Answer
Repeated startup failures due to misconfigurations, missing dependencies, or readiness issues.
Quick Answer
CrashLoopBackOff means the container starts, crashes, kubelet restarts it, it crashes again — repeatedly. Root causes: application error (bug, missing config, wrong startup command), missing environment variables or Secrets, out-of-memory kill, permission issues, or dependency (like a database) not being available. Check kubectl logs and kubectl describe pod for the actual error.
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