Failure in ImageGC causing application pods to be Evicted

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • An application node fails with ImageGC on a regular-basis, thus causing running application pods to be Evicted.

  • Node description and node logs show the following error:

    image@sha256 (must force) - container <container_id> is using its referenced image <image_id>, rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to remove repository reference 
    

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform, v3.11

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