Using the AI Bridge (k8s) - After a VMS restart have to re-apply the topic subscriptions

lisber · April 23, 2026, 2:24pm

Vincent:

rked. Although it was only tested on network disconnection. Basically if I simulate a network disconnection, I get the same kind of result. The bridge recovers, but the metadata stops flowing unless I disable/enable the subscription metadata topic.

I would assume it will work if the VMS get’s restarted as well. Next time the Management Client server is scheduled for a restart, I’ll have to test also restarting the recording server. This fix is a lot better then having to manually disable/enable the subscription for every camera.

Another issue I see happening - If the AI Bridge server looses power, the bridge recovers, but the k8s pods die. I can’t seem to re-deploy a pod with the same register ID for the IVA app and have it work. Maybe I’m missing something. Now of course I have a script that can spin up a new version of that pod, but the registration ID will be different

Hi @Vincent,

In regards of registration of IVAs, we highly recommend the app to ‘self-register’ itself.
We have an IVA sample that showcase this:

MIP-AIBridge-samples/apps/golang/connectivitysample/main.go at main · milestonesys/MIP-AIBridge-samples

PS: Based on this reported issue:
AI Bridge - Unable to run for a long period - General - Milestone Systems Developer Forum

we are reviewing the k8s AI Bridge template, so it works on k8s node’s reboots…

We will include some fixes on this in the next AI Bridge version release.