Description of problem: It's very similar with https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154339 , but seems the current reproducer requires more steps. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nmstate-2.2.7-1.el9.x86_64 nispor-1.2.10-1.el9.x86_64 NetworkManager-1.42.2-1.el9.x86_64 DISTRO=RHEL-9.2.0-20230307.10 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: ip netns add client ip netns add server ip link add veth0_c type veth peer name veth0_c_p ip link add veth0_s type veth peer name veth0_s_p ip link set veth0_c_p netns client ip link set veth0_s_p netns server ip netns exec client ip link set lo up ip netns exec client ip link set veth0_c_p up ip netns exec client ip addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev veth0_c_p ip netns exec client ip addr add 2000::1/64 dev veth0_c_p ip netns exec server ip link set lo up ip netns exec server ip link set veth0_s_p up ip netns exec server ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev veth0_s_p ip netns exec server ip -6 addr add 2000::2/64 dev veth0_s_p nmcli device set veth0_c managed yes nmcli device set veth0_s managed yes cat > br_test.yaml << EOF --- interfaces: - name: veth0_c type: ethernet state: up ipv4: enabled: false ipv6: enabled: false mtu: 1500 - name: veth0_s type: ethernet state: up ipv4: enabled: false ipv6: enabled: false mtu: 1500 - name: br_test type: linux-bridge description: br_test state: up bridge: options: group-forward-mask: 0 mac-ageing-time: 300 multicast-snooping: true stp: enabled: false forward-delay: 15 hello-time: 2 max-age: 20 priority: 32768 port: - name: veth0_c stp-hairpin-mode: false stp-path-cost: 100 stp-priority: 32 - name: veth0_s stp-hairpin-mode: false stp-path-cost: 100 stp-priority: 32 ipv4: dhcp: false enabled: true address: - ip: 192.168.0.254 prefix-length: 24 ipv6: dhcp: false enabled: true address: - ip: 2000::a prefix-length: 64 mac-address: AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48 mtu: 1500 EOF nmstatectl apply br_test.yaml nmstatectl show br_test | sed 's/mac-address: AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48/mac-address: error/' | nmstatectl apply ip link nmcli con Actual results: [12:15:03@sweetpig-20 linux-bridge]0# nmstatectl show br_test | sed 's/mac-address: AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48/mac-address: error/' | nmstatectl apply [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Created checkpoint /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Checkpoint/81 [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z WARN nmstate::ip] Ignoring IPv6 link local address fe80::a8cf:a8ff:fe2d:6a48/64 [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Modifying connection UUID Some("8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6"), ID Some("br_test"), type Some("bridge") name Some("br_test") [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z ERROR nmstate::nm::nm_dbus::convert] Failed to convert to MAC address to bytes "ERROR": invalid digit found in string [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Activating connection 8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6: br_test/bridge [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z ERROR nmstate::nm::nm_dbus::convert] Failed to convert to MAC address to bytes "ERROR": invalid digit found in string [2023-03-13T04:15:12Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48"' [2023-03-13T04:15:13Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48"' [2023-03-13T04:15:14Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48"' [2023-03-13T04:15:15Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48"' [2023-03-13T04:15:17Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"AA:CF:A8:2D:6A:48"' [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Deactivating connection 8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6: br_test/bridge [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Modifying connection UUID Some("8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6"), ID Some("br_test"), type Some("bridge") name Some("br_test") [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z ERROR nmstate::nm::nm_dbus::convert] Failed to convert to MAC address to bytes "ERROR": invalid digit found in string [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Activating connection 8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6: br_test/bridge [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z ERROR nmstate::nm::nm_dbus::convert] Failed to convert to MAC address to bytes "ERROR": invalid digit found in string [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Got activation failure Bug: Manager(PermissionDenied): Authorization request cancelled [2023-03-13T04:15:18Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Will retry activation 2 seconds [2023-03-13T04:15:20Z INFO nmstate::nm::query_apply::profile] Activating connection 8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6: br_test/bridge [2023-03-13T04:15:20Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"A6:4E:6F:D1:36:2D"' [2023-03-13T04:15:21Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"8A:D1:23:C7:3B:3A"' [2023-03-13T04:15:22Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"8A:D1:23:C7:3B:3A"' [2023-03-13T04:15:23Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Retrying on: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"8A:D1:23:C7:3B:3A"' [2023-03-13T04:15:24Z INFO nmstate::query_apply::net_state] Rollbacked to checkpoint /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Checkpoint/81 NmstateError: VerificationError: Verification failure: br_test.interface.mac-address desire '"ERROR"', current '"8A:D1:23:C7:3B:3A"' [12:15:24@sweetpig-20 linux-bridge]1# ip l 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:16:3e:61:a7:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4026: veth0_c@if4025: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether a6:4e:6f:d1:36:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netns client 4028: veth0_s@if4027: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 8a:d1:23:c7:3b:3a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netns server [12:15:27@sweetpig-20 linux-bridge]0# nmcli con NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE enp0s3 937a2763-edd3-4e05-92fd-9e6379d5fc4b ethernet enp0s3 lo 1a8cab02-4885-4b9f-9d9c-19a60c0a4f68 loopback lo br_test 8252142b-51e6-4dcd-904a-ab90476eb9a6 bridge -- veth0_c fe815f1c-8a49-4b3a-ac82-7940b1532f5e ethernet -- veth0_s 48de074d-f8e3-414d-b212-fcd119168ddc ethernet -- Expected results: br_test and the ports rollbacked to the previous state Additional info:
Created attachment 1964617 [details] NetworkManager trace log
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