Red Hat Bugzilla – 1744487 – [machines] The state of the VM whose installation source type is 'URL' or 'PXE' will become 'in transition' After deleting it
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Description of problem:
If delete a VM whose installation source type is 'URL' or 'PXE', the VM state which is shown on the page will become 'in transition'. Then check the VM by using 'virsh list --all', the VM is not in the result of the command.But the VM should disappear form page this time.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cockpit-machines-197.2-1.el8.noarch
libvirt-dbus-1.2.0-3.module+el8.1.0+3531+2918145b.x86_64
How reproducible:
100%
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a VM whose installation source type is 'URL' or 'PXE', then click 'Install' button of it
2. Click the 'Delete' button of the VM
Actual results:
On the page, the state of the VM will become 'in tansition' , then check the VM by using 'virsh list --all', the VM is not in the result of the command.
Expected results:
The VM will disappear from page, then check the VM by using 'virsh list --all', the VM is not in the result of the command.
Additional info:
The VM whose state is 'in transition' will disappear after refresh the page.
This was fixed with:
commit 9b3927ab0b14ea975c759cc4979a9e0967c77eea
Author: Katerina Koukiou <kkoukiou>
Date: Thu Jun 27 21:56:13 2019 +0200
machines: don't redefine the domain when user deletes it in the middle of the installation
$ git describe 9b3927ab0b
198-49-g9b3927ab0
The above commit is not inside of cockpit-197 thus you are seeing this issue there.
Verified with packages:
cockpit-machines-208-1.el8.noarch
libvirt-dbus-1.2.0-3.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab.x86_64
Steps:
1. Create a VM with installation source : 'URL' or 'PXE', then click 'Create'
2. Wait until console shows up ,the Click the 'Delete' button of the VM
3. Check on host by:
# virsh list --all
The VM can be deleted successfully in step 2.
The VM is not in the result of the command in step 3.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1639