kubernetes config_error ai_generated true

CreateContainerConfigError: secret not found

ID: kubernetes/createcontainerconfigerror

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90%Fix Rate
92%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

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

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Create the missing secret/configmap in the correct namespace 
    kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key=value -n namespace

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

  2. 88% success Check namespace — resources are namespace-scoped 
    kubectl get secrets -n target-namespace

    Sources: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/namespaces/

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Create empty secret as placeholder 60% fail

    App starts but with wrong/missing config, causes runtime errors

  2. Set optional: true on the volume mount 55% fail

    App runs without expected config, fails in unexpected ways

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: