Is ovn-controller maybe not claiming the port binding request from ovnkube-node at 05:54:08 because of the sb_readonly=1 at that time?

I think that the issue is with releasing the port when sb is read only.
In that case, ovn-controller might delete its internal binding for this port before sb becomes writable. 
When sb becomes writable, it's too late: the binding for this port is gone in ovn-controller, and ovn-controller never updates sb (it never removes chassis from port_binding in sb).
Then, next time this port is claimed, ovn-controller sees the port as already claimed, does not log the claim, and does not create the interface in if-status (causing next WARN when releasing)
I'll work on a fix.

Seeing this in a few more CI tests in OCP 4.13:

https://gcsweb-ci.apps.ci.l2s4.p1.openshiftapps.com/gcs/origin-ci-test/pr-logs/pull/openshift_ovn-kubernetes/1449/pull-ci-openshift-ovn-kubernetes-master-e2e-gcp-ovn/1603172544557355008/artifacts/e2e-gcp-ovn/gather-extra/artifacts/pods/openshift-ovn-kubernetes_ovnkube-node-572nb_ovn-controller.log

for port e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0

2022-12-15T00:43:24.001Z|01585|binding|INFO|Claiming lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 for this chassis.
2022-12-15T00:43:24.001Z|01586|binding|INFO|e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0: Claiming 0a:58:0a:83:01:68 10.131.1.104
2022-12-15T00:43:24.140Z|01587|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 ovn-installed in OVS
2022-12-15T00:43:24.140Z|01588|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 up in Southbound
2022-12-15T00:43:40.534Z|01659|binding|INFO|Mismatch iface-id-ver for lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0, expected 6e14a1af-8dd4-4656-ad2c-9b145386ed0d, found ddf315b4-06c9-459b-a84f-6fe75194c0c5
2022-12-15T00:43:40.534Z|01660|binding|INFO|Releasing lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 from this chassis (sb_readonly=1)
2022-12-15T00:43:40.537Z|01661|binding|INFO|Removing lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 ovn-installed in OVS
2022-12-15T00:45:41.819Z|01793|binding|INFO|Releasing lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 from this chassis (sb_readonly=0)
2022-12-15T00:45:41.819Z|01794|if_status|WARN|Trying to release unknown interface e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0
2022-12-15T00:45:43.574Z|01795|binding|INFO|Claiming lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 for this chassis.
2022-12-15T00:45:43.574Z|01796|binding|INFO|e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0: Claiming 0a:58:0a:83:01:77 10.131.1.119
2022-12-15T00:45:43.638Z|01797|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 ovn-installed in OVS
2022-12-15T00:45:43.638Z|01798|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 up in Southbound
2022-12-15T00:45:50.898Z|01800|binding|INFO|Mismatch iface-id-ver for lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0, expected 520daa0d-4ad2-4490-8d5e-fd167bc26a7d, found 6e14a1af-8dd4-4656-ad2c-9b145386ed0d
2022-12-15T00:45:51.633Z|01801|binding|INFO|Claiming lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 for this chassis.
2022-12-15T00:45:51.633Z|01802|binding|INFO|e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0: Claiming 0a:58:0a:83:01:8f 10.131.1.143
2022-12-15T00:45:51.678Z|01803|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 ovn-installed in OVS
2022-12-15T00:45:51.678Z|01804|binding|INFO|Setting lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 up in Southbound
2022-12-15T00:46:04.863Z|01806|binding|INFO|Releasing lport e2e-statefulset-7013_ss2-0 from this chassis (sb_readonly=0)

Patch posted upstream for review: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/patch/20230104083209.3880669-2-xsimonar@redhat.com/

ovn23.03 fast-datapath-rhel-8 clone created at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196412
ovn23.03 fast-datapath-rhel-9 clone created at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196413
ovn22.12 fast-datapath-rhel-8 clone created at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196414
ovn22.12 fast-datapath-rhel-9 clone created at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196415

Reproduced on:
ovn22.12-22.12.0-51.el8fdp.x86_64
ovn22.12-central-22.12.0-51.el8fdp.x86_64
openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-30.el8fdp.noarch
ovn22.12-host-22.12.0-51.el8fdp.x86_64
openvswitch2.17-2.17.0-95.el8fdp.x86_64

