On a sanitation worker, containerd has crashed and the kubelet cannot start pods. What failure class does this represent?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Kubelet delegates “run containers” to the runtime. When containerd is down, that handoff fails and pods never start.
Full Explanation
Kubernetes uses a CRI runtime such as containerd to create pod sandboxes and containers. If the runtime is down, the kubelet cannot start pods and the node may also show NotReady. That is distinct from CoreDNS stubDomains issues, Gateway API route syntax, or PVC expansion flags.