Add new-style sidecars (initContainers) shell/exec
Author: rdavydCreated Jan 19, 2026Updated Jan 19, 2026
Labelskind/feature
What would you like to be added?
Kubernetes dashboard already allows executing into POD shell. The list of allowed containers to log into is taken from POD containers.
Need to add possibility to execute into initContainers which have restartPolicy set to Always.
Why is this needed?
Kubernetes have already added new style sidecar container feature to GA - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/sidecar-containers/#pod-sidecar-containers Need to add support for this in kubernetes-dashboard
Source: kubernetes-retired/dashboard