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Pod Not Starting — Interactive Diagnostic

Click through symptoms to diagnose why your Kubernetes pod won't start. Covers CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, Pending, and Error states with targeted fix commands.

Interactive Diagnostic~10 min
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Run Command

Check pod status

First, let's see what status your pod is reporting.

kubectl get pods -o wide
Expected: Look at the STATUS column for your problematic pod.