Overcloud password changed in FFU 16.2 --> 17.1 and FFU got stuck

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

The "openstack overcloud upgrade run..." command failed and galera cluster has at least one node broken.

Possible output from the command:
1.- FATAL | Create containers managed by Podman for /var/lib/tripleo-config/container-startup-config/step_2 | controller-0 | error={"changed": false, "msg": "Failed containers: mysql_wait_bundle"}
2.- FATAL | List all DB users that match the DB users to be dropped | controller-0 | error={"changed": true, "cmd": "for u in barbican cinder glance heat keystone neutron nova octavia placement; do podman exec -u root -it \"PASSWORD\" mysql -sNe \"select concat('\',user,'\\@\',host,'\\') from mysql.user where user = '$u' and host != '%';\"; done", "delta": "0:00:02.152210", "end": "2025-08-05 14:21:38.090308", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2025-08-05 14:21:35.938098", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)\r\nERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "stdout_lines": ["ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)", "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"]}

Environment

Upgrade from openstack 16.2 to openstack 17.1

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