Comment 1 for bug 2036705

I read a little the code and checked the logs, and to tell the truth lost in the details :-)
If I understand well (of course I can't represent >10 years of API evolution and the ideas behind it) the status field of the port could represent that the backend wiring was successful.
If the admin sets admin_state_up=False I am not sure if setting status=DOWN is a good decision.

If we assume that OVS drivers behaviour is correct we have to make OVN driver behave the same way.
I would go and ask the drivers about it to be sure, but that's just my 2 cents.