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Kops CI Jobs Failing with KOPS_STATE_STORE Errors

Kops CI Jobs Failing with KOPS_STATE_STORE Errors

Generated: 2026-01-23 Last Updated: 2026-01-23

Error Messages

These jobs fail with both of the following error messages:

  1. State Store: Required value: Please set the --state flag or export KOPS_STATE_STORE.
  2. Could not retrieve location for AWS bucket

Summary

Total: 47 unique CI jobs

Category Count
Miscellaneous jobs (kops-misc) 7
Upgrade jobs (kops-upgrades) 20
Upgrade jobs with many addons (kops-upgrades-many-addons) 20

Miscellaneous Jobs (kops-misc dashboard)

CI Job Name TestGrid URL Dashboards
e2e-kops-aws-addon-resource-tracking https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-addon-resource-tracking kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-aws-load-balancer-controller https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-aws-load-balancer-controller kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-ipv6-karpenter https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-ipv6-karpenter kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-karpenter https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-karpenter kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-keypair-rotation-ha https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-keypair-rotation-ha kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-metrics-server https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-metrics-server kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-pod-identity-webhook https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-misc#kops-aws-pod-identity-webhook kops-misc, kops-k8s-stable

Upgrade Jobs (kops-upgrades dashboard)

CI Job Name TestGrid URL Dashboards
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k128-ko132-to-k129-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k128-ko132-to-k129-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-ko132-to-k130-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k129-ko132-to-k130-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-ko133-to-k130-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k129-ko133-to-k130-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-kolatest-to-k130-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k129-kolatest-to-k130-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko132-to-k131-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k130-ko132-to-k131-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko133-to-k131-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k130-ko133-to-k131-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko134-to-k131-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k130-ko134-to-k131-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-kolatest-to-k131-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k130-kolatest-to-k131-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko132-to-k132-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k131-ko132-to-k132-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko133-to-k132-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k131-ko133-to-k132-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko134-to-k132-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k131-ko134-to-k132-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-kolatest-to-k132-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k131-kolatest-to-k132-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-ko133-to-k133-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k132-ko133-to-k133-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-ko134-to-k133-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k132-ko134-to-k133-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-kolatest-to-k133-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k132-kolatest-to-k133-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k133-ko134-to-k134-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k133-ko134-to-k134-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k133-kolatest-to-k134-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k133-kolatest-to-k134-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k134-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#k134-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-kstable-kolatest-to-kci-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#kstable-kolatest-to-kci-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-kstable-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades#kstable-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest kops-upgrades, kops-k8s-stable

Upgrade Jobs with Many Addons (kops-upgrades-many-addons dashboard)

CI Job Name TestGrid URL Dashboards
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k128-ko132-to-k129-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k128-ko132-to-k129-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-ko132-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k129-ko132-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-ko133-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k129-ko133-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k129-kolatest-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k129-kolatest-to-k130-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko132-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k130-ko132-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko133-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k130-ko133-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-ko134-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k130-ko134-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k130-kolatest-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k130-kolatest-to-k131-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko132-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k131-ko132-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko133-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k131-ko133-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-ko134-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k131-ko134-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k131-kolatest-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k131-kolatest-to-k132-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-ko133-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k132-ko133-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-ko134-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k132-ko134-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k132-kolatest-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k132-kolatest-to-k133-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k133-ko134-to-k134-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k133-ko134-to-k134-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k133-kolatest-to-k134-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k133-kolatest-to-k134-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k134-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#k134-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-kstable-kolatest-to-kci-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#kstable-kolatest-to-kci-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable
e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-kstable-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest-many-addons https://testgrid.k8s.io/kops-upgrades-many-addons#kstable-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest-many-addons kops-upgrades-many-addons, kops-k8s-stable

Verification Method

Each job was verified by:

  1. Checking TestGrid for jobs with FAILING status
  2. Fetching the most recent build log from GCS (kubernetes-ci-logs/logs/<job-name>/<build-number>/build-log.txt)
  3. Confirming presence of BOTH error messages in the log

Jobs verified with actual build log analysis:

  • e2e-kops-aws-addon-resource-tracking (build 2014680399849984000)
  • e2e-kops-aws-keypair-rotation-ha (build 2014676121735401472)
  • e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k128-ko132-to-k129-kolatest (build 2014579735710928896)
  • e2e-kops-aws-karpenter (build 2014371098774212608)
  • e2e-kops-aws-ipv6-karpenter (build 2014607921677078528)
  • e2e-kops-aws-aws-load-balancer-controller (build 2014693989617242112)
  • e2e-kops-aws-metrics-server (build 2014649949135835136)
  • e2e-kops-aws-pod-identity-webhook (build 2014591563367190528)
  • e2e-kops-aws-upgrade-k134-kolatest-to-klatest-kolatest (build 2014671088637710336)

Notes

  • Many other dashboards (kops-grid, kops-gce, kops-azure, kops-distros, kops-nftables, kops-network-plugins, etc.) have failing jobs but they fail due to different root causes:

    • Network connectivity issues (i/o timeout, TLS handshake timeout)
    • ARM64 compatibility issues (EBS CSI, CoreDNS)
    • GCE backend conflicts
    • Cilium/kindnet networking issues
    • Regional AWS connectivity issues
  • These other failing jobs do NOT contain both of the specific error messages listed above.

  • Jobs confirmed NOT to have both errors:

    • e2e-kops-grid-gce-cilium-deb12-k32-ko32 (test execution succeeded, different failure)
    • e2e-kops-grid-amazonvpc-al2023-k32 (AWS ap-south-1 connectivity issues)
    • e2e-kops-aws-distro-rhel10arm64 (ARM64/EBS CSI issues)
    • e2e-kops-aws-nftables-amzn2 (network connectivity issues)
    • e2e-kops-azure-cni-kindnet (CoreDNS/kindnet issues)
    • ci-kubernetes-e2e-kops-aws-scale-amazonvpc-using-cl2 (no state store errors)
    • e2e-kops-aws-hostname-bug121018 (bucket error was transient, self-resolved)
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