---
name: containers-ts-ingress-esssminf
title: 'Ingress error: ESSSMINF'
description: '[Virtual Private Cloud] [Classic infrastructure]'
last-updated: 2026-05-12
---

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# Ingress error: ESSSMINF
{: #ts-ingress-esssminf}
{: troubleshoot}
{: support}

[Virtual Private Cloud]{: tag-vpc} [Classic infrastructure]{: tag-classic-inf}

You can use the `ibmcloud ks ingress status-report ignored-errors add` command to add an error to the ignored-errors list. Ignored errors still appear in the output of the `ibmcloud ks ingress status-report get` command, but are ignored when calculating the overall Ingress status.
{: tip}

When you check the status of your cluster's Ingress components by running the `ibmcloud ks ingress status-report get` command, you see an error similar to the following example.
{: tsSymptoms}

```sh
The Secrets Manager instance is not found (ESSSMINF).
```
{: screen}

The Kubernetes Service is unable to access the Secrets Manager instance. The instance might have been deleted from your IBM Cloud account but still remains registered to your cluster.
{: tsCauses}

Check that the Secrets Manager instances registered to your cluster still exist in your IBM Cloud account.
{: tsResolve}

1. List the Secrets Manager instances that are registered to your cluster.
    ```sh
    ibmcloud ks ingress instance ls --cluster <cluster>
    ```
    {: pre}

2. List the resources in your account and check that the Secrets Manager instances registered to your cluster also exist in your account.
    ```sh
    ibmcloud resource service-instances
    ```
    {: pre}

3. If the Secrets Manager instance no longer exists in your account, remove it from the cluster.
    ```sh
    ibmcloud ks ingress instance unregister --cluster <cluster> --instance <instance_name>
    ```
    {: pre}

4. If the problem persists, [open a support ticket](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-get-help&format=markdown).