Openshift raised an error : ResourceExhausted desc = grpc: received message larger than max

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Openshift kubelet reports an error in journald when interacting with CRI-O
GenericPLEG: Unable to retrieve pods: rpc error: code = ResourceExhausted desc = grpc: received message larger than max (xxxxx vs. 4194304)
  • The same issue can be observed, but with the higher default buffer
GenericPLEG: Unable to retrieve pods: rpc error: code = ResourceExhausted desc = grpc: trying to send message larger than max (xxxxxxx vs. 8388608)

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
    • Openshift 3.9 with cri-o
    • OpenShift 3.10
    • OpenShift 3.11

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