GKE Troubleshooting#

GKE adds a layer of Google Cloud infrastructure on top of Kubernetes, which means some problems are pure Kubernetes issues and others are GKE-specific. This guide covers the GKE-specific problems that trip people up.

Autopilot Resource Adjustment#

Autopilot automatically mutates pod resource requests to fit its scheduling model. If you request cpu: 100m and memory: 128Mi, Autopilot may bump the request to cpu: 250m and memory: 512Mi. This affects your billing (you pay per resource request) and can cause unexpected OOMKills if the limits were set relative to the original request.