After re-reading the description and comment #5, this is a python-novaclient only thing. And this got solved. I didn't understand it correctly in comment #4.
** No longer affects: nova -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1470047 Title: CLI fails to report an error after creating a snapshot from instance Status in python-novaclient: Fix Released Bug description: Description of problem: The CLI fails to declare an error and stuck with "Server snapshotting... 0" when a user tries to save a snapshot of an instance while his quota is too small. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-glanceclient-0.17.0-2.el7ost.noarch python-glance-2015.1.0-6.el7ost.noarch python-glance-store-0.4.0-1.el7ost.noarch openstack-glance-2015.1.0-6.el7ost.noarch openstack-nova-api-2015.1.0-13.el7ost.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit /etc/glance/glance-api.conf set user_storage_quota with low space for creating snapshot from instance 2. openstack-service restart glance 3. Create a snapshot from instance via command line: 'nova image-create <instanceName> <snapName> --poll' Actual results: The CLI fails to declare an error and stuck with "Server snapshotting... 0" Expected results: ERROR should be appeared indicating that quota is too small Additional info: log To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-novaclient/+bug/1470047/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp