KubeContainerWaiting

Meaning

Container in pod is in Waiting state for too long.

Impact

Service degradation or unavailability.

Diagnosis

• Check pod events via kubectl -n $NAMESPACE describe pod $POD.
• Check pod logs via kubectl -n $NAMESPACE logs $POD -c $CONTAINER
• Check for missing files such as configmaps/secrets/volumes
• Check for pod requests, especially special ones such as GPU.
• Check for node taints and capabilities.

Mitigation

See Container waiting