{"record":{"id":"02dbfb951d5e7557","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"timeout-waiting-for-event-from-pod-of-kubernetes-j","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"timeout waiting for event from pod of kubernetes job: %s","messagePattern":"timeout waiting for event from pod of kubernetes job: (.+?)","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/skaffold/k8sjob/logger/log.go","lineNumber":195,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tdone := make(chan bool)\n\t\t\tgo func() {\n\t\t\t\tfor event := range w.ResultChan() {\n\t\t\t\t\tpod, ok := event.Object.(*corev1.Pod)\n\t\t\t\t\tif ok {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpodName = pod.Name\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdone <- true\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbreak\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}()\n\n\t\t\tselect {\n\t\t\tcase <-ctx.Done():\n\t\t\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"context cancelled for k8s job logging of pod of kubernetes job: %s\", \"id\")\n\t\t\tcase <-done:\n\t\t\t\t// Continue\n\t\t\tcase <-time.After(30 * time.Second): // Timeout after 30 seconds\n\t\t\t\treturn false, fmt.Errorf(\"timeout waiting for event from pod of kubernetes job: %s\", id)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tpodLogOptions := &corev1.PodLogOptions{\n\t\t\t\tFollow: true,\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t// Stream the logs\n\t\t\treq := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).GetLogs(podName, podLogOptions)\n\t\t\tpodLogs, err := req.Stream(ctx)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn false, nil\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tdefer podLogs.Close()\n\t\t\tio.Copy(tw, podLogs)\n\t\t\tl.hadLogsOutput.Store(id, true)\n\t\t\treturn true, nil\n\t\t}); waitErr != nil {\n\t\t\t// Don't print errors if the user interrupted the logs","sourceCodeStart":177,"sourceCodeEnd":213,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/pkg/skaffold/k8sjob/logger/log.go#L177-L213","documentation":"This error fires when the 30-second timer in the pod-event wait select expires before a pod for the k8s job is observed or the context is cancelled. The library waits at most 30 seconds for the job's pod to start emitting events before giving up on attaching logs. It means the job's pod never became visible to the watcher in time.","triggerScenarios":"The job's pod does not start within 30 seconds of the wait beginning: the job spec fails to create a pod, the image pull is slow, scheduling is pending (unschedulable node, resource quotas), or the pod name/event never matches the watcher's expectations.","commonSituations":"Large images requiring long pulls, cluster with no available nodes or pending resource quotas, job manifests with long backoff/startup delays, slow or overloaded API server delaying event delivery.","solutions":["Increase the 30-second timeout constant in pkg/skaffold/k8sjob/logger/log.go if pulls/scheduling legitimately take longer","Check the job's pod status with kubectl describe job <job> and kubectl get pods to see why no pod started (ImagePullBackOff, Unschedulable, quota)","Verify the image reference is valid and pullable from the cluster","Pre-pull or cache images (e.g. warm nodes or use smaller images) to speed startup","Check the event watcher filters — ensure the namespace/label selector matches where the pod actually runs"],"exampleFix":"// before\ncase <-time.After(30 * time.Second): // Timeout after 30 seconds\n    return false, fmt.Errorf(\"timeout waiting for event from pod of kubernetes job: %s\", id)\n// after\nconst podEventTimeout = 2 * time.Minute\ncase <-time.After(podEventTimeout):","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// Verify the job's pod exists before attaching logs\npods, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods(ns).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{\n    LabelSelector: \"job-name=\" + jobName,\n})\nif err != nil || len(pods.Items) == 0 {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"no pod yet for job %s: %v\", jobName, err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"err := attachLogs(ctx, job)\nif err != nil {\n    if strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"timeout waiting for event\") {\n        // inspect pod status and retry once\n        return retryWithBackoff(2, 5*time.Second, func() error { return attachLogs(ctx, job) })\n    }\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Size the timeout larger than worst-case image pull + scheduling time","Pre-pull or pre-load images onto nodes before running the job","Confirm namespace/label selectors match the job's pod before waiting","Check cluster capacity (nodes, quotas) before launching long jobs"],"tags":["kubernetes","timeout","pod-scheduling"],"backgroundTag":"pod-startup-timeout","analyzedSha":"a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}