kubernetes config ai_generated true

Error: configmaps 'my-config' not found

ID: kubernetes/configmap-not-found

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96%Fix Rate
97%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

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Root Cause

Pod references a ConfigMap that doesn't exist in the same namespace.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 96% success Create the ConfigMap: kubectl create configmap my-config --from-file=config.yaml 
    Create before deploying the pod that references it

    Sources: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap/

  2. 92% success Check the namespace: ConfigMaps are namespace-scoped — kubectl get configmap -n <namespace> 
    The ConfigMap and Pod must be in the same namespace

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Creating an empty ConfigMap to satisfy the reference 55% fail

    Pod starts but gets empty config; may crash on missing keys

  2. Making the ConfigMap reference optional without checking implications 50% fail

    optional: true means the pod starts without the config — may misbehave silently

Error Chain

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