releasenotes/notes/octavia-sync-healthmonitor-bug-8602034e2185d12c.yaml

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fixes:
  - |
    Neutron ovn db sync operation will no longer removes OVN metadata ports in
    networks with Octavia OVN Load balancers health monitors.
    A maintenance task process has been added to update the existing OVN LB HM
    ports to the new behaviour defined. Specifically, the "device_owner" field
    will be updated from network:distributed to ovn-lb-hm:distributed.
    Additionally, the "device_id" will be populated during update action.
    `LP#2038091 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/2038091>`__.