Issues

• Client-side apply keeps server-generated metadata of the input in last-applied-configuration; later applies to custom resources fail with "must be specified for an update"

  needs-triage
  kubernetes/kubectl#1897 · Filter by author jetnet opened on Nov 2, 2026
  2

• kubectl set env -e - truncates values at '#'

  area/kubectlsig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1893 · Filter by author devreddy1015 opened on Oct 29, 2026
  4

  

• Improve kubectl get pods` status visibility when containers are not ready

  kind/featurepriority/awaiting-more-evidencesig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1891 · Filter by author Kumarabhi09 opened on Oct 28, 2026
  2

• kuberc defaults ignored with attached shorthand values like -nmonitoring

  kind/bugpriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1889 · Filter by author kfess opened on Oct 9, 2026
  2

• Docs say kubectl prefers in-cluster config, but a kubeconfig wins

  kind/documentationtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1887 · Filter by author mkmik opened on Sep 30, 2026
  3

  

• kubectl wait --for=jsonpath: support inequality/negation operators (!=) in addition to =

  kind/featurepriority/awaiting-more-evidencesig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1881 · Filter by author juchem opened on Sep 9, 2026
  3

• Reduce useless duplicate reading of certificate data

  kind/featurepriority/backlogsig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1880 · Filter by author wdoekes opened on Aug 18, 2026
  11

  

• kubectl completion fish - label support required

  kind/featurepriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1870 · Filter by author rforberger opened on Aug 13, 2026
  6

  

• Wrong fish completion for debug

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1861 · Filter by author delreluca opened on Jul 3, 2026
  4

• Improve support for API categories

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1852 · Filter by author lmktfy opened on Jun 28, 2026
  3

  

• Please add nushell completion

  kind/featuretriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1833 · Filter by author MrRulf opened on Mar 19, 2026
  2

• kubectl get <category> should filter out 403 errors from non authorized types

  kind/bugsig/api-machinerysig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1853 · Filter by author gberche-orange opened on Feb 10, 2026
  8

  

• [Enhancement] Add --share-volumes to kubectl debug

  kind/featuresig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1820 · Filter by author specterops-avongluck opened on Dec 3, 2025
  9

• kubectl suggestion should also include aliases

  kind/featurepriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1795 · Filter by author soltysh opened on Nov 3, 2025
  5

  

• kubectl describe suffers from N+1 query problem when falling back to prefix search, causing performance issues

  help wantedkind/bugpriority/important-longtermsig/clisig/scalabilitytriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1769 · Filter by author serathius opened on Aug 12, 2025
  24

  

• Port-forward still drops connection after first to PostgreSQL pod in SSL Mode.

  kind/bugtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1746 · Filter by author xqe2011 opened on May 22, 2025
  15

• kubectl without arguments should print all aliases defined in kuberc file

  kind/featurepriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1740 · Filter by author soltysh opened on Apr 30, 2025
  11

  

• The resources.limits.memory unit is automatically converted. Why cannot the unit be displayed as configured?

  kind/featurelifecycle/rottensig/clitriage/needs-information
  kubernetes/kubectl#1729 · Filter by author Black-max12138 opened on Mar 24, 2025
  16

• Kubectl debug - allow to specify image pull secret

  area/apiarea/kubectlkind/featureneeds-triagepriority/backlogsig/cli
  kubernetes/kubectl#1671 · Filter by author mb-stx opened on Oct 3, 2024
  13

• Could we add a shorthand for --field-selector in kubectl?

  kind/featurelifecycle/rottenpriority/awaiting-more-evidencesig/clitriage/needs-information
  kubernetes/kubectl#1649 · Filter by author tnqn opened on Sep 9, 2024
  12

• how to kubectl wait for job completion regardless of success or failure

  kind/featureneeds-sigsig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1629 · Filter by author techlot opened on Jul 31, 2024
  15

  

• Exit code of kubectl config delete-* is not unified

  kind/featuresig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1641 · Filter by author wafuwafu13 opened on Jul 13, 2024
  9

  

• Cobra command Kubectl Create does not return error to be handled

  kind/bugpriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1615 · Filter by author oglok opened on Jun 27, 2024
  11

  

• Kubectl does not support secret creation from .env files with multiline values

  kind/featuresig/clitriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1610 · Filter by author plusiv opened on Jun 8, 2024
  22

  

• kubectl diff fails to detect differences in Service objects

  kind/bugneeds-kindpriority/backlogtriage/accepted
  kubernetes/kubectl#1601 · Filter by author jrcast opened on May 24, 2024
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