Why OpenShift Virtualization is degraded with alert "VirtHandlerRESTErrorsHigh" with metrics showing many 409 errors?

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Issue

  • The OpenShift Virtualization status is degraded with error VirtHandlerRESTErrorsHigh.
  • When running a query rest_client_requests_total{namespace="openshift-cnv",pod=~"virt-handler-.*",code=~"(4|5)[0-9][0-9]"} at observe => metrics page, it shows many 409 errors while updating the VirtualMachineInstance status.

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17.
    • OpenShift Virtualization 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17.

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