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Cluster autoscaler fails to scale with "failed to fix node group sizes" error

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This article discusses how to resolve the "failed to fix node group sizes" error that appears on the cluster autoscaler logs when you're creating or managing AKS clusters.

Symptoms

Your cluster autoscaler isn't scaling up or down, and you see an error similar to the following error on the cluster autoscaler logs.

E1114 09:58:55.367731 1 static_autoscaler.go:239] Failed to fix node group sizes: failed to decrease aks-default-35246781-vmss: attempt to delete existing nodes

Cause

This error is caused by an upstream cluster autoscaler race condition. In such a case, cluster autoscaler gets stuck in a deadlock. For more information, see cluster-autoscaler gets stuck with "Failed to fix node group sizes" error.

Solution

To get out of this state, disable and re-enable the cluster autoscaler.

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