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Changes to the falconNodeSensor tolerations causes DaemonSet restart loop
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We've just started deploying CS via the operator, and as we were testing tweaking the node tolerations (some of our nodes have custom taints), the falcon-sensor DaemonSet went into a restart loop, creating new sensor pods then immediately terminating them:
2025-08-19T23:30:56Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "bae2186c-9582-4385-a5c8-bfd7c5020a57", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:56Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "a1a74d60-64f4-4414-b589-5db8e6869a06"}
2025-08-19T23:30:56Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "bae2186c-9582-4385-a5c8-bfd7c5020a57", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:56Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "8849c1c6-45cc-4aa6-b01b-0c5eb596457b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "8849c1c6-45cc-4aa6-b01b-0c5eb596457b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "8849c1c6-45cc-4aa6-b01b-0c5eb596457b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "33a37249-d5c8-4d7e-81ef-f33c404a2534"}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "8849c1c6-45cc-4aa6-b01b-0c5eb596457b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "84aaa0b1-4bd0-477b-87f2-08d6a2f3fb4d", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "84aaa0b1-4bd0-477b-87f2-08d6a2f3fb4d", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "84aaa0b1-4bd0-477b-87f2-08d6a2f3fb4d", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "62689a20-8f7b-4758-b295-890f454a0367"}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "84aaa0b1-4bd0-477b-87f2-08d6a2f3fb4d", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:57Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b855685a-983e-44cb-b179-8ccfa8048a35", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b855685a-983e-44cb-b179-8ccfa8048a35", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b855685a-983e-44cb-b179-8ccfa8048a35", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "d4fba9f4-3c95-4f50-9966-4f9a68446766"}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b855685a-983e-44cb-b179-8ccfa8048a35", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "37b72f9e-dae3-445d-a535-2c652c1907a2", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "37b72f9e-dae3-445d-a535-2c652c1907a2", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "37b72f9e-dae3-445d-a535-2c652c1907a2", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "b8c3c332-61b3-477f-847c-718766e4f299"}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "37b72f9e-dae3-445d-a535-2c652c1907a2", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:58Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "cd7fead1-cdf1-40b8-913d-f3dec5d890e8", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "cd7fead1-cdf1-40b8-913d-f3dec5d890e8", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "cd7fead1-cdf1-40b8-913d-f3dec5d890e8", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "caa0450c-7f09-47ef-ab8a-b47c48dfc212"}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "cd7fead1-cdf1-40b8-913d-f3dec5d890e8", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b60d023c-1ccc-43e2-9656-f710626e9aac", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b60d023c-1ccc-43e2-9656-f710626e9aac", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b60d023c-1ccc-43e2-9656-f710626e9aac", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "955d623b-bead-4867-860a-0608ae907d03"}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b60d023c-1ccc-43e2-9656-f710626e9aac", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:30:59Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "687e4187-d407-488c-af6e-8b323a6ae4c1", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "687e4187-d407-488c-af6e-8b323a6ae4c1", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "687e4187-d407-488c-af6e-8b323a6ae4c1", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "3b3c096b-574c-4eab-afab-57f2893aad6a"}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "687e4187-d407-488c-af6e-8b323a6ae4c1", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "96a4fb8a-c368-4fca-9a16-381c5ae937ed", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "96a4fb8a-c368-4fca-9a16-381c5ae937ed", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet Tolerations {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "96a4fb8a-c368-4fca-9a16-381c5ae937ed", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor falcon-node-sensor in namespace {"controller": "falcondeployment", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconDeployment", "FalconDeployment": {"name":"falcon-deployment"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-deployment", "reconcileID": "1ef796eb-4de0-478e-b605-e6d7823007a0"}
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z ERROR Failed to update DaemonSet {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "96a4fb8a-c368-4fca-9a16-381c5ae937ed", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "DaemonSet.Namespace": "falcon-system", "DaemonSet.Name": "falcon-node-sensor"}
github.com/crowdstrike/falcon-operator/internal/controller/falcon_node.(*FalconNodeSensorReconciler).Reconcile
/workspace/internal/controller/falcon_node/falconnodesensor_controller.go:355
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller[...]).Reconcile
/opt/app-root/src/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.19.1/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:116
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller[...]).reconcileHandler
/opt/app-root/src/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.19.1/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:303
