Budget analytics Pods restart several times overnight. An engineer needs logs from an earlier crash, not only the latest termination. What limitation of kubectl logs --previous must they understand?
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Short Explanation
The --previous switch is a one-slot rewind button—not a DVR with every episode. After multiple restarts, older crash diaries are already gone from that local slot.
Full Explanation
kubectl logs --previous targets the prior terminated container instance for that container slot. It does not keep an unbounded archive of all past restarts; further history requires a log shipping or aggregation system. It applies to app containers as well and does not fetch kernel rings.