Although "create manifests" got fatal error of "no matching public DNS Zone found", the install-config is consumed unexpectedly.

    4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-07-15-083124

    Always

    1. "create install-config", then edit it to insert invalid baseDomain
    2. "create manifests"
    

It tells fatal error, but the install-config got consumed, which is unexpected.     

    The install-config should stay. 

    "create cluster" doesn't have the issue. 

$ openshift-install version
openshift-install 4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-07-15-083124
built from commit 184b556d7c4840eb5100c669ca1393532d1ea800
release image registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/release@sha256:b26476d676c92b7c02c3bdefc957de47310fba337ff73c34f78d259013d6b694
WARNING Release Image Architecture not detected. Release Image Architecture is unknown 
release architecture unknown
default architecture amd64
$ 
$ yq-3.3.0 r test7/install-config.yaml platform
gcp:
  projectID: openshift-qe
  region: us-central1
$ 
$ yq-3.3.0 r test7/install-config.yaml baseDomain
nonexisting.gcp.devcluster.openshift.com
$ 
$ openshift-install create cluster --dir test7
WARNING Release Image Architecture not detected. Release Image Architecture is unknown 
INFO Credentials loaded from file "~/.gcp/osServiceAccount.json" 
FATAL failed to fetch Metadata: failed to fetch dependency of "Metadata": failed to fetch dependency of "Bootstrap Ignition Config": failed to fetch dependency of "CVO Ignore": failed to fetch dependency of "Common Manifests": failed to generate asset "DNS Config": failed to get public zone for "nonexisting.gcp.devcluster.openshift.com": no matching public DNS Zone found 
$ tree test7
test7
└── install-config.yaml0 directories, 1 file
$ 
$ openshift-install create manifests --dir test7
WARNING Release Image Architecture not detected. Release Image Architecture is unknown 
INFO Credentials loaded from file "~/.gcp/osServiceAccount.json" 
INFO Consuming Install Config from target directory 
FATAL failed to fetch Common Manifests: failed to fetch dependency of "Common Manifests": failed to generate asset "DNS Config": failed to get public zone for "nonexisting.gcp.devcluster.openshift.com": no matching public DNS Zone found 
$ 
$ tree test7
test7
├── cluster-api
│   └── machines
│       ├── 10_inframachine_jiwei-0717a-5hx8n-bootstrap.yaml
│       ├── 10_inframachine_jiwei-0717a-5hx8n-master-0.yaml
│       ├── 10_machine_jiwei-0717a-5hx8n-bootstrap.yaml
│       └── 10_machine_jiwei-0717a-5hx8n-master-0.yaml
└── openshift
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_master-machines-0.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_master-user-data-secret.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-0.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-1.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-2.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-3.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-user-data-secret.yaml
    ├── 99_openshift-machineconfig_99-master-ssh.yaml
    └── 99_openshift-machineconfig_99-worker-ssh.yaml

3 directories, 13 files
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