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+- alert: KubeNodeAwaitingVirtualMachinesEvictionBeforeShutdown
+  expr: |
+    (
+      kube_node_status_condition{condition="GracefulShutdownPostpone", status="true"} == 1
+      and on(node)
+      sum by (node) (d8_virtualization_virtualmachine_status_phase{phase="Running"}) > 0
+    )
+  labels:
+    severity_level: "6"
+    tier: cluster
+  for: 5m
+  annotations:
+    plk_protocol_extent_version: "1"
+    plk_markup_format: "markdown"
+    plk_create_group_if_not_exists__node_maintenance: "NodeMaintenance,tier=~tier,prometheus=deckhouse,kubernetes=~kubernetes"
+    plk_grouped_by__node_maintenance: "NodeMaintenance,tier=~tier,prometheus=deckhouse,kubernetes=~kubernetes"
+    summary: Node is awaiting workload evacuation before safe shutdown.
+    description: |
+      The node `{{ $labels.node }}` has activated graceful shutdown protection and **cannot be safely powered off** until workloads (e.g., VirtualMachines) are eviction.
+
+      ### What Is Happening?
+      A shutdown request was issued, but the system intercepted it to prevent data loss or VM downtime.
+      The `GracefulShutdownPostpone` condition is now active — this means:
+      - The node is **intentionally blocking abrupt power-off**.
+      - You must **manually evict VirtualMachines** before proceeding.
+
+      This is expected behavior for nodes running VMs and ensures safe maintenance.
+
+      ### Required Action
+      To proceed with node shutdown:
+      1. **List VMs running on the node and check if they are migratable**:
+        ```bash
+        d8 k get virtualmachine -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[?(@.status.nodeName=="'{{ $labels.node }}'")]}{.metadata.namespace}/{.metadata.name}{"\t"}Migratable={.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Migratable")].status}{"\n"}{end}''
+        ```
+        This command shows a list like:
+        ```bash
+        default/vm-name	Migratable=True
+        prod/vm-beta    Migratable=False
+        ```
+      2. **For each VM**:
+         **If Migratable=True**, **migrate the VM to another node**:
+        ```bash
+         d8 v evict <vm-name> -n <namespace>
+         ```
+         > This migrates the VM to another node without guest OS downtime.
+
+        **If Migratable=False**, **restart the VM**:
+        ```bash
+         d8 v restart <vm-name> -n <namespace>
+        ```
+        > This restarts the VM.
+        Some VMs cannot run on other nodes because they have specific storage or network requirements.
+        In such cases, these VMs must be stopped.
+
+      3. Once all VMs are migrated, restarted or stopped, the node will automatically continue shutting down.