[BUG] Failed fabric removal due to TLS enpoint's fabric index lookup failure

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Reproduction steps

[1764781812.714] [80899:80899] [ZCL] OpCreds: Received a RemoveFabric Command for FabricIndex 0x4
[1764781812.714] [80899:80899] [EVL] LogEvent event number: 0x00000000004F0004 priority: 1, endpoint id:  0x0 cluster id: 0x0000_0028 event id: 0x2 Epoch timestamp: 0x0000019AE5316BEA
[1764781812.714] [80899:80899] [DMG] All ReadHandler-s are clean, clear GlobalDirtySet
[1764781812.714] [80899:80899] [FP] Warning: metadata not found during delete of fabric 0x4
[1764781812.714] [80899:80899] [ZCL] OpCreds: Fabric index 0x4 was removed
[1764781812.715] [80899:80899] [DIS] Updating services using commissioning mode 0
[1764781812.716] [80899:80899] [DIS] CHIP minimal mDNS started advertising.
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DL] Using WiFi MAC for hostname
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Advertise operational node 09B4FDBA73C199C8-1DA78709B6782CD0
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 09B4FDBA73C199C8-1DA78709B6782CD0._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 09B4FDBA73C199C8-1DA78709B6782CD0._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 2CCF6738D583.local
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _I09B4FDBA73C199C8._sub._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.721] [80899:80899] [DIS] CHIP minimal mDNS configured as 'Operational device'; instance name: 09B4FDBA73C199C8-1DA78709B6782CD0.
[1764781812.723] [80899:80899] [DIS] mDNS service published: _matter._tcp
[1764781812.723] [80899:80899] [DL] Using WiFi MAC for hostname
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Advertise operational node 45318B1F6D97F441-C17F15FEA2A756AF
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 45318B1F6D97F441-C17F15FEA2A756AF._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 45318B1F6D97F441-C17F15FEA2A756AF._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 2CCF6738D583.local
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _I45318B1F6D97F441._sub._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.724] [80899:80899] [DIS] CHIP minimal mDNS configured as 'Operational device'; instance name: 45318B1F6D97F441-C17F15FEA2A756AF.
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] mDNS service published: _matter._tcp
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DL] Using WiFi MAC for hostname
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Advertise operational node 17A0FE47759DEC74-0AE2DA2543EF17DA
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 17A0FE47759DEC74-0AE2DA2543EF17DA._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 17A0FE47759DEC74-0AE2DA2543EF17DA._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 2CCF6738D583.local
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _I17A0FE47759DEC74._sub._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.726] [80899:80899] [DIS] CHIP minimal mDNS configured as 'Operational device'; instance name: 17A0FE47759DEC74-0AE2DA2543EF17DA.
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] mDNS service published: _matter._tcp
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DL] Using WiFi MAC for hostname
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Advertise operational node C4C5178BC75C8C0C-B52A8CD8A89A4FF7
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with C4C5178BC75C8C0C-B52A8CD8A89A4FF7._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with C4C5178BC75C8C0C-B52A8CD8A89A4FF7._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with 2CCF6738D583.local
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] Responding with _IC4C5178BC75C8C0C._sub._matter._tcp.local
[1764781812.728] [80899:80899] [DIS] CHIP minimal mDNS configured as 'Operational device'; instance name: C4C5178BC75C8C0C-B52A8CD8A89A4FF7.
[1764781812.730] [80899:80899] [DIS] mDNS service published: _matter._tcp
[1764781812.730] [80899:80899] [ZCL] Failure clearing TLS endpoint data for fabric: src/app/clusters/tls-certificate-management-server/IncrementingIdHelper.h:159: CHIP Error 0x000000D8: The item referenced in the function call was not found
[1764781812.734] [80899:80899] [SVR] Warning, failed to delete GroupDataProvider state for fabric index 0x4: src/credentials/GroupDataProviderImpl.cpp:225: CHIP Error 0x000000D8: The item referenced in the function call was not found
[1764781812.734] [80899:80899] [ZCL] OpCreds: Failed RemoveFabric due to FabricIndex not found locally

It actually removed the fabric but returned an error of "Invalid Fabric Index" to the client/controller in response to that Remove Fabric command:

2025-12-03_17:10:12.737 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] InvokeResponseMessage =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.737 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] {
2025-12-03_17:10:12.737 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 	suppressResponse = false,
2025-12-03_17:10:12.737 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 	InvokeResponseIBs =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.737 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 	[
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 		InvokeResponseIB =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 		{
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 			CommandDataIB =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 			{
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				CommandPathIB =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				{
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 					EndpointId = 0x0,
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 					ClusterId = 0x3e,
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 					CommandId = 0x8,
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				},
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG]
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				CommandFields =
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				{
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 					0x0 = 11 (unsigned),
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				},
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 				Ref = 0x0,
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 			},
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG]
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 		},
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG]
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 	],
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG]
2025-12-03_17:10:12.738 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] 	InteractionModelRevision = 12
2025-12-03_17:10:12.739 | D | matter.sdk | [DMG] },

Full logs: device.redacted.log.zip

Bug prevalence

Seen atleast once, haven't retried yet

GitHub hash of the SDK that was being used

766134f

Platform

core

Platform Version(s)

No response

Anything else?

No response

[pidarped]

This should be fixed after the TLS Client Code driven migration through #42395 and #42455.