ContainerGCFailed - context deadline exceeded

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Intermittent issues with nodes going into NotReady state with the following message:

 Warning  ContainerGCFailed        37m (x64 over 3h)  kubelet, hostname.example.com  rpc error: code = DeadlineExceeded desc = context deadline exceeded

Rebooting the host brings temporary resolution.

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
    • Nodes running Vormetric secfs kernel module.

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