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# MetalLB ClusterAddon in Error State

## Problem

The MetalLB clusteraddon is installed in the BGP mode. It is working as expected. But, the addon is not healthy in the UI and when checked from the backend as well:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="MetalLB ClusterAddon" %}

```javascript
ec6d5688-c3ad-4e1c-bd02-5b5164842c37-metallb                ec6d5688-c3ad-4e1c-bd02-5b5164842c37   metallb                0.14.2    InstallAddonError   2025-02-13T22:43:49Z
c611a275-293e-4491-a9c7-fbb70bb875cf-metallb                c611a275-293e-4491-a9c7-fbb70bb875cf   metallb                0.14.2    InstallAddonError   2025-02-13T17:28:19Z
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Environment

* Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - v5.11
* Kubernetes version- 1.30

## Answer

This is due to an upstream issue from MetalLB:

Reference: [Community validation webhook denies all updates · Issue #2597 · metallb/metallb](https://github.com/metallb/metallb/issues/2597) PR: [Webhooks: fix Community update by oribon · Pull Request #2608 · metallb/metallb](https://github.com/metallb/metallb/pull/2608)

## Additional Information

Platform9 team has fixed this issue as part of Jira:PMK-6633 in the PMK-5.11.2 Patch version and in the PMK-5.12 versoins.


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