Kubernetes Pod Troubleshooting Cheatsheet
Troubleshooting Path kubectl get pods → check status kubectl describe pod → check Events kubectl logs → check logs Common Pod States State Meaning Common Cause Pending Not scheduled Insufficient resources, scheduling constraints CrashLoopBackOff Crash loop App error, config issue ImagePullBackOff Image pull failed Image not found, auth failure OOMKilled Out of memory Memory limit too low CrashLoopBackOff Most common issue. Troubleshooting steps: # Check previous crash logs kubectl logs <pod> --previous # Check exit code kubectl get pod <pod> -o jsonpath='{....