Zombie pods are created when resources are not sufficient for secluding pods and idleTimeout is set to a non-zero value.
This causes multiple pods to be launched from one pod template where one of the pods is in a zombie state and one is active. As the zombie pods accumulate, there are no resources left over to schedule actual pods.
WAR: set up a cron job to delete pods in error state or set idleMinutes to 0.
Zombie pods are created when resources are not sufficient for secluding pods and idleTimeout idleMinutes is set to a non-zero value.
This causes multiple pods to be launched from one pod template where one of the pods is in a zombie state and one is active. As the zombie pods accumulate, there are no resources left over to schedule actual pods.
WAR: set up a cron job to delete pods in error state or set idleMinutes to 0.