As it turned out it happens when trying to aquire lock (dragonflow code). Take a look at the example: stack@ubuntu200:/opt/stack/logs$ grep req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 q-svc.log | grep "Try to get lock for object" 2016-12-13 11:25:28.774 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 3512258685. 2016-12-13 11:25:30.793 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 3156869888. 2016-12-13 11:25:34.797 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 7173602260. 2016-12-13 11:25:42.807 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 4270305405. 2016-12-13 11:25:52.816 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 2411185474. 2016-12-13 11:26:02.825 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 1907166269. 2016-12-13 11:26:12.867 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 4109395117. 2016-12-13 11:26:22.895 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 3077718418. 2016-12-13 11:26:32.903 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 1294497020. 2016-12-13 11:26:43.090 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 1200496550. 2016-12-13 11:26:53.242 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 1358217871. 2016-12-13 11:27:03.265 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 9795887159. 2016-12-13 11:27:13.269 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 6886244371. 2016-12-13 11:27:23.348 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 4907705753. 2016-12-13 11:27:33.435 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 7705261829. 2016-12-13 11:27:43.469 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 6146326246. 2016-12-13 11:27:53.731 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 5215417422. 2016-12-13 11:28:03.736 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 9806711341. 2016-12-13 11:28:13.739 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 5370613910. 2016-12-13 11:28:13.751 26433 INFO dragonflow.db.neutron.lockedobjects_db [req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 c_rally_6dff3601_cgAPsIVX -] Try to get lock for object 360e7d0657df4519a53a2a5be32c1aba in session 5370613910. grep req-39b7765e-8606-4259-9ca9-b31e3be89691 q-svc.log | grep "Try to get lock for object" | gawk '{print $1" "$2}' 2016-12-13 11:25:28.774 2016-12-13 11:25:30.793 2016-12-13 11:25:34.797 2016-12-13 11:25:42.807 2016-12-13 11:25:52.816 2016-12-13 11:26:02.825 2016-12-13 11:26:12.867 2016-12-13 11:26:22.895 2016-12-13 11:26:32.903 2016-12-13 11:26:43.090 2016-12-13 11:26:53.242 2016-12-13 11:27:03.265 2016-12-13 11:27:13.269 2016-12-13 11:27:23.348 2016-12-13 11:27:33.435 2016-12-13 11:27:43.469 2016-12-13 11:27:53.731 2016-12-13 11:28:03.736 2016-12-13 11:28:13.739 2016-12-13 11:28:13.751 The span between attempts is 10 seconds and as a result a failure.