Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console pods constantly being redeployed

Issue

• Console pods are redeployed frequently.

  $ oc get pod -n openshift-console
  NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
  console-xxx-xx     1/1     Running   0          2m
  console-xxx-xx     1/1     Running   0          2m
  downloads-xxx-xx   1/1     Running   0          23h
  downloads-xxx-xx   1/1     Running   0          23h
  

• There are SyncLoopRefreshProgressing and DeploymentSyncDegraded logs in the console operator pod.

  I0130 15:32:06.413640       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-console-operator", Name:"console-operator", UID:"exxx0-8xxf-4xx-xx1-12xxxae", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:
  "", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Normal' reason: 'ConfigMapUpdated' Updated ConfigMap/console-config -n openshift-console:
  cause by changes in data.console-config.yaml
  I0130 15:32:06.420483       1 apps.go:155] Deployment "openshift-console/console" changes: {"metadata":{"annotations":{"console.openshift.io/console-config-version":"5317571","operator.openshift.io/spec-hash":"ab4xxxxx94
  acxxxx4745"}},"spec":{"progressDeadlineSeconds":null,"revisionHistoryLimit":null,"template":{"metadata":{"annotations":{"console.openshift.io/console-config-version":"5317571"}},"spec":{"containers":[{"comm
  and":["/opt/bridge/bin/bridge","--public-dir=/opt/bridge/static","--config=/var/console-config/console-config.yaml","--service-ca-file=/var/service-ca/service-ca.crt","--v=2"],"env":[{"name":"POD_NAME","valueFrom":{"fieldRef":{"apiVers
  ion":"v1","fieldPath":"metadata.name"}}}],"image":"quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:422e91c6e6xxxxf70dfe514","imagePullPolicy":"IfNotPresent","lifecycle":{"preStop":{"exec":
  {"command":["sleep","25"]}}},"livenessProbe":{"failureThreshold":1,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":10},"name":"console","ports":[{"containerPort":8443,"
  name":"https","protocol":"TCP"}],"readinessProbe":{"failureThreshold":3,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":1},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory"
  :"100Mi"}},"securityContext":{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":false},"startupProbe":{"failureThreshold":30,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSecon
  ds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":10},"terminationMessagePolicy":"FallbackToLogsOnError","volumeMounts":[{"mountPath":"/var/serving-cert","name":"console-serving-cert","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/oauth-config","name"
  :"console-oauth-config","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/console-config","name":"console-config","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/service-ca","name":"service-ca","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem","na
  me":"trusted-ca-bundle","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/oauth-serving-cert","name":"oauth-serving-cert","readOnly":true}]}],"dnsPolicy":null,"serviceAccount":null,"volumes":[{"name":"console-serving-cert","secret":{"secretName":"co
  nsole-serving-cert"}},{"name":"console-oauth-config","secret":{"secretName":"console-oauth-config"}},{"configMap":{"name":"console-config"},"name":"console-config"},{"configMap":{"name":"service-ca"},"name":"service-ca"},{"configMap":{
  "items":[{"key":"ca-bundle.crt","path":"tls-ca-bundle.pem"}],"name":"trusted-ca-bundle"},"name":"trusted-ca-bundle"},{"configMap":{"name":"oauth-serving-cert"},"name":"oauth-serving-cert"}]}}}}
  I0130 15:32:06.427216       1 warnings.go:110] "Warning: spec.template.spec.nodeSelector[node-role.kubernetes.io/master]: use \"node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane\" instead"
  E0130 15:32:06.427365       1 status.go:130] SyncLoopRefreshProgressing InProgress working toward version 4.22.0-ec.1, 2 replicas available
  I0130 15:32:06.427635       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-console-operator", Name:"console-operator", UID:"exxxxxf-4xx-9xx-1xxxae", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:
  "", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Normal' reason: 'DeploymentUpdated' Updated Deployment.apps/console -n openshift-console because it changed
  I0130 15:32:06.450639       1 status_controller.go:230] clusteroperator/console diff {"status":{"conditions":[{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-27T17:07:32Z","message":"All is well","reason":"AsExpected","status":"False","type":"Degraded"
  },{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-30T15:32:06Z","message":"SyncLoopRefreshProgressing: working toward version 4.22.0-ec.1, 2 replicas available","reason":"SyncLoopRefresh_InProgress","status":"True","type":"Progressing"},{"lastTransitio
  nTime":"2026-01-27T17:07:32Z","message":"All is well","reason":"AsExpected","status":"True","type":"Available"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-30T08:14:45Z","message":"All is well","reason":"AsExpected","status":"True","type":"Upgradea
  ble"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-27T16:53:37Z","reason":"NoData","status":"Unknown","type":"EvaluationConditionsDetected"}]}}
  I0130 15:32:06.454436       1 apps.go:155] Deployment "openshift-console/console" changes: {"spec":{"progressDeadlineSeconds":null,"revisionHistoryLimit":null,"template":{"spec":{"containers":[{"command":["/opt/bridge/bin/bridge","--pu
