kubernetes/kops · error

waiting for public ip address create/update completion: %w

Error message

waiting for public ip address create/update completion: %w

What it means

PollUntilDone failed while waiting for the public IP address CreateOrUpdate LRO; ARM accepted the request but provisioning ended in failure.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/publicipaddress.go:49

	CreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, publicIPAddressName string, parameters network.PublicIPAddress) (*network.PublicIPAddress, error)
	List(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string) ([]*network.PublicIPAddress, error)
	Delete(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, publicIPAddressName string) error
}

type publicIPAddressesClientImpl struct {
	c *network.PublicIPAddressesClient
}

var _ PublicIPAddressesClient = (*publicIPAddressesClientImpl)(nil)

func (c *publicIPAddressesClientImpl) CreateOrUpdate(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName, publicIPAddressName string, parameters network.PublicIPAddress) (*network.PublicIPAddress, error) {
	future, err := c.c.BeginCreateOrUpdate(ctx, resourceGroupName, publicIPAddressName, parameters, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating/updating public ip address: %w", err)
	}
	resp, err := future.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("waiting for public ip address create/update completion: %w", err)
	}
	return &resp.PublicIPAddress, err
}

func (c *publicIPAddressesClientImpl) List(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string) ([]*network.PublicIPAddress, error) {
	if resourceGroupName == "" {
		return nil, nil
	}

	var l []*network.PublicIPAddress
	pager := c.c.NewListPager(resourceGroupName, nil)
	for pager.More() {
		resp, err := pager.NextPage(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			var respErr *azcore.ResponseError
			if errors.As(err, &respErr) && respErr.ErrorCode == "ResourceGroupNotFound" {
				return nil, nil
			}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped error for the provisioning failure reason
2. Fix the public IP parameters and retry

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/azure/publicipaddress.go:49 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/1a18ba77955893ca. Report an issue: GitHub.