It looks like this is a problem with grpcio-1.16.0+. If I add a version cap to keep it below 1.16.0 then everything works as expected. Also, since I forgot to include the traceback in the original report, here it is: 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259089 | ubuntu-xenial | Captured traceback: 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259155 | ubuntu-xenial | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259260 | ubuntu-xenial | b'Traceback (most recent call last):' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259565 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/etcd3/client.py", line 46, in handler' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259666 | ubuntu-xenial | b' return f(*args, **kwargs)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.259943 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/etcd3/client.py", line 679, in lease' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.260044 | ubuntu-xenial | b' metadata=self.metadata' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.260346 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/grpc/_channel.py", line 547, in __call__' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.260518 | ubuntu-xenial | b' return _end_unary_response_blocking(state, call, False, None)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.260855 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/grpc/_channel.py", line 466, in _end_unary_response_blocking' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.260984 | ubuntu-xenial | b' raise _Rendezvous(state, None, None, deadline)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.261137 | ubuntu-xenial | b'grpc._channel._Rendezvous: <_Rendezvous of RPC that terminated with:' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.261248 | ubuntu-xenial | b'\tstatus = StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.261346 | ubuntu-xenial | b'\tdetails = "Deadline Exceeded"' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262327 | ubuntu-xenial | b'\tdebug_error_string = "{"created":"@1544487511.159561332","description":"Failed to create subchannel","file":"src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc","file_line":2706,"referenced_errors":[{"created":"@1544487511.159555724","description":"Pick Cancelled","file":"src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/pick_first/pick_first.cc","file_line":221,"referenced_errors":[{"created":"@1544487511.159549203","description":"Deadline Exceeded","file":"src/core/ext/filters/deadline/deadline_filter.cc","file_line":69,"grpc_status":4}]}]}"' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262378 | ubuntu-xenial | b'>' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262420 | ubuntu-xenial | b'' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262571 | ubuntu-xenial | b'During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262617 | ubuntu-xenial | b'' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262719 | ubuntu-xenial | b'Traceback (most recent call last):' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.262960 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/tooz/tests/__init__.py", line 36, in skip_if_not_implemented' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263058 | ubuntu-xenial | b' return func(*args, **kwargs)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263296 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/tooz/tests/test_coordination.py", line 355, in test_timeout' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263380 | ubuntu-xenial | b' self._coord.start()' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263606 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/tooz/coordination.py", line 690, in start' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263762 | ubuntu-xenial | b' super(CoordinationDriverWithExecutor, self).start(start_heart)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.263972 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/tooz/coordination.py", line 426, in start' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.264052 | ubuntu-xenial | b' self._start()' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.264257 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/tooz/drivers/etcd3.py", line 159, in _start' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.264422 | ubuntu-xenial | b' self._membership_lease = self.client.lease(self.membership_timeout)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.264708 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/etcd3/client.py", line 48, in handler' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.264817 | ubuntu-xenial | b' _translate_exception(exc)' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.265132 | ubuntu-xenial | b' File "/home/zuul/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/tooz/.tox/py35-etcd3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/etcd3/client.py", line 32, in _translate_exception' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.265209 | ubuntu-xenial | b' raise exception' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.265326 | ubuntu-xenial | b'etcd3.exceptions.ConnectionTimeoutError' 2018-12-11 00:21:10.265369 | ubuntu-xenial | b''