A static Pod (e.g. control plane component run by kubelet from a manifest on the node) is not ready. Static pods are critical for control plane nodes.
Warning
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- Report shows: Static Pod not ready
- Static pod (e.g. in /etc/kubernetes/manifests) is not in Ready state
- On the node, check the static pod manifest and kubelet logs
- Verify certificates, volumes, and image pull for the static pod
- Ensure kubelet is running and has read access to the manifest directory
- For HA, check other control plane nodes; recover or replace the node if needed