Bug ID 1589161: Observing kube-dns service error log flood in /var/log/messages after appliance downgrade

Last Modified: Jan 29, 2026

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-A 1.8.1, F5OS-A 1.8.2, F5OS-A 1.8.3

Opened: May 24, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

By performing appliance downgrade from F5OS-A 1.7.0/F5OS-A 1.8.0 to any lower versions than F5OS-A 1.7.0, a log flood with below error is seen in /var/log/messages. level=error msg="Failed to process config: failed to process /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/corednsfile.yaml: failed to update kube-system/kube-dns /v1, Kind=Service for kube-system/corednsfile: Service \"kube-dns\" is invalid: spec.clusterIPs[0]: Invalid value: []string(nil): primary clusterIP can not be unset"

Impact

No functional impact, expect the log flood for once in every 15 seconds.

Conditions

When downgrade is performed from F5OS-A 1.7.0/F5OS-A 1.8.0 to any lower versions than F5OS-A 1.7.0, an error log flood related to kube-dns service is seen in /var/log/messages.

Workaround

Execute the below command on the appliance: “kubectl delete svc kube-dns -n kube-system”.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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