Stefano Messina
12/31/2025, 11:49 AMcontainer airbyte-workload-api-server-container is not valid for pod rce-mssql-discover-e87bdb9f-ad13-4e2f-a367-c1654ee5171a-0-zswre when trying to update a connection via APIkapa.ai
12/31/2025, 11:49 AMcontainer airbyte-workload-api-server-container is not valid for pod. While the sources discuss various issues with the Workload API Server and pods during connector operations (like DISCOVER), they do not explicitly mention this "not valid for pod" error. However, based on the documentation of Airbyte's architecture, here are some relevant points regarding how these components interact: * Workload Architecture: In Airbyte's current architecture, the Workload API Server receives requests to create workloads (such as a DISCOVER job for MSSQL). The Launcher then picks up these jobs and launches the actual Kubernetes pods [[Understanding Airbyte Jobs](https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/understanding-airbyte/jobs)]. * Authentication Mismatches: Several users have reported 502 or 401 errors when the WORKLOAD_API_BEARER_TOKEN is not synchronized between the Worker and the Workload API Server. A suggested fix is to manually align these tokens across deployments [[Github Issue 65567](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/65567); [Github Issue 66692](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/66692)]. * Deployment Inconsistencies: There are reports of the airbyte-workload-api-server failing to update correctly during Helm chart upgrades, which can cause version mismatches or invalid deployment specs [[Github Issue 53180](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/53180); [Github Issue 65129](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/65129)]. If you are seeing this error when using the API, it may indicate a configuration or version mismatch in how the Workload API Server is attempting to provision the pod. You might consider restarting the airbyte-abctl-worker and airbyte-abctl-workload-api-server deployments to ensure they are in a clean state [[Github Issue 66692](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/issues/66692)].