Mark broken, Mark Fixed seems to un-deploy the node

[Jay Kuri]

In MAAS 2.3.5, when you mark an already Deployed node broken, and then mark it fixed, it returns the node to the 'Ready' state instead of Deployed.

What I did:

In MAAS UI, I was on the node view screen, and I clicked 'Mark Broken' and later clicked 'Mark Fixed'

What I expected:

The unit would be unmodified by maas while marked broken, and return to 'Deployed' when marked fixed.

What happened instead:

The unit was unmodified by maas while broken, but upon clicking 'Mark Fixed' it set the unit's status to 'Ready' instead of 'Deployed'

Details:

When performing some maintenance in two separate MAAS clouds, both running 2.3.5, I performed the above actions, marking a node broken while working on it, then marking it fixed when complete. This caused the units to return to 'Ready' status rather than 'Deployed' as expected.

I spoke with Andres Rodriguez about it and he agreed with what I expected, and upon testing himself saw the same behavior ('Deployed' -> mark broken -> mark fixed -> 'Ready')

[Haw Loeung (hloeung)]

Per Jay's findings, current workaround involves DB surgery below:

How to reset state in the maasdb database (to 'Deployed')

On the maas machine:

sudo maas-region dbshell

-- find node system_id (get it from maas UI, at the end of the url: #/node/xxxxxx)
-- find owner_id (for maas-root, or main maas user if maas-root is incorrect) - easiest way is to find a working machine that is owned by that user also:

maasdb=# select id, system_id, owner_id, hostname, status, previous_status, power_state from maasserver_node where hostname='myworkingmachine';

-- assuming your owner_id is 3, and your system_id of your broken machine is 'xyzpd4'

update maasserver_node set owner_id=3, status=6 where system_id='xyzpd4';

-- this will put your machine back in the correct status and with the correct owner. (Owner will be wiped on the previous transition to READY, it seems)

[Ramon Grullon (rgrullon)]

Can confirm issue is present in MAAS 2.5.2.

Reproducing steps identical to original post.

My customer had to put machine into Broken state for a DIMM replacement. Once the maintenance was done, he clicked fixed and powered on machine. Its now in a Ready state. I expected the machine to return to a deployed state.

[Douglas Santos de Oliveira (douglasddr8)]

I can confirm this issue present on MAAS 2.9.2

Identical steps.

Update: Problem solved with Haw Loeung workaround suggestion.