kubernetes · kubernetes-prow · Jul 9, 2026 · Jul 8, 2026
diff --git a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -2407,6 +2407,12 @@ spec:
                   storageBackend:
                     description: StorageBackend is the backend storage
                     type: string
+                  storageInitializationTimeout:
+                    description: |-
+                      StorageInitializationTimeout is the maximum amount of time to wait for the storage layer to initialize before declaring kube-apiserver ready.
+                      Increasing this value allows etcd more time to become ready on new control-plane nodes before kube-apiserver gives up and crashes.
+                      Default is 1m0s.
+                    type: string
                   tlsCertFile:
                     type: string
                   tlsCipherSuites:

diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -515,6 +515,11 @@ type KubeAPIServerConfig struct {
 	// RequestTimeout configures the duration a handler must keep a request open before timing it out. (default 1m0s)
 	RequestTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"requestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"request-timeout"`
 
+	// StorageInitializationTimeout is the maximum amount of time to wait for the storage layer to initialize before declaring kube-apiserver ready.
+	// Increasing this value allows etcd more time to become ready on new control-plane nodes before kube-apiserver gives up and crashes.
+	// Default is 1m0s.
+	StorageInitializationTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"storageInitializationTimeout,omitempty" flag:"storage-initialization-timeout"`
+
 	// MinRequestTimeout configures the minimum number of seconds a handler must keep a request open before timing it out.
 	// Currently only honored by the watch request handler
 	MinRequestTimeout *int32 `json:"minRequestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"min-request-timeout"`

diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
@@ -513,6 +513,11 @@ type KubeAPIServerConfig struct {
 	// RequestTimeout configures the duration a handler must keep a request open before timing it out. (default 1m0s)
 	RequestTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"requestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"request-timeout"`
 
+	// StorageInitializationTimeout is the maximum amount of time to wait for the storage layer to initialize before declaring kube-apiserver ready.
+	// Increasing this value allows etcd more time to become ready on new control-plane nodes before kube-apiserver gives up and crashes.
+	// Default is 1m0s.
+	StorageInitializationTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"storageInitializationTimeout,omitempty" flag:"storage-initialization-timeout"`
+
 	// MinRequestTimeout configures the minimum number of seconds a handler must keep a request open before timing it out.
 	// Currently only honored by the watch request handler
 	MinRequestTimeout *int32 `json:"minRequestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"min-request-timeout"`

diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go
@@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ type KubeAPIServerConfig struct {
 	// RequestTimeout configures the duration a handler must keep a request open before timing it out. (default 1m0s)
 	RequestTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"requestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"request-timeout"`
 
+	// StorageInitializationTimeout is the maximum amount of time to wait for the storage layer to initialize before declaring kube-apiserver ready.
+	// Increasing this value allows etcd more time to become ready on new control-plane nodes before kube-apiserver gives up and crashes.
+	// Default is 1m0s.
+	StorageInitializationTimeout *metav1.Duration `json:"storageInitializationTimeout,omitempty" flag:"storage-initialization-timeout"`
+
 	// MinRequestTimeout configures the minimum number of seconds a handler must keep a request open before timing it out.
 	// Currently only honored by the watch request handler
 	MinRequestTimeout *int32 `json:"minRequestTimeout,omitempty" flag:"min-request-timeout"`

diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go