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Node running prometheus becomes unavailable

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Description

This has been something happening on Albaik recently, the node that prometheus is running on becomes unavailable, which causes issues for monitoring and application level autoscaling.
The current fix is to manually intervene and replace the node, as documented [here].(https://github.com/thoughtbot/mission-control-platform/blob/main/aws/src/debug/cluster-errors.md#unreachable-nodes)

This issue is to track debugging the process and figuring out what happens, and resolve it automatically.

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Research direction

Start with aws/src/debug/cluster-errors.md#unreachable-nodes, which documents the current manual response to unreachable nodes. Trace how the Prometheus node becomes unavailable and define an automated replacement path; done means the failure is understood and the node can be recovered without manual intervention.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, kubernetes, prometheus, terraform
Domain
cloud, infrastructure, observability
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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