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Fix VolumeSnapshot deletion not retrying when used for PVC restore#1394

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Fix VolumeSnapshot deletion not retrying when used for PVC restore#1394
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@Paramesh324 Paramesh324 commented Mar 14, 2026

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What this PR does / why we need it:
When a VolumeSnapshot is deleted while a PVC is still being created from it, the controller blocked deletion but returned nil, so the workqueue never retried. This change returns an error instead so the snapshot is requeued and deletion is retried once the PVC is no longer in use.

The same fix is applied for VolumeGroupSnapshot in the group snapshot helper.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Fixes #1366

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Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

Fixed VolumeSnapshot (and VolumeGroupSnapshot) deletion getting stuck when the snapshot was in use for a PVC restore. The controller now requeues and retries deletion until the PVC is no longer in use.```

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When a VolumeSnapshot is deleted while a PVC is still being created from
it, the controller blocked deletion but returned nil, so the workqueue
never retried. Return an error so the snapshot is requeued and deletion
is retried once the PVC is no longer in use.
Same fix applied for VolumeGroupSnapshot in the group snapshot helper.

Signed-off-by: Parameshwaran Krishnasamy <[email protected]>
@Paramesh324 Paramesh324 force-pushed the VolumeSnapshot_deletion branch from a827899 to 3fc8f02 Compare March 14, 2026 07:05
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