# Is it possible to check the logs of container whose status is ContainerStatusUnknown **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [July 21, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/is-it-possible-to-check-the-logs-of-container-whose-status-is-containerstatusunknown/24864 "2023-07-21T14:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![telecomspec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/telecomspec/32/12808_2.png) [@telecomspec](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/telecomspec)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/is-it-possible-to-check-the-logs-of-container-whose-status-is-containerstatusunknown/24864/1 "2023-07-21T14:29:44Z")
Asking for help? Comment out what you need so we can get more information to help you! ### Cluster information: Kubernetes version: v1.27.4 Cloud being used: (put bare-metal if not on a public cloud) - Personal Laptop Installation method: Hard Way (without certificate installation) Host OS: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS CNI and version: 10-weave.conflist CRI and version: Containerd://1.6.21 I have deployed Jenkins as POD on namespaces devops-tools. After the OS ubuntu get upgrade the previous container has error while another container is running as given below.. @kmasterl:/$ kubectl get pods -n devops-tools -o wide NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE IP NODE NOMINATED NODE READINESS GATES jenkins-59df9d5f78-nhvwg 0/1 ContainerStatusUnknown 6 (5h55m ago) 3d2h kworkerl jenkins-59df9d5f78-thnzn 1/1 Running 0 165m 10.32.0.2 kworkerl Now when I am trying to check the logs of container “jenkins-59df9d5f78-nhvwg” I am getting below message. **Is it the normal behavior or is there any way we can check the died container logs ???** kubectl logs jenkins-59df9d5f78-nhvwg -n devops-tools unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://04310c14cc535abeb21ff9db8cfde4029ee4707f502dfd236c6165e0761eabfftestuser