  blic-dir=/opt/bridge/static","--config=/var/console-config/console-config.yaml","--service-ca-file=/var/service-ca/service-ca.crt","--v=2"],"env":[{"name":"POD_NAME","valueFrom":{"fieldRef":{"apiVersion":"v1","fieldPath":"metadata.name
  "}}}],"image":"quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:422xxxxxxe0xxxdfe514","imagePullPolicy":"IfNotPresent","lifecycle":{"preStop":{"exec":{"command":["sleep","25"]}}},"livene
  ssProbe":{"failureThreshold":1,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":10},"name":"console","ports":[{"containerPort":8443,"name":"https","protocol":"TCP"}],"re
  adinessProbe":{"failureThreshold":3,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeoutSeconds":1},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"100Mi"}},"securityContext":{"allow
  PrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":false},"startupProbe":{"failureThreshold":30,"httpGet":{"path":"/health","port":8443,"scheme":"HTTPS"},"periodSeconds":10,"successThreshold":1,"timeout
  Seconds":10},"terminationMessagePolicy":"FallbackToLogsOnError","volumeMounts":[{"mountPath":"/var/serving-cert","name":"console-serving-cert","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/oauth-config","name":"console-oauth-config","readOnly":t
  rue},{"mountPath":"/var/console-config","name":"console-config","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/var/service-ca","name":"service-ca","readOnly":true},{"mountPath":"/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem","name":"trusted-ca-bundle","readOnly":t
  rue},{"mountPath":"/var/oauth-serving-cert","name":"oauth-serving-cert","readOnly":true}]}],"dnsPolicy":null,"serviceAccount":null,"volumes":[{"name":"console-serving-cert","secret":{"secretName":"console-serving-cert"}},{"name":"conso
  le-oauth-config","secret":{"secretName":"console-oauth-config"}},{"configMap":{"name":"console-config"},"name":"console-config"},{"configMap":{"name":"service-ca"},"name":"service-ca"},{"configMap":{"items":[{"key":"ca-bundle.crt","pat
  h":"tls-ca-bundle.pem"}],"name":"trusted-ca-bundle"},"name":"trusted-ca-bundle"},{"configMap":{"name":"oauth-serving-cert"},"name":"oauth-serving-cert"}]}}}}
  I0130 15:32:06.459548       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-console-operator", Name:"console-operator", UID:"exxxx-4bxx9-9xx-12xxxae", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:
  "", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Normal' reason: 'OperatorStatusChanged' Status for clusteroperator/console changed: Progressing changed from False to True ("SyncLoopRefreshProgressing: working toward version 4.22.0-ec.1, 2 replicas availabl
  e")
  E0130 15:32:06.461719       1 status.go:130] DeploymentSyncDegraded FailedApply Operation cannot be fulfilled on deployments.apps "console": the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again
  I0130 15:32:06.461807       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-console-operator", Name:"console-operator", UID:"exxxf-4bxx9-xx-1xxx", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:
  "", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Warning' reason: 'DeploymentUpdateFailed' Failed to update Deployment.apps/console -n openshift-console: Operation cannot be fulfilled on deployments.apps "console": the object has been modified; please apply
   your changes to the latest version and try again
  E0130 15:32:06.477349       1 base_controller.go:279] "Unhandled Error" err="ConsoleOperator reconciliation failed: Operation cannot be fulfilled on deployments.apps \"console\": the object has been modified; please apply your changes 
  to the latest version and try again"
  E0130 15:32:06.488808       1 status.go:130] SyncLoopRefreshProgressing InProgress working toward version 4.22.0-ec.1, 1 replicas available
  I0130 15:32:06.553503       1 status_controller.go:230] clusteroperator/console diff {"status":{"conditions":[{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-27T17:07:32Z","message":"DeploymentSyncDegraded: Operation cannot be fulfilled on deployments.
  apps \"console\": the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again","reason":"AsExpected","status":"False","type":"Degraded"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-30T15:32:06Z","message":"All is wel
  l","reason":"AsExpected","status":"False","type":"Progressing"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-27T17:07:32Z","message":"All is well","reason":"AsExpected","status":"True","type":"Available"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-30T08:14:45Z"
  ,"message":"All is well","reason":"AsExpected","status":"True","type":"Upgradeable"},{"lastTransitionTime":"2026-01-27T16:53:37Z","reason":"NoData","status":"Unknown","type":"EvaluationConditionsDetected"}]}}
  I0130 15:32:06.822109       1 event.go:377] Event(v1.ObjectReference{Kind:"Deployment", Namespace:"openshift-console-operator", Name:"console-operator", UID:"exxxf-4bxx-9xxx-1xxxae", APIVersion:"apps/v1", ResourceVersion:
  "", FieldPath:""}): type: 'Normal' reason: 'OperatorStatusChanged' Status for clusteroperator/console changed: Degraded message changed from "All is well" to "DeploymentSyncDegraded: Operation cannot be fulfilled on deployments.apps \"
  console\": the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again",Progressing changed from True to False ("All is well")