kubernetes: Can't make a ref to pod "{pod_name}", container {container_name}: selfLink was empty, can't make reference

What happened: pod already gone，but such error occur in kubelet logs

kuberuntime_container.go:66] Can't make a ref to pod "rabbitmq-1_default(79f2adec-1fa6-11e9-92be-ac853da031fa)", container rabbitmq-k8s: selfLink was empty, can't make reference

What you expected to happen: no such error How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible): I don’t know Anything else we need to know?: How to solve it? Environment:

Kubernetes version (use kubectl version):
1.9.4
OS (e.g: cat /etc/os-release):
Alibaba Group Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Paladin)
Kernel (e.g. uname -a): 3.10.0-327.ali2010.rc7.alios7.x86_64

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@Swetad90 We are running into similar issue in out environment, did you find the root cause / any workarounds?

narayanan on Sep 16, 2019

I am seeing the same Version: Kubernetes v1.10.5, Docker 1.13.1 Temporary solution：restart docker && restart kubelet

fly2F on Nov 27, 2019

Observed this error in #77543. (using kind cluster locally)

Kubectl Version:

Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"15+", GitVersion:"v1.15.0-alpha.2.182+6a23a6278f48ef", GitCommit:"6a23a6278f48ef286b860159a9cab81d71e30640", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-05-03T06:57:44Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"15+", GitVersion:"v1.15.0-alpha.2.182+6a23a6278f48ef", GitCommit:"6a23a6278f48ef286b860159a9cab81d71e30640", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-05-03T06:40:28Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

Kind Version:

0.3.0-alpha

Docker Version:

Docker version 18.09.2, build 6247962

mgdevstack on May 7, 2019