Pods in openshift-marketplace fail with "startup probe failed: timeout: failed to connect service ':50051' within 1s" in OpenShift

Solution Verified - Updated 2026-10-08T16:48:09+00:00 -

Issue

Pods from openshift-marketplace namespace frequently failing, causing event flood and containers within pods are repeatedly rebooting with an error message:
```
"Startup probe failed: timeout: failed to connect service ":50051"" 
```

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