Question

A developer runs `kubectl get pods` and sees a Pod for a data-processing task with a STATUS of `Completed`. The Pod was created directly (not by a Deployment) and its container ran a script that finished successfully and exited with code 0. The developer expected the Pod to keep running. Which statement best explains this behavior?

Accepted Answer

The Pod's container process terminated with exit code 0, so the Pod reached the Succeeded phase; a standalone Pod is not automatically restarted when its restartPolicy allows normal completion.

Answer

The scheduler evicted the Pod because it exceeded its memory limit, marking it as Completed.

Answer

The kubelet paused the Pod because no Service selector matched its labels, showing it as Completed until traffic arrives.

Answer

The Pod is Completed because the control plane always deletes finished Pods and recreates them under a ReplicaSet.