Reproduce Issue
Start DHCPv6 client on an interface
set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 1337 dhcpv6-options pd 1 interface eth2 sla-id 0 set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 1337 dhcpv6-options pd 1 interface eth2 address 1 set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 1337 address dhcpv6 commit
Delete SVI
delete interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 1337 time commit
real 0m1.363s user 0m0.598s sys 0m0.266s
Delete entire base interface including SVI
delete interfaces ethernet eth1 time commit
real 0m30.867s user 0m0.602s sys 0m0.232s
With the fix the DHCPv6 server also does see a proper release message:
Sep 13 10:47:11 dhcpd[6000]: Release message from fe80::250:56ff:feb3:38c5 port 546, transaction ID 0xE0EC0F00 Sep 13 10:47:11 dhcpd[6000]: Client 00:04:42:3f:67:73:77:df:c4:80:42:c9:42:af:ff:15:de:0b releases prefix fc00:0:3:ff00::/60 Sep 13 10:47:11 dhcpd[6000]: Sending Reply to fe80::250:56ff:feb3:38c5 port 546