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Persistent Volumes Not Detaching During Node Rotation

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Applies to

  • NetApp Trident
  • Kubernetes (RKE2, v1.33.x and similar)

Issue

  • During node rotation or maintenance (e.g., AMI upgrade, node replacement), Persistent Volumes (PVs) provisioned by NetApp Trident are not detaching from the node being removed.
  • This causes the affected node to remain stuck in the deletion/termination phase, delaying cluster maintenance and risking compliance for business-critical workloads.
  • PVs remain in Bound phase after node removal.
  • Trident logs show:

"shouldDelete is false: PersistentVolumePhase is not Released" PV="pvc-<uuid>"

  • Node stuck in deletion/termination phase.
  • Manual drain/cordon works, but automated (Terraform/Rancher) node rotation fails to detach volumes.

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