Kubernetes Infrastructure: Pods

Table of Contents

Pods screen
Table columns
- Pod status values
Details pane

Pods are the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes — each one runs one or more containers that share network and storage. The Pods screen is the busiest table in the Infrastructure Explorer: real-time pod health and resource usage, with live logs, YAML, and metrics one click away for any pod. For how this table fits into the wider Explorer, see Infrastructure Explorer Architecture.

Pods screen

Click Infrastructure in the top navigation. Pods is selected by default — it’s the first entry in the left sidebar’s resource list.

Table columns

Each row is one pod. Columns:

Column What it shows

Column	What it shows
Cluster	The cluster the pod is running in. Click to open that cluster’s detail pane.
Namespace	The pod’s Kubernetes namespace. Click to open that namespace’s detail pane.
Name	The pod’s name.
Status	The pod’s current lifecycle phase — see Pod status values below.
QoS	The pod’s Kubernetes Quality of Service class: `Guaranteed`, `Burstable`, or `BestEffort`, based on its containers' resource requests and limits.
Age	Time since the pod was created.
Restarts	Number of times containers in the pod have restarted.
Ready	Number of containers that have passed their readiness check.
Total	Total number of containers defined in the pod.
% Ready	Percentage of the pod’s containers that are currently ready.
CPU	Real-time CPU usage.
Memory	Real-time memory usage.

Cluster

The cluster the pod is running in. Click to open that cluster’s detail pane.

Namespace

The pod’s Kubernetes namespace. Click to open that namespace’s detail pane.

Name

The pod’s name.

Status

The pod’s current lifecycle phase — see Pod status values below.

QoS

The pod’s Kubernetes Quality of Service class: Guaranteed, Burstable, or BestEffort, based on its containers' resource requests and limits.

Age

Time since the pod was created.

Restarts

Number of times containers in the pod have restarted.

Ready

Number of containers that have passed their readiness check.

Total

Total number of containers defined in the pod.

% Ready

Percentage of the pod’s containers that are currently ready.

CPU

Real-time CPU usage.

Memory

Real-time memory usage.

Use COLUMNS (top right of the table) to add or remove columns, and Download to export the current table.

Pod status values

Running: The pod is active and healthy.
Pending: The pod is scheduled but not yet running — usually waiting on image pulls or resource availability.
Succeeded: The pod’s containers all completed successfully (typical for Jobs).
CrashLoopBackOff: A container in the pod is crashing repeatedly; Kubernetes backs off before restarting it again.
Failed: The pod terminated with an error.
Unknown: The pod’s state can’t be determined, usually because Kubernetes lost contact with the node.

Details pane

Click any row to open the pod’s detail pane. It follows the same shared detail-pane layout as every other resource kind, with five tabs:

Details: Cluster, Node, Namespace, Name, IP, Status, QoS, Age, Restarts, and Ready, followed by the pod’s Labels and Tags.
YAML: The pod’s live manifest, as Structured (collapsible tree) or Raw text — useful for spotting misconfigurations or missing annotations without leaving the browser.
Metrics: CPU and memory Requests, Limits, Usage, plus Network Rate and Network Errors, each as a time-series chart for the selected time range.
Logs: Live log lines for the pod’s containers, with full-text search, tag selection, and time-range filtering — select a specific container to narrow further.
Events: Kubernetes events for the pod — scheduling, restarts, warnings, and failed operations, each with a timestamp and source controller. Use this alongside Logs and Metrics to diagnose a crash or a readiness failure.