*** Bug 2047846 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Verifed In the last 12h found 2 time "Timed out waiting for node count" for 4.6, but not related to 401 error, move to verified. https://search.ci.openshift.org/?search=Timed+out+waiting+for+node+count&maxAge=12h&context=1&type=junit&name=azure&excludeName=&maxMatches=5&maxBytes=20971520&groupBy=job
This was addressed in 4.6.56 however the errata automation failed to close this bug as it should have.