Neutron sends this notification to the nova-api so You should check in nova-api logs. Whole workflow for that process of spawning vm is more or less like below: 1. nova-compute asks neutron for port, 2. neutron creates port and binds it with some mechanism driver - so it has vif_type e.g. "ovs" or "linuxbridge" or some other, 3. nova, based on that vif details plugs port to the proper bridge on host and pauses instance until neutron will not do its job, 4. neutron-l2-agent (linuxbrige or ovs) starts provisioning port and reports to neutron-server when it is done, 5. if there is no any provisioning blocks for that port in neutron db (can be also one from the dhcp agent), neutron sends notification to nova-api that port is ready, 6. nova unpauses vm.

In Your case it seems that on step 5 nova reports some error and that You should IMO check.

Hi Slawek, thanks for the information and suggestion! I checked the nova-api-os-compute logs and it seems like there are network problems and an issue with wrong token scope: Dec 02 11:15:49 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[84]: 2020-12-02 11:15:49.074 84 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-1d56ad1c-03ea-4dcc-b9da-e4f6e73ccc52 920e739127a14018a55fb4422b0885e7 0f14905dab5546e0adec2b56c0f6be88 - default default] 192.168.110.201 "GET /v2.1/servers/2a1f6fbf-48f8-4e7f-bc36-7162bdaf7e20" status: 200 len: 1358 microversion: 2.1 time: 0.500669 Dec 02 11:15:49 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[86]: 2020-12-02 11:15:49.256 86 INFO oslo.messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit [-] A recoverable connection/channel error occurred, trying to reconnect: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Dec 02 11:15:49 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: Wed Dec 2 11:15:49 2020 - SIGPIPE: writing to a closed pipe/socket/fd (probably the client disconnected) on request /v2.1/flavors/7c20746e-f6db-4344-9aa1-be926696ecf4 (ip 192.168.110.201) !!! Dec 02 11:15:49 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[86]: 2020-12-02 11:15:49.318 86 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-832f794d-db9b-4690-bb0c-8320e7beed47 920e739127a14018a55fb4422b0885e7 0f14905dab5546e0adec2b56c0f6be88 - default default] 192.168.110.201 "GET /v2.1/flavors/7c20746e-f6db-4344-9aa1-be926696ecf4" status: 200 len: 473 microversion: 2.1 time: 0.095833 Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[79]: 2020-12-02 11:15:57.000 79 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-2c061260-88f4-4183-a74a-ea59d1ff1ae0 b044fe42a4644837a3bd40beec378876 226e9c9f1fb94c8ab271490ad79c6873 - default default] 192.168.110.201 "HEAD /" status: 200 len: 417 microversion: - time: 0.001837 Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[88]: 2020-12-02 11:15:57.214 88 INFO oslo.messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit [-] A recoverable connection/channel error occurred, trying to reconnect: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: Wed Dec 2 11:15:57 2020 - SIGPIPE: writing to a closed pipe/socket/fd (probably the client disconnected) on request /v2.1/os-server-external-events (ip 192.168.110.201) !!! Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: /openstack/venvs/nova-21.1.0/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_policy/policy.py:1007: UserWarning: Policy os_compute_api:os-server-external-events:create failed scope check. The token used to make the request was project scoped but the policy requires ['system'] scope. This behavior may change in the future where using the intended scope is required Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: warnings.warn(msg) Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[88]: 2020-12-02 11:15:57.715 88 INFO nova.api.openstack.compute.server_external_events [req-759c5752-c80b-46f2-b3df-0fa126605895 d9a2e96567ec4670bc60dbcc8f66305f 474b7aa9b7894d6782402135c6ef4c2a - default default] Creating event network-changed:ed4a9455-a33c-454c-b74f-b314751cce3d for instance 2a1f6fbf-48f8-4e7f-bc36-7162bdaf7e20 on bc1blade15 Dec 02 11:15:57 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[88]: 2020-12-02 11:15:57.734 88 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-759c5752-c80b-46f2-b3df-0fa126605895 d9a2e96567ec4670bc60dbcc8f66305f 474b7aa9b7894d6782402135c6ef4c2a - default default] 192.168.110.201 "POST /v2.1/os-server-external-events" status: 200 len: 179 microversion: 2.1 time: 0.533910 Dec 02 11:16:09 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[82]: 2020-12-02 11:16:09.007 82 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-064600c9-196e-4388-978c-00b0f5560b2e 745ecbee83d041c6ba92f9e07ba744d5 a2fd11a3bfdd47c8893e18a6f3b7dfa3 - default default] 192.168.110.201 "HEAD /" status: 200 len: 417 microversion: - time: 0.001638 Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[77]: 2020-12-02 11:16:16.432 77 INFO oslo.messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit [-] A recoverable connection/channel error occurred, trying to reconnect: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: Wed Dec 2 11:16:16 2020 - SIGPIPE: writing to a closed pipe/socket/fd (probably the client disconnected) on request /v2.1/os-server-external-events (ip 192.168.110.201) !!! Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: /openstack/venvs/nova-21.1.0/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_policy/policy.py:1007: UserWarning: Policy os_compute_api:os-server-external-events:create failed scope check. The token used to make the request was project scoped but the policy requires ['system'] scope. This behavior may change in the future where using the intended scope is required Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 uwsgi[48]: warnings.warn(msg) Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[77]: 2020-12-02 11:16:16.939 77 INFO nova.api.openstack.compute.server_external_events [req-71a40ea1-cf64-46d5-9675-d00d539f1922 d9a2e96567ec4670bc60dbcc8f66305f 474b7aa9b7894d6782402135c6ef4c2a - default default] Creating event network-vif-plugged:5cbc8608-8545-4eb3-a745-23ca912347ec for instance ea72988b-83eb-4640-adaa-e24e0c3d018d on bc1blade15 Dec 02 11:16:16 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[77]: 2020-12-02 11:16:16.958 77 INFO nova.api.openstack.requestlog [req-71a40ea1-cf64-46d5-9675-d00d539f1922 d9a2e96567ec4670bc60dbcc8f66305f 474b7aa9b7894d6782402135c6ef4c2a - default default] 192.168.110.201 "POST /v2.1/os-server-external-events" status: 200 len: 183 microversion: 2.1 time: 0.526920 Dec 02 11:16:17 infra1-nova-api-container-83af52a6 nova-api-wsgi[71]: 2020-12-02 11:16:17.422 71 INFO oslo.messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit [-] A recoverable connection/channel error occurred, trying to reconnect: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer Kind regards, Oliver