Fix Kubernetes Pending Pods Fast (CPU Limits Error) using Kubegrade
4 min
overview this short demo shows how kubegrade troubleshoots and fixes a real kubernetes cpu limits misconfiguration end to end kubegrade automates kubernetes troubleshooting by detecting issues, explaining root causes, and fixing them through gitops pull requests scenario a deployment is stuck in pending state because the container is requesting an impossible cpu value, preventing scheduling what happens in the demo identify a pod stuck pending confirm pod is not running from logs and terminal open kubegrade visualization and select the affected namespace ask the agent why the deployment is not scheduling ai performs root cause analysis misconfigured cpu request detected (100 cpus typo) correct value suggested (100 millicores) kubegrade generates a git pull request with the fix pr is reviewed and merged argo cd applies the change pod schedules successfully and becomes healthy no manual yaml debugging no scheduler guesswork no trial and error resource tuning this is one example the same workflow applies to pods stuck pending cpu and memory resource errors scheduler failures invalid resource requests deployment configuration mistakes