Deleting a segment in NSX-T fails with stuck in "In Progress"

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• You are unable to delete a segment. It is stuck in an "In Progress" state.
• You may see this error in the UI due to a logical port that is still associated with the segment, preventing its deletion.

Unable to delete logical port with attachments of LogicalPort InternalLogicalPort/########-####-####-######## in the UI.

• You may see the following log message in the NSX Manager file /var/log/syslog.log 

2025-06-05T07:15:00.187Z NSXmanager.com NSX 1066039 POLICY [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" errorCode="PM0" level="ERROR" subcomp="manager"] Created alarm Alarm [policyPath=/infra/realized-state/enforcement-points/default/logical-switches/<Segment-name>/alarms/########-####-####-########, message=Unable to delete logical port with attachments of LogicalPort InternalLogicalPort/########-####-####-########.,errorId=PROVIDER_INVOCATION_FAILURE, path=null, apiError=error_code=8402, module_name=NsxSwitching service, error_message='Unable to delete logical port with attachments of LogicalPort InternalLogicalPort/########-####-####-########.', sourceSiteId=null].

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

NSX is unable to delete the segment as it has a stale logical port attached. This is a known issue in older releases. 

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.2 available at Broadcom downloads.

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Workaround:

Force delete stale logical port using below API:

curl -k -X -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "X-Allow-Overwrite: true" DELETE https://<NSX-Manager-FQDN-or-IP>/api/v1/logical-ports/<logical-portid>?detach=true

Delete the segment which is stuck using below API:

DELETE https://{mgrIP}/policy/api/v1/infra/segments/<segment-id>

 

Note: You can use below API to get the segment Id which is stuck in-progress state:

GET https://{mgrIP}/policy/api/v1/infra/segments?include_mark_for_delete_objects=true