Why am I receiving a 409 conflict error code when I update or delete a load balancer?

Use the information in this topic to resolve 409 conflict error codes when updating or deleting a load balancer.

You receive a 409 error code when updating or deleting a load balancer.

The HTTP 409 status code indicates that the request could not be processed because of conflict in the request. If you are receiving this status code, it might be for one of the following reasons:

• You cannot update the load balancer configuration if the load balancer status is not ACTIVE.
• You cannot delete a load balancer if the load balancer status is not ACTIVE or ERROR.
• You cannot delete a load balancer that is already in DELETE_PENDING state.
• You cannot delete a load balancer if it has one or more pools that are attached to instance groups.
• You cannot delete a load balancer pool if it is attached to an instance group.
• You cannot add/delete/update members to a pool that is managed by an instance group.

Check and resolve any of the possible existing causes listed previously.