CrashLoopBackOff: A Complete Diagnostic Flowchart

CrashLoopBackOff is not an error, it is a symptom with about nine distinct causes. Here is how to identify which one you have in under three minutes.

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Exit code Meaning Cause below
0 Process completed successfully 8
1 Generic application error 1
2 Shell misuse or bad argument 3
126 Command found but not executable 3
127 Command not found 3
137 128 plus 9, SIGKILL, usually OOM 2
139 128 plus 11, SIGSEGV 7
143 128 plus 15, SIGTERM 6

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