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unable to list pods in any state except completed

Problem: I want to list all pods except those NOT in Completed state.

field selector still outputs pods in Completed phase when Selected not Completed in kubectl command

Proposed Solution: observe that am also getting pods in Completed phase.

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces --field-selector=spec.nodeName=node1,status.phase!=Completed --no-headers

test-2d7dbabf-f8cc-4c0b-af3b-80db52d2257e nightly-2020-04-01-13-00-tokyo-demo-route-gt-4245049053 2/2 Running 0 13m
test-2d7dbabf-f8cc-4c0b-af3b-80db52d2257e nightly-2020-04-01-13-00-willows-405-a2a-1380625152 0/2 Completed 0 3h31m
test-2d7dbabf-f8cc-4c0b-af3b-80db52d2257e nightly-2020-04-01-13-00-willows-405-a2a-1464250510 0/2 Completed 0 7h33m

Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"16", GitVersion:"v1.16.2", GitCommit:"c97fe5036ef3df2967d086711e6c0c405941e14b", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-10-15T19:18:23Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.10", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"13", GitVersion:"v1.13.5", GitCommit:"2166946f41b36dea2c4626f90a77706f426cdea2", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-03-25T15:19:22Z", GoVersion:"go1.11.5", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

but when i do for Running it works and lists only Completed phase pods

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces --field-selector=spec.nodeName=node1,status.phase!=Running --no-headers
Solution

  • Completed is not a valid Pod Phase, use Succeeded instead.

    Pending, Running, Succeeded, Failed and Unknown are the valid values for Pod Phase.

    To get the non-completed pods, 

    kubectl get pods --all-namespaces --field-selector=spec.nodeName=node1,status.phase!=Succeeded --no-headers