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POD-004 Container in abnormal state

Summary

A container is reported in an abnormal state when its status is Waiting (e.g. ImagePullBackOff, CrashLoopBackOff, ContainerCreating) or Terminated with a non-zero exit code or error reason. The report includes the exact reason from the API so you can target fixes.

Severity

Warning

Example

N/A

Symptoms

  • Report shows: Pod has container in state with a reason (e.g. ImagePullBackOff, ErrImagePull, CrashLoopBackOff)
  • kubectl describe pod shows container state Waiting or Terminated with a reason/message

Resolution

  1. Inspect pod and events: kubectl describe pod <ns>/<name>
  2. For ImagePullBackOff / ErrImagePull: fix image name, tag, or pull secrets; check network and registry access
  3. For CrashLoopBackOff: check logs and previous logs; fix application, probes, or resources
  4. For ContainerCreating: usually transient; if it persists, check volume mounts, secrets, or node resources
  5. For Terminated with non-zero exit code: use exit code and message to fix the application or configuration

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