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Bug 1880353

Summary: [release 4.5] cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator: Fix bug in reflector not recovering from "Too large resource version"
Product: OpenShift Container Platform Reporter: Lukasz Szaszkiewicz <lszaszki>
Component: openshift-apiserverAssignee: Lukasz Szaszkiewicz <lszaszki>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Xingxing Xia <xxia>
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Priority: high    
Version: 4.5CC: aos-bugs, kewang, mfojtik
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Target Release: 4.5.z   
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Cause: A watch cache (in Kube API) is initialized from the global revision (etcd) and might stay on it for an undefined period if no changes were (add, modify) made. Consequence: It might lead to a situation in which a client gets a resource version (RV) from a server that has observed a newer RV, disconnect (due to a network error) from it, and reconnect to a server that is behind, resulting in "Too large resource version" errors. Fix: Fix the reflector so that it can recover from "Too large resource version" errors Result: Operators that use client-go library for getting notifications from the server can recover and make progress upon receiving "Too large resource version" error
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Last Closed: 2020-10-12 15:47:56 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Lukasz Szaszkiewicz 2020-09-18 10:42:20 UTC 
A recent fix in the reflector/informer https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92688 prevents components/operators from entering a hotloop and stuck.

There are already reported cases that have run into that issue and were stuck for hours or even days. For example https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877346.

The root cause of the issue is the fact that a watch cache is initialized from the global revision (etcd) and might stay on it for an undefined period (if no changes were (add, modify) made). 
That means that the watch cache across server instances may be out of sync. 
That might lead to a situation in which a client gets a resource version from a server that has observed a newer rv, disconnect (due to a network error) from it, and reconnect to a server that is behind, resulting in “Too large resource version“ errors.

More details in https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/91073 and https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-api-machinery/1904-efficient-watch-resumption


It looks like the issue only affects 1.18. According to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/91073#issuecomment-652251669 the issue was first introduced in that version by changes done to the reflector. 
The fix is already present in 1.19.


Please make sure that cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator and its operands are using a client-go that includes https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/92688 if not please use this BZ and file a PR.
In case you are using a framework to build your operator make sure it uses the right version of the client-go library.
Comment 3 Ke Wang 2020-09-27 08:13:19 UTC 
-  cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator checking, as expected version.so move the bug verified.

$ git clone https://github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator.git

$ cd cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator

$ oc adm release info --commits registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release:4.5.0-0.nightly-2020-09-26-194704 | grep cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator
  cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator           https://github.com/openshift/cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator      7232226b4233cf574633f29d880e24356fe1ea17

$ $ git checkout -b 4.5.0-0.nightly-2020-09-26-194704 7232226b
Switched to a new branch '4.5.0-0.nightly-2020-09-26-194704'

$ grep -i 'k8s.io/client-go v' go.mod
	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.6

According to the PR https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/91073, disconnected a node from network for a few minutes. 

$ oc debug node/ip-xx-0-xxx-242.us-east-2.compute.internal
sh-4.4# cat > test.sh <<EOF
ifconfig ens3 down
sleep 300
ifconfig ens3 up
EOF
sh-4.4# bash ./test.sh &

After connection recovered, reconnected to node, check if the such error messages in bug can be found, 
kubelet logs,
$ oc debug node/ip-10-0-144-242.us-east-2.compute.internal
sh-4.4# journalctl -b -u kubelet |  grep -i 'Too large resource version'

No longer see the such error messages in kubelet logs.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-10-12 15:47:56 UTC 
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 (OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.14 bug fix update), 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-2020:3843