--- fixes: - | If compute service is down in source node and user try to stop instance, instance gets stuck at powering-off, hence evacuation fails with msg: Cannot 'evacuate' instance while it is in task_state powering-off. It is now possible for evacuation to ignore the vm task state. For more details see: `bug 1978983`_ .. _`bug 1978983`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1978983