PAN-OS Web Interface Shows Not Ready Status and Commits Fail

PAN-OS web interface shows "Not Ready" in the status bar and commit fails.

> show jobs id 1

Enqueued                     ID             Type    Status Result Completed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2013/07/25 15:49:03           1           Commit       FIN   FAIL 15:54:13
Warnings:
Details:Error: A communication error happened during configuration commit to dataplane, please try again.
(Module: device)
Commit failed



> show jobs id 2

Enqueued                     ID             Type    Status Result Completed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2013/07/25 16:27:26           2           Commit       FIN     OK 16:32:43
Warnings:
Details:Phase 2 commit failed: TIMEOUT(Module: device)
Configuration committed successfully



> show chassis-ready
no

• Any Firewall
• Any Panorama

If there was an auto-commit that timed out earlier, this could cause the system-ready status to be "no". Subsequent commits would fail with the messages, as shown above.