kubernetes/kops · error

error reading InstanceGroup %q: %v

Error message

error reading InstanceGroup %q: %v

What it means

RunEditInstanceGroup fetched the named instance group from the state store and the API call itself errored (not a clean not-found): store unreachable, permissions, or server error. The cluster lookup and channel load already succeeded.

Source

Thrown at cmd/kops/edit_instancegroup.go:142

	cluster, err := GetCluster(ctx, f, options.ClusterName)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	clientset, err := f.KopsClient()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	channel, err := cloudup.ChannelForCluster(clientset.VFSContext(), cluster)
	if err != nil {
		klog.Warningf("%v", err)
	}

	oldGroup, err := clientset.InstanceGroupsFor(cluster).Get(ctx, groupName, metav1.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error reading InstanceGroup %q: %v", groupName, err)
	}
	if oldGroup == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("InstanceGroup %q not found", groupName)
	}

	if len(options.Unsets)+len(options.Sets) > 0 {
		newGroup := oldGroup.DeepCopy()
		if err := commands.UnsetInstancegroupFields(options.Unsets, newGroup); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if err := commands.SetInstancegroupFields(options.Sets, newGroup); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		failure, err := updateInstanceGroup(ctx, clientset, channel, cluster, newGroup)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error for the state store failure reason
2. Verify state store access and credentials
3. Confirm the cluster's instance groups are readable (kops get ig)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/kops/edit_instancegroup.go:142 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/07d9e3b03934af7a. Report an issue: GitHub.