Bug ID 1620921: During live-upgrade, "show cluster cluster-status" shows "K3s IMAGE update has failed, will retry"

Last Modified: Jan 14, 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: Jul 26, 2024

Severity: 1-Blocking

Symptoms

If the prompt status is stuck in either of these 2 stages after F5OS-A live upgrade: 'Cluster update in-progress/Waiting for cluster service', checkout the cluster state by running following command: 'show cluster cluster-status' If the cluster state shows some output like this where K3s Image update has failed, we can confirm that this same issue is hit. INDEX STATUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...something 6 2024-07-25 15:51:23.567837+00:00 - K3s IMAGE update has failed, will retry. ...something

Impact

The prompt status is stuck in 'Cluster update in-progress/Waiting for cluster service' error.

Conditions

This can occur while performing a live upgrade of F5OS-A.

Workaround

Reboot the system. The upgrade will resume and complete.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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