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Grid Manager returns "Service unavailable”(HTTP 503) after upgrading StorageGRID primary admin node

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Applies to

  • NetApp StorageGRID
  • Grid Manager

Issue

  • Grid Manager returns Service unavailable after completing the upgrade of primary admin node

  • The upgrade workflow does not proceed to upgrade other nodes, the GUI returned to the Select files step

  • NODES tab and other management functions were inaccessible due to Service unavailable

NODES tab and other management functions were inaccessible due to <code>Service unavailable

  • The issue resolved itself without manual intervention (after 20 minutes for example)
  • /var/local/log/prometheus.log indicates it takes a long time to get ready for web requests with "Server is ready to receive web requests." since "Starting Prometheus Server"

Oct  2 07:59:03 <PRIMARY_ADMIN_NODE> PROM[16808]: ts=2025-10-02T07:59:03.773Z caller=main.go:564 level=info msg="Starting Prometheus Server" mode=server version="(version=2.43.0, branch=HEAD, revision=edfc3bcd025dd6fe296c167a14a216cab1e552ee)"
Oct  2 08:14:40 <PRIMARY_ADMIN_NODE> PROM[16808]: ts=2025-10-02T08:14:40.240Z caller=main.go:990 level=info msg="Server is ready to receive web requests."

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