Cluster Autoscaler fails to scale due to orphaned machine entry in OpenShift.
Issue
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Cluster autoscaler fails to reduce or increase the machineSet size as expected.
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A mismatch is observed between the number of machines and the number of nodes in a specific availability zone.
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Orphaned machine objects exist in the cluster without corresponding healthy Nodes.
Environment
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4.x
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