What is the default eviction timeout when the Ready condition of a node is Unknown or False?

The correct answer is D. Five minutes. In Kubernetes, when a node's Ready condition becomes Unknown or False, the node controller waits a default of 5 minutes (pod-eviction-timeout) before evicting pods from that node. This grace period gives transient network issues time to resolve before disrupting workloads. The…

Submitted by saadiq_pk· May 4, 2026Container Orchestration

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Options

AThirty seconds.
BThirty minutes.
COne minute.
DFive minutes.

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(57 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
4% (2)
C
5% (3)
D
89% (51)

Explanation

In Kubernetes, when a node's Ready condition becomes Unknown or False, the node controller waits a default of 5 minutes (pod-eviction-timeout) before evicting pods from that node. This grace period gives transient network issues time to resolve before disrupting workloads. The kube-controller-manager flag --pod-eviction-timeout defaults to 5m0s. Options A (30s), B (30 minutes), and C (1 minute) do not match the Kubernetes default eviction timeout value.

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#Node Eviction#Node Status#Kubernetes Configuration

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