OpenShift etcd: failed to receive watch request from gRPC stream

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following message is continuously appearing in the logs:

    etcd: failed to receive watch request from gRPC stream ("rpc error: code = 
    Unavailable desc = stream error: stream ID 25; CANCEL")
    
  • Prometheus started alerting the following on ETCD nodes:

    alertname="EtcdHighNumberOfFailedGRPCRequests"
    

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform
    • 3.11
    • 3.6

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