Bug ID 1696177: Both controllers attempt vfc FWU which results in incorrect status display

Last Modified: Jul 09, 2025

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

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-C 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.8.1

Opened: Oct 14, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

After upgrading the Chassis to 1.8.0-14684 and after the upgrade, you encounter this banner message and there is nothing in Events. "Firmware updates are currently in progress. Please wait until this warning clears before rebooting any hardware components. See Events for details." It may also halt the upgrade process like below in "show cluster" command result. STAGE NAME STATUS -------------------------------------- AddingBlade Not Started <<======= HealthCheck Done HostedInstall Done MasterAdditionalInstall Done MasterInstall Done NodeBootstrap Done NodeJoin Done Prerequisites Done ServiceCatalogInstall Done etcdInstall Done Rebooting controllers will resume the upgrade.

Impact

Banner message displays below: "Firmware updates are currently in progress. Please wait until this warning clears before rebooting any hardware components. See Events for details." Also "show system health" displays below: # show system health ... fantray-1 - ok error chassis/firmware/vfc1/lop-app - firmware:update-status Firmware update status unhealthy error error 2024-08-20T16:40:26-04:00 It may also halt the upgrade process: # show cluster ... STAGE NAME STATUS -------------------------------------- AddingBlade Not Started HealthCheck Done HostedInstall Done MasterAdditionalInstall Done MasterInstall Done NodeBootstrap Done NodeJoin Done Prerequisites Done ServiceCatalogInstall Done etcdInstall Done

Conditions

Both system controllers attempting to upgrade firmware simultaneously.

Workaround

Reboot controllers to resume the upgrade.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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