ERROR: Abandon heat stack failed

Products

• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

• Performing a deployment via Heat and get message similar to:
  2025-01-01 00:01:01,111|299|ERROR|####|COMPONENT|NFVD_MESSAGES||####||################################|Code: 94008 | Description: ERROR Abandon heat stack failed: { "Operation response code": "400", "Description":{"code": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "explanation": "The server could not comply with the request since it is either malformed or otherwise incorrect.", "error": {"type": "NotSupported", "traceback": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/heat/common/context.py\", line 423, in wrapped\n    return func(self, ctx, *args, **kwargs)\n\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/heat/engine/service.py\", line 1547, in abandon_stack\n    raise exception.NotSupported(feature='Stack Abandon')\n\nheat.common.exception.NotSupported: Stack Abandon is not supported.\n", "message": "Stack Abandon is not supported."}}}

 

Environment

7.3

Cause

Stack Abandon is not supported in the configuration.

Resolution

While this option can be turned on, it is not recommended by Broadcom.  

Abandon the stack:
This will delete the record of the stack from Heat, but will not delete any of the underlying resources.  Leaving behind orphaned resources that would need manual clean up.