#23686·minikube

crio tests are failing consistently

Author: nirsCreated Sep 9, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelstriage/discuss

We have 40-50 tests failing for docker driver and crio container runtime jobs consistently, and kvm driver with crio runtime is more flaky than other jobs.

The prow jobs are not required, but we waste resources and spam contributors with failing tests that are not helpful.

Possible solution:

  • Investigate every failing test and try to fix it
  • Skip tests failing with docker driver and crio runtime
  • Skip tests failing with kvm driver and crio
  • Disable the docker-crio job
  • Disable the kvm-crio job
  • Remove the crio container runtime

Investigating 50 failing tests for container runtime we don't need is not feasible with the current team size. I don't have time to investigate and review fixe for test failures for non existent use cases (docker-crio).

@afbjorklund @medya @prezha @ComradeProgrammer do you want to maintain the crio runtime?