# pod stuck in container creating Failed  to create pod sandbox

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/pod-stuck-in-container-creating-failed-to-create-pod-sandbox/43080>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 30, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pod-stuck-in-container-creating-failed-to-create-pod-sandbox/43080 "2025-05-30T07:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karan\_Choudhary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Karan\_Choudhary](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karan_Choudhary)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pod-stuck-in-container-creating-failed-to-create-pod-sandbox/43080/1 "2025-05-30T07:57:50Z")

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5m58s (x268 over 18h) Warning FailedCreatePodSandBox Pod/postgres-7ddb7bcf45-9zgdc Failed to create pod sandbox: rpc error: code = DeadlineExceeded desc = context deadline exceeded

4m50s Normal Scheduled Pod/my-nginx-pod Successfully assigned default/my-nginx-pod to sjdcansdevw02

2m50s (x267 over 18h) Warning FailedCreatePodSandBox Pod/test Failed to create pod sandbox: rpc error: code = DeadlineExceeded desc = context deadline exceeded

86s (x288 over 19h) Warning FailedCreatePodSandBox Pod/awx-5f98bc5b98-c5pqf Failed to create pod sandbox: rpc error: code = DeadlineExceeded desc = context deadline exceeded

85s (x288 over 19h) Normal SandboxChanged Pod/awx-5f98bc5b98-c5pqf Pod sandbox changed, it will be killed and re-created.

50s Warning FailedCreatePodSandBox Pod/my-nginx-pod Failed to create pod sandbox: rpc error: code = DeadlineExceeded desc = context deadline exceeded

49s Normal SandboxChanged Pod/my-nginx-pod Pod sandbox changed, it will be killed and re-created.

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**Author:** ![dbrennand](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dbrennand/32/7830_2.png) [@dbrennand](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dbrennand)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pod-stuck-in-container-creating-failed-to-create-pod-sandbox/43080/2 "2025-05-30T11:42:00Z")

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Hi @Karan_Choudhary

Please could you give us some more details about the environment?

Is this specifically for AWX, or AAP? If so please could you tell us the version?

Is this on OpenShift or some other Kubernetes cloud offering? If so, which one and what version.

Thanks 🙂