OSGi service reference error even though osgi:ls shows the service exported

Issue

In a fabric environment, I have a blueprint reference defined and the container shows the OSGi service is available. But I still receive errors like:

ERROR | 6.1.1-1-thread-1 | DeploymentAgent                  | Unable to update agent | org.osgi.service.resolver.ResolutionException: Unable to resolve root: missing requirement [root] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=nissan-leads; type=osgi.bundle; version="[1.0.0.SNAPSHOT,1.0.0.SNAPSHOT]"; resolution:=mandatory [caused by: Unable to resolve mytest/1.0.0.SNAPSHOT: missing requirement [mytest/1.0.0.SNAPSHOT] osgi.service; effective:=active; filter:="(&(objectClass=  ...