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  1. IL-0166 A compute host update removed the credential parser used to decode StackScripts, so new Linodes and every new LKE and LKE-E node failed to boot and autoscaling and node recycling failed in all regions
    Linode2026
    Symptoms

    Linodes deployed with StackScripts failed to deploy and could not boot. Every newly created Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) and LKE-E node relies on StackScripts, so LKE autoscaling and node recycling failed as well, in all regions.

    Scale-up failure
    Trigger

    A recent update on the compute hosts removed a credential parser that is used when decoding StackScripts.

    Root cause
    Faulty deployment
    Component
    Cluster autoscalerNode pool
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    Detection

    The issue was identified at 18:18 UTC on 2026-05-15. The first status post went up at 00:42 UTC on 2026-05-16.

    Remediation
    • tested and applied a rollback starting at 01:10 UTC on 2026-05-16, and failures dropped from 01:20 UTC
    Lessons

    Removing a credential parser from the compute hosts broke the boot of every Linode deployed with StackScripts, and every new LKE and LKE-E node is one of them, so node creation, autoscaling and node recycling stopped in all regions. The rollback reduced failures ten minutes after testing began.

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  1. IL-0166 A compute host update removed the credential parser used to decode StackScripts, so new Linodes and every new LKE and LKE-E node failed to boot and autoscaling and node recycling failed in all regions
    Linode2026