[BUG] Failed to update pull secret on the disk

[almightyyeh]

the Issue occur in both two CRC version: crc-linux-2.19.0-amd64 & crc-linux-2.32.0-amd64.

General information

• OS: Linux / RHEL8
• Hypervisor: KVM / Libvirtd
• Did you run crc setup before starting it (Yes)?
• Running CRC on: VM

CRC version

CRC version: 2.32.0+54a6f9
OpenShift version: 4.14.8
Podman version: 4.4.4

CRC status

INFO Waiting until the user's pull secret is written to the instance disk...
(...)
DEBU Running SSH command: <hidden>
DEBU SSH command succeeded
DEBU error: Temporary error: pull secret not updated to disk - sleeping 2s
DEBU retry loop: attempt 77
DEBU Running SSH command: <hidden>
DEBU SSH command succeeded
DEBU error: Temporary error: pull secret not updated to disk - sleeping 2s
DEBU RetryAfter timeout after 78 tries
DEBU Making call to close driver server
DEBU (crc) Calling .Close
DEBU (crc) DBG | time="2024-02-17T15:07:07+08:00" level=debug msg="Closing plugin on server side"
DEBU Successfully made call to close driver server
DEBU Making call to close connection to plugin binary
Failed to update pull secret on the disk: Temporary error: pull secret not updated to disk (x78)

CRC config

$ crc config view
- consent-telemetry                     : no
- skip-check-daemon-systemd-sockets     : true
- skip-check-daemon-systemd-unit        : true

Host Operating System

$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.8 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.8"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.8
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.8"

Steps to reproduce

1. crc setup
2. crc start
3. Failed in Task: [INFO] Waiting until the user's pull secret is written to the instance disk...

Expected

Actual

Logs

Before gather the logs try following if that fix your issue

$ crc delete -f
$ crc cleanup
$ crc setup
$ crc start --log-level debug

above step had repeat serveral times with same problme.

Please consider posting the output of crc start --log-level debug on http://gist.github.com/ and post the link in the issue.

[praveenkumar]

@almightyyeh I can see in your config that you choose to skip daemon checks any particular reason for it?

[almightyyeh]

@praveenkumar Thanks for your reply !

I skip the preflight-checks about systemd with follow issue discuss:
#3471

I have the same problem also.

[praveenkumar]

@almightyyeh even #3471 (comment) doesn't work in your case?

[almightyyeh]

@praveenkumar Yes, I had try resolution but still same situation with failed update pull-secret on disk.

I’ll try newer version again later.

[gopaltirupur]

with latest version, I am getting the same error with default config. ( OS : Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS )

INFO Waiting until the user's pull secret is written to the instance disk...
Failed to update pull secret on the disk: Temporary error: pull secret not updated to disk (x208)

[praveenkumar]

@gopaltirupur @almightyyeh Can you start crc with --log-level debug and provide the result?

$ crc delete
$ crc config view
$ crc setup --log-level debug
$ crc start --log-level debug

[almightyyeh]

@praveenkumar in my case, it pending until above 10 mins but without any error log message.

[gopaltirupur]

@praveenkumar @almightyyeh

Switched back to 2.33 ( latest is 2.34 ), Working now with out any issue, Thanks

https://developers.redhat.com/content-gateway/rest/mirror/pub/openshift-v4/clients/crc/2.33.0

[almightyyeh]

@gopaltirupur Thanks for sharing!

@praveenkumar Thanks for update. I'll close the issue and switch new version.

[ferhoyos]

Is there any workaround if you want to use the latest version 2.34 to install OpenShift 4.15? I have the same issue Failed in Task: [INFO] Waiting until the user's pull secret is written to the instance disk.... In my case I am using a laptop with Linux (Fedora 39).