Kubernetes Crashloop Diagnostic Runbook

Diagnoses CrashLoopBackOff pods in Kubernetes clusters using kubectl and the Kubernetes API. Fetches pod events, container logs, and resource limits via the /api/v1/namespaces/{ns}/pods/{name}/log endpoint. Provides structured root-cause analysis covering OOMKilled, missing ConfigMaps, failed liveness probes, and image pull errors.

Kubernetes Crashloop Diagnostic Runbook

Diagnoses CrashLoopBackOff pods in Kubernetes clusters using kubectl and the Kubernetes API. Fetches pod events, container logs, and resource limits via the /api/v1/namespaces/{ns}/pods/{name}/log endpoint. Provides structured root-cause analysis covering OOMKilled, missing ConfigMaps, failed liveness probes, and image pull errors.

Installation

Method 1, Agent Skill Exchange

Method 2, Git clone

git clone https://github.com/agentskillexchange/skills.git && cd skills/skills/kubernetes-crashloop-diagnostic-runbook

Method 3, Download ZIP

  • Download the repository ZIP and extract skills/kubernetes-crashloop-diagnostic-runbook.

Method 4, Manual copy

  • Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory, then reload your agent tooling.

Method 5, Fork and sync

  • Fork the repository if you want to maintain local edits while syncing upstream changes.

Source