Kubernetes / Pods, Containers & Application Health
Investigate an Evicted Pod through node pressure and resource usage
Eviction can result from node pressure or policy rather than an application crash. Capture the Pod's reason and the node state.
Environment and inputs: Kubernetes · kubectl with supported client/server versions and delegated RBAC. Examples use namespace app unless noted. Check context, namespace, APIs and provider support first.
Start with this check
Confirm the environment and replace sample objects, namespaces, images, paths and hosts with approved targets. Share only relevant, sanitized output. Follow the workload owner’s process for changes.
kubectl -n app describe pod web-0
kubectl describe node node01Read the result
Use the actual Pod and node names. Conditions and events help identify memory, disk, inode or other eviction-related pressure.
Resolve and verify
Correlate the incident with requests, limits, ephemeral storage and node capacity. Correct the demonstrated pressure and verify replacement workloads remain healthy.
Before changing production
Do not delete files from runtime directories or simply recreate Pods while the node remains under pressure.