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Error: UPGRADE FAILED: another operation (install/upgrade/rollback) is in progress

ID: cicd/helm-upgrade-failed

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83%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
any active — — —

Root Cause

Helm upgrade failed due to a stuck release, invalid rendered manifests, or a concurrent operation. The release may be in a 'pending-upgrade' or 'failed' state, preventing new operations.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 85% success Rollback the stuck release and retry the upgrade 
    Check release status: helm status <release>. If stuck in pending-upgrade: helm rollback <release> <previous-revision>. Then retry: helm upgrade <release> <chart>. Use helm history <release> to find the last successful revision.
  2. 88% success Use --atomic flag to auto-rollback on failure 
    Add --atomic to helm upgrade: helm upgrade --install --atomic --timeout 300s <release> <chart>. This automatically rolls back if the upgrade fails, preventing stuck releases.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Running helm upgrade again without resolving the stuck release 90% fail

    Helm will report 'another operation is in progress' because the previous release is in a pending state. The new upgrade cannot proceed until the stuck state is resolved.

  2. Using helm delete --purge (Helm 2 syntax) in Helm 3 85% fail

    Helm 3 does not support --purge flag. The correct command is helm uninstall <release>. Using Helm 2 syntax produces a flag parse error.

Error Chain

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