Description

Inactive interfaces were unable to be deleted with the 'delete interfaces xxx command even when the commit was successful

Symptoms

Inactive interfaces were unable to be deleted with the 'delete interfaces xxx command even when the commit was successful

mgd[4886]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'xxx', command 'delete interfaces reth x unit y '

mgd[4886]: UI_COMMIT_COMPLETED: commit complete


reth x {

    inactive: unit y {

      description xxxx

      vlan-id yyy;

      family inet {

        address x.x.x.x;

      }

    }

Solution

Even when the 'delete' commit was successful, since the original interface was inactive, the system might consider there was no difference before and after the 'delete' commit, which led to a blank commit.


It's suggested to activate the interface again and then perform the deletion:

# activate interfaces x unit y

# delete interfaces x unit y

# show | compare


The following commit command would provide more details of the commit for further analysis in case of any issues during/after the commit

# commit | display details

Modification History

2026-07-07 : Article Created