Why pod fails to start with the message " ErrImagePull: "pull QPS exceeded"" in OpenShift Container Platform ?

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Issue

  • Why pod fails to start with the message " ErrImagePull: "pull QPS exceeded"" in OpenShift Container Platform ?
    From the node logs
Aug 24 19:19:18 redhat.gov.in crio[663496]: time="2022-08-24 19:19:18.925128597+05:30" level=info msg="Trying to access \"image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/prod/apiprod:11259.517256\""
Aug 24 19:19:18 redhat.gov.in crio[663496]: time="2022-08-24 19:19:18.933189831+05:30" level=info msg="Image image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/prod/apiprod:11259.517256 not found" id=d4983f54-6b07-4089-86c3-53bebf7f26a3 name=/runtime.v1alpha2.ImageService/ImageStatus
Aug 24 19:19:18 redhat.gov.in hyperkube[665794]: E0824 19:19:18.933861  665794 pod_workers.go:190] "Error syncing pod, skipping" err="failed to \"StartContainer\" for \"returnsapi2a\" with ErrImagePull: \"pull QPS exceeded\"" pod="prod/apiprod2a-4-42cs7" podUID=b29af4ea-2116-4aea-9240-ff3f208f0268

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4.X
  • OpenShift Container Platform 3.X

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