When a node is degraded, the MCP is not reporting a degraded status

    

4.21.0-0.nightly-2025-12-10-125837
    

Always
    

    1. Enable tech preview
    2. Create a MC to deploy a file, for example a dropin file


apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2025-12-11T15:09:37Z"
  generation: 1
  labels:
    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
  name: drifted-dropins-test
  resourceVersion: "190655"
  uid: 63ecfe84-8149-40cb-82e3-9a35a3b37954
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.5.0
    passwd:
      users: []
    storage:
      files: []
    systemd:
      units:
      - dropins:
        - contents: |-
            [Service]
            Environment="FAKE_OPTS=fake-value"
          name: 10-chrony-drop-test.conf
        enabled: true
        name: chronyd.service
  extensions: []
  kernelArguments: []
  osImageURL: ""


    3. Wait for the configuration to be applied

    4. oc debug into a node, and manually modify the deployed dropin file to force a configuration drfit.


    

The node will be marked as degraded because of the configuration drift, but the MCP will never show a degraded status

[fedora@preserve-sregidor-work openshift-tests-private]$ nodeswithconfigs                                                                                                                                          
NAME                                       ROLE     ZONE         CURRENT CONFIG                                     DESIRED CONFIG                                     MCO STATE                                   
ip-10-0-29-99.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>   us-east-2a   rendered-worker-3db396bd928409b1f6a8fc287fab8771   rendered-worker-3db396bd928409b1f6a8fc287fab8771   Degraded                                    
ip-10-0-43-16.us-east-2.compute.internal            us-east-2b   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   Done                                        
ip-10-0-62-59.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>   us-east-2b   rendered-worker-3db396bd928409b1f6a8fc287fab8771   rendered-worker-3db396bd928409b1f6a8fc287fab8771   Done                                        
ip-10-0-7-202.us-east-2.compute.internal            us-east-2a   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   Done                                        
ip-10-0-93-68.us-east-2.compute.internal            us-east-2c   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   Done                                        
[fedora@preserve-sregidor-work openshift-tests-private]$ l mcp                                                                                                                                                     
NAME     CONFIG                                             UPDATED   UPDATING   DEGRADED   MACHINECOUNT   READYMACHINECOUNT   UPDATEDMACHINECOUNT   DEGRADEDMACHINECOUNT   AGE                                    
master   rendered-master-71add427cf8cadf1841f7ddb33f6cebb   True      False      False      3              3                   3                     0                      9h                                     
worker   rendered-worker-3db396bd928409b1f6a8fc287fab8771   False     True       False      2              1                   1                     0                      9h  

    

The MCP should be degraded and reporting the right reason for the degradation