Description of problem: Similar to the issue reported here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1830789 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): v4.4.3 How reproducible: Frequently. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade OCP 4.3.18 to 4.4.3 via Fats-4.4 channel 2. Check etcd status, it becomes Degraded and the upgrade would be stuck at 11% and could not move ahead. Actual results: - Applied the below workaround as per release notes but could not get through. ~~~ # oc patch etcd cluster -p='{"spec": {"forceRedeploymentReason": "recovery-'"$( date --rfc-3339=ns )"'"}}' --type=merge ~~~ Expected results: A seamless cluster upgrade without any fail in the operators Additional info: Multiple customers are facing a variety of issues the moment they begin with an upgrade. Failure in etcd is pain at this moment.