Here is the reproducer:

systemctl start ovn-northd
ovn-nbctl set-connection ptcp:6641
ovn-sbctl set-connection ptcp:6642
systemctl start openvswitch
ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:system-id=hv1
ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:ovn-remote=tcp:127.0.0.1:6642
ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve
ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:ovn-encap-ip=127.0.0.1
systemctl restart ovn-controller
 
# Add switch
ovn-nbctl ls-add ls1
ovn-nbctl set Logical_Switch ls1 other_config:subnet=10.1.0.0/16
ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
 
ovn-nbctl lsp-add ls1 lsp1
ovn-nbctl lsp-add ls1 lsp2

# add_ovs_interfaces
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif1 -- set Interface vif1 external_ids:iface-id=lsp1 -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif2 -- set Interface vif2 external_ids:iface-id=lsp2 -- set Interface vif2 type=internal

# wait_for_local_bindings
sleep 5
# check bindings, should be 2
ovn-appctl -t ovn-controller debug/dump-local-bindings | grep interface | wc -l |grep 2
# check how many ports are up, should be 2
ovn-nbctl  --bare --columns up list Logical_switch_p | grep true |wc -l |grep 2
ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
# sleep_sb
kill -STOP $(ps -ef | grep ovnsb_db.pid  |grep -v grep |awk '{ print $2 }')
sleep 5
echo "Interface removal"
# remove_ovs_interfaces
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- del-port vif1
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- del-port vif2
sleep 5
# ensure_controller_run
# We want to make sure controller could run at least one full loop.
# We can't use wait=hv as sb might be sleeping.
ovn-appctl -t ovn-controller debug/status |grep running

# sleep_controller
ovn-appctl debug/pause
sleep 5
ovn-appctl -t ovn-controller debug/status |grep paused

# wake_up_sb
kill -CONT $(ps -ef | grep ovnsb_db.pid  |grep -v grep |awk '{ print $2 }')

# wake_up_controller
ovn-appctl debug/resume
sleep 5
# check_ovn_uninstalled

# check_port_down lsp1
ovn-sbctl get Port_Binding lsp1 up |grep false
# check_port_down lsp2
ovn-sbctl get Port_Binding lsp2 up |grep false
# <<<<<< in non fixed version, these ports are not down >>>>>>
# check_ports_unbound, should be 0
ovn-sbctl --bare --columns chassis list Port_Bind |grep '-' | wc -l |grep 0
# <<<<<< in non fixed version, these ports remained bound >>>>>>

# add_ovs_interfaces again
# add_ovs_interfaces
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif1 -- set Interface vif1 external_ids:iface-id=lsp1 -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif2 -- set Interface vif2 external_ids:iface-id=lsp2 -- set Interface vif2 type=internal
ovn-nbctl --wait=hv sync
echo "Interface removal done and added back"
# sleep_sb
kill -STOP $(ps -ef | grep ovnsb_db.pid  |grep -v grep |awk '{ print $2 }')
sleep 2
# remove_ovs_interfaces
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- del-port vif1
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- del-port vif2

# ensure_controller_run
ovn-appctl -t ovn-controller debug/status |grep running

# sleep_controller
ovn-appctl debug/pause
sleep 5
# add_ovs_interfaces back again
# add_ovs_interfaces
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif1 -- set Interface vif1 external_ids:iface-id=lsp1 -- set Interface vif1 type=internal
ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- add-port br-int vif2 -- set Interface vif2 external_ids:iface-id=lsp2 -- set Interface vif2 type=internal

# wake_up_sb
kill -CONT $(ps -ef | grep ovnsb_db.pid  |grep -v grep |awk '{ print $2 }')
# wake_up_controller
ovn-appctl debug/resume
sleep 5
# check_ovn_installed vif1
# check_ovn_installed vif2

# check_ports_up
ovn-sbctl get Port_Binding lsp1 up |grep true
ovn-sbctl get Port_Binding lsp2 up |grep true

# check_ports_bound should be 2
ovn-sbctl --bare --columns chassis list Port_Bind |grep '-' | wc -l |grep 2

As per the reproducer given in Comment 6, verified on:

ovn22.09-22.09.0-91.el8fdp.x86_64
openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-31.el8fdp.noarch
openvswitch2.17-2.17.0-106.el8fdp.x86_64