The problem is that ovnkube deleted the OVS side of the veth interface: [trozet@fedora contrib]$ oc logs ovnkube-node-r6gn8 -c ovnkube-node | grep apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp I0303 15:10:41.861452 6959 cni.go:227] [openshift-apiserver/apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp 8046af2ac9b9f4ce38b0dd16bf3be9200d0b74b073e5c9521fcce2e6c1551f64] ADD starting CNI request [openshift-apiserver/apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp 8046af2ac9b9f4ce38b0dd16bf3be9200d0b74b073e5c9521fcce2e6c1551f64] I0303 15:10:41.893578 6959 helper_linux.go:257] ConfigureOVS: namespace: openshift-apiserver, podName: apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp I0303 15:10:43.914813 6959 cni.go:248] [openshift-apiserver/apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp 8046af2ac9b9f4ce38b0dd16bf3be9200d0b74b073e5c9521fcce2e6c1551f64] ADD finished CNI request [openshift-apiserver/apiserver-64c59d7d44-9jxmp 8046af2ac9b9f4ce38b0dd16bf3be9200d0b74b073e5c9521fcce2e6c1551f64], result "{\"interfaces\":[{\"name\":\"8046af2ac9b9f4c\",\"mac\":\"3e:4f:c3:c0:93:b8\"},{\"name\":\"eth0\",\"mac\":\"0a:58:0a:80:00:35\",\"sandbox\":\"/var/run/netns/b2376631-9d4e-47da-ab5b-9d79cdc1b5f4\"}],\"ips\":[{\"version\":\"4\",\"interface\":1,\"address\":\"10.128.0.53/23\",\"gateway\":\"10.128.0.1\"}],\"dns\":{}}", err <nil> W0303 15:10:51.913934 6959 healthcheck.go:229] Found stale OVS Interface, deleting OVS Port with interface 8046af2ac9b9f4c This is coming from vfrepresentor clean up code that is indiscriminately removing non vf representor interfaces: https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/blob/master/go-controller/pkg/node/healthcheck.go#L169 We need to fix this TODO so this function only looks at VF representor ports: https://github.com/openshift/ovn-kubernetes/blob/release-4.10/go-controller/pkg/node/healthcheck.go#L227
This code is present in 4.9 as well. The bug exists there too.
*** Bug 2016115 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is fixed in downstream master by https://github.com/openshift/ovn-kubernetes/pull/987, moving the BZ status to ON_QA.
*** Bug 2072122 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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 (Important: OpenShift Container Platform 4.11.0 bug fix and security 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/RHSA-2022:5069