Pipeline fails with context deadline exceeded of Kubernetes API through KAS k8s-proxy
Summary
Example error: #5453 (comment 1867832470)
Description of the error and how to debug: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/kubernetes/troubleshooting.html#context-deadline-exceeded
Relevant logs
Release "rvw-3b639bcd" does not exist. Installing it now.
Error: Get "https://kas.gitlab.com/k8s-proxy/api/v1/namespaces/eks-helm-charts-win/services/rvw-3b639bcd-redis-headless": context deadline exceeded
Workaraound
Just retry the review_*
job.
Proposal
Either implement some retry mechanism on our side, or discuss with groupenvironments whether this could be made more self-reliant.
Feedback
Please add related issues so that we can track how often this has impacted us.