[job failure] gce-1.8-master-upgrade-master

[spiffxp]

/priority critical-urgent
/priority failing-test
/kind bug
/status approved-for-milestone
@kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle-test-failures

This job has been failing since at least 2017-11-08. It's on the sig-release-master-upgrade dashboard,
and prevents us from cutting [v1.9.0-beta.1] (kubernetes/sig-release#34). Is there work ongoing to bring this job back to green?

https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-release-master-upgrade#gce-1.8-master-upgrade-master

• none of the upgrade jobs are passing https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-release-master-upgrade
• last UpgradeTest green: https://k8s-gubernator.appspot.com/build/kubernetes-jenkins/logs/ci-kubernetes-e2e-gce-new-master-upgrade-master/1120
• first UpgradeTest red: https://k8s-gubernator.appspot.com/build/kubernetes-jenkins/logs/ci-kubernetes-e2e-gce-new-master-upgrade-master/1121
• latest failure: https://k8s-gubernator.appspot.com/build/kubernetes-jenkins/logs/ci-kubernetes-e2e-gce-new-master-upgrade-master/1137

[liggitt]

#56252 comes to mind

[luxas]

Yup, that's most probably the root cause.

[k8s-github-robot]

[MILESTONENOTIFIER] Milestone Issue Needs Attention

@spiffxp @kubernetes/sig-cluster-lifecycle-misc

Action required: During code freeze, issues in the milestone should be in progress.
If this issue is not being actively worked on, please remove it from the milestone.
If it is being worked on, please add the status/in-progress label so it can be tracked with other in-flight issues.

Action Required: This issue has not been updated since Nov 23. Please provide an update.

Note: This issue is marked as priority/critical-urgent, and must be updated every 1 day during code freeze.

Example update:

ACK.  In progress
ETA: DD/MM/YYYY
Risks: Complicated fix required

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• sig/cluster-lifecycle: Issue will be escalated to these SIGs if needed.
• priority/critical-urgent: Never automatically move issue out of a release milestone; continually escalate to contributor and SIG through all available channels.
• kind/bug: Fixes a bug discovered during the current release.

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[spiffxp]

/close
While the job itself is no longer failing, individual test cases are. Filing or linking issues for those separately.