Kubernetes Runbooks

kubectl get pods shows CrashLoopBackOff status

Pod stuck in ImagePullBackOff or ErrImagePull

Exit code 137 on the container

Error from server (NotFound): pods not found

Pod stuck in CreateContainerConfigError or CrashLoopBackOff with mount error

Pod stuck in CreateContainerConfigError or CrashLoopBackOff

kubectl get job shows Failed status with backoffLimitExceeded

kubectl get pods shows Pending for minutes

curl: Could not resolve host inside pods

curl to Service IP returns connection refused

kubectl rollout status hangs on 'Waiting for rollout to finish'

kubectl get svc shows <pending> for EXTERNAL-IP

curl to the Ingress host returns 404 Not Found or 502

Pod restarts repeatedly with exit code 0 and status Completed

New pods fail to pull image after a rollout, even though the tag exists

kubectl top pods returns error: metrics not available

Pod in CrashLoopBackOff with bind: address already in use

Pod restarts repeatedly but application logs show no errors

Events show quota exceeded or limit range exceeded when creating pods

kubectl logs show 'Error from server (Forbidden): pods is forbidden'

NodePort service works internally but not from outside the cluster

No new Jobs created for a CronJob past its scheduled time

DaemonSet desiredNumberScheduled < number of eligible nodes

kubectl get nodes shows NotReady for one or more workers

kubectl get pvc shows Pending

Terminating/Evicted pod states on nodes

High response latency with low CPU saturation on the node

HPA currentMetrics shows <unknown> or targets stuck at 0%

kubectl get namespace shows Terminating for minutes or hours

kubectl get pv shows status Released for extended period

curl to ClusterIP from a pod returns connection refused or timeout

Intermittent connection timeouts to ClusterIP services

StatefulSet pods stuck in Pending or ContainerCreating sequentially

PV stays in Released state for hours after PVC deletion

kubectl commands return context deadline exceeded or connection refused