kubernetes/kops · error

getting pod logs for the current instance of %v/%v: %w

Error message

getting pod logs for the current instance of %v/%v: %w

What it means

Fetching the current container logs failed with a non-400 status error; the log request to the API server failed, e.g. the pod was deleted mid-dump or kubelet could not retrieve the logs.

Source

Thrown at pkg/dump/podlogs.go:123

				var statusErr *k8sErrors.StatusError
				if errors.As(err, &statusErr) {
					if statusErr.ErrStatus.Code != 400 {
						podErr = errors.Join(podErr, fmt.Errorf("getting pod logs for the previous instance of %v/%v: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err))
					}
				} else {
					err := writeContainerLogs(resPath+".previous.log", resp)
					if err != nil {
						podErr = errors.Join(podErr, err)
					}
				}
			}

			{
				resp, err := d.k8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).GetLogs(pod.Name, &v1.PodLogOptions{Container: container.Name}).Do(ctx).Raw()
				var statusErr *k8sErrors.StatusError
				if errors.As(err, &statusErr) {
					if statusErr.ErrStatus.Code != 400 {
						podErr = errors.Join(podErr, fmt.Errorf("getting pod logs for the current instance of %v/%v: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err))
						continue
					}
				} else {
					err := writeContainerLogs(resPath+".log", resp)
					if err != nil {
						podErr = errors.Join(podErr, err)
					}
				}
			}
		}

		results <- podLogDumpResult{err: podErr}
	}
}

func writeContainerLogs(filePath string, contents []byte) error {
	resFile, err := os.Create(filePath)
	defer func(resFile *os.File) {

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Solutions

1. Check the wrapped API error; NotFound usually means the pod was removed during the dump
2. Re-run the dump
3. Verify kubelet is healthy on the pod's node

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/dump/podlogs.go:123 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/98ae7096f50a15b7. Report an issue: GitHub.