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller[...]).processNextWorkItem
/opt/app-root/src/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.19.1/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:263
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller[...]).Start.func2.2
/opt/app-root/src/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.19.1/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:224
2025-08-19T23:31:00Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "1c792033-7464-4732-a793-26882786aaef", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "1c792033-7464-4732-a793-26882786aaef", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "72e2c3f3-455a-4751-807f-50aa248c95d5", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "72e2c3f3-455a-4751-807f-50aa248c95d5", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO Created a new DaemonSet {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "72e2c3f3-455a-4751-807f-50aa248c95d5", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "DaemonSet.Namespace": "falcon-system", "DaemonSet.Name": "falcon-node-sensor"}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "74124778-0263-4739-836a-084c56d54dad", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "74124778-0263-4739-836a-084c56d54dad", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:01Z INFO Updating FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet NodeAffinity {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "74124778-0263-4739-836a-084c56d54dad", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:02Z INFO FalconNodeSensor DaemonSet configuration changed. Pods have been restarted. {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "74124778-0263-4739-836a-084c56d54dad", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:02Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b7c21466-3d3d-4238-8dfe-c9c8903420c4", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:02Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "b7c21466-3d3d-4238-8dfe-c9c8903420c4", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:03Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "77426072-9b22-47a3-8856-cc9d78f59040", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:04Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "77426072-9b22-47a3-8856-cc9d78f59040", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:04Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "486d3ae2-3b08-46fb-bdcc-c202cdf0a424", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:04Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "486d3ae2-3b08-46fb-bdcc-c202cdf0a424", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:06Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "06c44172-7acd-42e0-b4ff-38c1b89bf000", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:07Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "06c44172-7acd-42e0-b4ff-38c1b89bf000", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:31:07Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "d93c6c22-5d14-409f-b59e-3452572dfc4a", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:31:07Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "d93c6c22-5d14-409f-b59e-3452572dfc4a", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:32:33Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "e7a176c9-0a86-4e57-abb8-c6156b2c3faf", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:32:34Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "e7a176c9-0a86-4e57-abb8-c6156b2c3faf", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:32:34Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "95c36e61-be8f-4e07-b7c0-84d6af5d0c8b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:32:35Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "95c36e61-be8f-4e07-b7c0-84d6af5d0c8b", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:32:42Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "ec8f7431-da22-49c8-88c4-b4acdc7a781c", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:32:42Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "ec8f7431-da22-49c8-88c4-b4acdc7a781c", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:32:44Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "0249e024-df62-4fdd-b22a-eb873e682a07", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:32:45Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "0249e024-df62-4fdd-b22a-eb873e682a07", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
2025-08-19T23:32:47Z INFO reconciling FalconNodeSensor {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "c94806ae-6410-4144-9dac-fd2dcec5c144", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}}
2025-08-19T23:32:47Z INFO Identified Falcon Node Image {"controller": "falconnodesensor", "controllerGroup": "falcon.crowdstrike.com", "controllerKind": "FalconNodeSensor", "FalconNodeSensor": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "namespace": "", "name": "falcon-node-sensor", "reconcileID": "c94806ae-6410-4144-9dac-fd2dcec5c144", "DaemonSet": {"name":"falcon-node-sensor"}, "reference": "registry.crowdstrike.com/falcon-sensor/us-2/release/falcon-sensor:7.28.0-18108-1.falcon-linux.Release.US-2"}
Manually removing the DaemonSet and allowing the operator to reconcile it fixed the issue
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the FalconNodeSensor reconciliation path associated with the logged tolerations update and DaemonSet configuration change messages. Reproduce the issue with custom node taints and changed tolerations, then verify that reconciliation converges without repeatedly restarting the falcon-sensor DaemonSet.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, kubernetes
- Domain
- devops, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100