kubernetes/kops · error

getting load balancer: %w

Error message

getting load balancer: %w

What it means

The ARM Get call for a specific load balancer (with frontend IP expansion) failed; fires when the load balancer does not exist, or on authorization/transient ARM errors.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/loadbalancer.go:83

		if err != nil {
			var respErr *azcore.ResponseError
			if errors.As(err, &respErr) && respErr.ErrorCode == "ResourceGroupNotFound" {
				return nil, nil
			}
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("listing load balancers: %w", err)
		}
		l = append(l, resp.Value...)
	}
	return l, nil
}

func (c *loadBalancersClientImpl) Get(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string, loadBalancerName string) (*network.LoadBalancer, error) {
	opts := &network.LoadBalancersClientGetOptions{
		Expand: to.Ptr("frontendIpConfigurations/publicIpAddress"),
	}
	resp, err := c.c.Get(ctx, resourceGroupName, loadBalancerName, opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting load balancer: %w", err)
	}
	return &resp.LoadBalancer, nil
}

func (c *loadBalancersClientImpl) Delete(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, loadBalancerName string) error {
	future, err := c.c.BeginDelete(ctx, resourceGroupName, loadBalancerName, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("deleting load balancer: %w", err)
	}
	if _, err := future.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for load balancer deletion completion: %w", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func newLoadBalancersClientImpl(subscriptionID string, cred *azidentity.DefaultAzureCredential) (*loadBalancersClientImpl, error) {
	c, err := network.NewLoadBalancersClient(subscriptionID, cred, nil)
	if err != nil {

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Solutions

1. Check the wrapped error for NotFound and confirm the load balancer name
2. Verify read permissions in the resource group
3. Retry after transient failures

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/loadbalancer.go:83 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/6084c94ba6dd4750. Report an issue: GitHub.