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  1. IL-0156 Revoking old certificates after a rotation left a certificate key mismatch between API endpoints and the cluster controller, and LKE cluster management and autoscaling in Atlanta returned 5xx errors
    Linode2025
    Symptoms

    From about 02:29 UTC on 24 September 2025, customers of Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) in US-Southeast (Atlanta) could not manage their clusters, and autoscaling was impacted. Internal logs showed 5xx errors whenever customers tried to manage LKE clusters associated with the affected cluster controller.

    High error rateAutoscaler misbehaviour
    Trigger

    Old certificates on the LKE cluster controllers were revoked at 02:29 UTC on 24 September 2025, after the expiring certificates had been rotated on 23 September.

    Root cause
    Certificate or credential expiry
    Component
    Managed Kubernetes control plane and provider APICluster autoscaler
    Contributing factor
    Change with a delayed effect
    Remediation
    • deployed a fix for the certificate key mismatch
    • restarted the API endpoints
    Action items
    • Continue investigating the root cause and take preventive actions
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Cluster autoscalerManaged Kubernetes control plane and provider API
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Change with a delayed effect
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Linode
  1. IL-0156 Revoking old certificates after a rotation left a certificate key mismatch between API endpoints and the cluster controller, and LKE cluster management and autoscaling in Atlanta returned 5xx errors
    Linode2025