Too many open files debug in k8s ulimit -n Output : 1048576 kubelet limit systemctl show kubelet | grep NOFILE Output : LimitNOFILE=524288 LimitNOFILESoft=1024 systemd global systemctl show --property=DefaultLimitNOFILE Output: DefaultLimitNOFILE=524288 container runtime systemctl show containerd | grep NOFILE Output: LimitNOFILE=infinity LimitNOFILESoft=infinity Socket summary ss -s Total: 795 TCP: 2101 (estab 22, closed 2066, orphaned 0, timewait 20) Transport Total IP IPv6 RAW 1 0 1 UDP 8 5 3 TCP 35 27 8 INET 44 32 12 FRAG 0 0 0 System-wide (all processes) cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr Output: 17784 0 2097152 Kubelet FD usage pidof kubelet ls /proc/$(pidof kubelet)/fd | wc -l Output: 1953 Edit Container runtime sudo systemctl edit containerd Per-pod socket usage (ADVANCED) crictl ps crictl inspect | grep pid Correct fix for kubelet (DO THIS) sudo systemctl edit kubelet [Service] LimitNOFILE=524288 sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart kubelet