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# [EKS "failed to assign an IP address to container" and awscni\_no\_available\_ip\_addresses: start-up race or IP exhaustion?](https://kkhdevs.hashnode.dev/eks-failed-to-assign-an-ip-address-to-container-and-awscni-no-available-ip-addresses-start-up-race-or-ip-exhaustion?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

failed to assign an IP address to container and awscni\_no\_available\_ip\_addresses = 1 on a new EKS node: a start-up race, not IP exhaustion. How to tell.

52m ago · 21 min read · kkhdevs.hashnode.dev  
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