoff; persistent failure indicates credentials, endpoint, or block-storage service problems in the wrapped error.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/volume.go:40

	cinder "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2/openstack/blockstorage/v3/volumes"
	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2/openstack/compute/v2/volumeattach"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
	"k8s.io/kops/util/pkg/vfs"
)

func (c *openstackCloud) ListVolumes(opt cinder.ListOptsBuilder) ([]cinder.Volume, error) {
	return listVolumes(c, opt)
}

func listVolumes(c OpenstackCloud, opt cinder.ListOptsBuilder) ([]cinder.Volume, error) {
	var volumes []cinder.Volume

	done, err := vfs.RetryWithBackoff(readBackoff, func() (bool, error) {
		allPages, err := cinder.List(c.BlockStorageClient(), opt).AllPages(context.TODO())
		if err != nil {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("error listing volumes %v: %v", opt, err)
		}

		vs, err := cinder.ExtractVolumes(allPages)
		if err != nil {
			return false, fmt.Errorf("error extracting volumes from pages: %v", err)
		}
		volumes = vs
		return true, nil
	})
	if err != nil {
		return volumes, err
	} else if done {
		return volumes, nil
	} else {
		return volumes, wait.ErrWaitTimeout
	}
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped Cinder error
2. Verify the block-storage endpoint and credentials
3. Retry after service restoration

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/openstack/volume.go:40 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/1ace5433b67afe57. Report an issue: GitHub.