Which jobs are failing?

pull-kubernetes-node-kubelet-serial-containerd-alpha-features

Which tests are failing?

Burstable QoS pod, no container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources] test fails

I confirmed the issue running also locally the tests against a local VM with the following command ( please update HOSTS to your local VM IP )

make test-e2e-node TEST_ARGS='--service-feature-gates="InPlacePodVerticalScaling=true,InPlacePodVerticalScalingAllocatedStatus=false" --kubelet-flags="--cgroup-driver=systemd --cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/ --runtime-cgroups=/system.slice/containerd.service --fail-swap-on=false --feature-gates InPlacePodVerticalScaling=true" --extra-log="{"name": "containerd.log", "journalctl": ["-u", "containerd*"]}"' PARALLELISM=1 FOCUS="PodLevelResources" SKIP="" REMOTE=true REMOTE_MODE=ssh HOSTS=192.168.122.215 SSH_USER=root KUBE_VERBOSE=10

Summarizing 7 Failures:
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Burstable QoS pod, 1 container with resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Guaranteed QoS pod with container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Guaranteed QoS pod with container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:371
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Guaranteed QoS pod, no container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Burstable QoS pod with container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Burstable QoS pod, no container resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364
[FAIL] [sig-node] Pod Level Resources [Serial] [Feature:PodLevelResources] [It] Guaranteed QoS pod, 1 container with resources [sig-node, Serial, Feature:PodLevelResources]
k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go:364

Since when has it been failing?

Last successful run in pipeline December 17 2025

https://prow.k8s.io/view/gs/kubernetes-ci-logs/pr-logs/pull/120459/pull-kubernetes-node-kubelet-serial-containerd-alpha-features/1869004421065609216

Testgrid link

https://prow.k8s.io/job-history/gs/kubernetes-ci-logs/pr-logs/directory/pull-kubernetes-node-kubelet-serial-containerd-alpha-features?buildId=1891901688101474304

Reason for failure (if possible)

https://prow.k8s.io/job-history/gs/kubernetes-ci-logs/pr-logs/directory/pull-kubernetes-node-kubelet-serial-containerd-alpha-features?buildId=1891901688101474304

Relates with pod level resources tests, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blame/master/test/e2e/common/node/pod_level_resources.go#L196

Anything else we need to know?

Relevant SIG(s)

/sig node