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Reconciliation failed: install retries exhausted

ID: cicd/fluxcd-reconciliation-failed

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82%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

FluxCD failed to reconcile the desired state from Git to the Kubernetes cluster. The source controller, kustomize controller, or helm controller could not apply the manifests. Causes include invalid YAML, Helm chart version conflicts, or insufficient RBAC permissions.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Check FluxCD resource status and fix source manifests 
    Run flux get all to see all resource statuses. Check specific failures: flux get kustomizations or flux get helmreleases. Read the status message for the exact error. Fix the YAML/Helm values in Git and push.
  2. 85% success Force reconciliation after fixing the source 
    After fixing manifests in Git, trigger immediate reconciliation: flux reconcile source git flux-system && flux reconcile kustomization flux-system. Check logs: flux logs --follow.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Deleting and recreating the FluxCD resources without fixing the manifests 85% fail

    FluxCD will re-read the same broken manifests from Git and fail again. The issue is in the source, not in FluxCD's state.

  2. Suspending reconciliation permanently 90% fail

    Suspending stops GitOps entirely. The cluster drifts from the desired state in Git, defeating the purpose of FluxCD.

Error Chain

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