Question

A developer runs `kubectl get pods` and sees only 3 Pods, but a colleague insists the cluster is running dozens of Pods across several teams' applications. What is the most likely reason the developer sees only 3 Pods?

Accepted Answer

kubectl only lists Pods in the current namespace (default), so Pods in other namespaces are not shown unless --all-namespaces or -n is used

Answer

kubectl caps output at the 3 most recently created Pods unless a higher limit is set

Answer

The other Pods are managed by Deployments, and kubectl get pods only shows standalone Pods

Answer

The developer lacks a valid kubeconfig context, so only local Pods appear