GoogleContainerTools/skaffold · error

deleting %v job

Error message

deleting %v job

What it means

Fires in ForceJobDelete when the pre-delete existence poll for the Kubernetes Job errors with something other than NotFound (e.g. API connectivity or permission failure) — the subsequent deletion is wrapped with the job name for context. This wraps the API error, not the deletion itself.

Source

Thrown at pkg/skaffold/k8sjob/util.go:146

				},
				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{},
			},
		},
	}
}

func ForceJobDelete(ctx context.Context, jobName string, jobsManager typesbatchv1.JobInterface, kubectl *kubectl.CLI) error {
	err := WithRetryablePoll(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		_, err := jobsManager.Get(ctx, jobName, metav1.GetOptions{})
		return err
	})

	if apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
		return nil
	}

	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("deleting %v job", jobName))
	}

	err = WithRetryablePoll(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
		return jobsManager.Delete(ctx, jobName, metav1.DeleteOptions{
			GracePeriodSeconds: util.Ptr[int64](0),
			PropagationPolicy:  util.Ptr(metav1.DeletePropagationForeground),
		})
	})

	if err != nil && !apierrs.IsNotFound(err) {
		return err
	}

	return deleteJobPod(ctx, jobName, kubectl)
}

func deleteJobPod(ctx context.Context, jobName string, kubectl *kubectl.CLI) error {
	// We execute the Pods delete with the kubectl CLI client to be able to force the deletion.

View on GitHub (pinned to a1189de023)

Solutions

1. Check cluster connectivity and RBAC permissions for reading/deleting Jobs in the namespace
2. Verify the namespace and job name are correct (kubectl get jobs -A)
3. Retry after transient API-server/network issues resolve

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/skaffold/k8sjob/util.go:146 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of GoogleContainerTools/skaffold@a1189de023 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ac0018afd2aba2d6. Report an issue: GitHub.