gitRepo volumes stop working in Kubernetes 1.36: the driver is permanently disabled; use an init container or git-sync
# before
volumes:
- name: src
gitRepo:
repository: https://github.com/org/repo.git
# after: clone into an emptyDir with an init container
volumes:
- name: src
emptyDir: {}
initContainers:
- name: clone
image: alpine/git
args: ["clone", "--depth=1", "https://github.com/org/repo.git", "/src"]
volumeMounts:
- {name: src, mountPath: /src}
For continuous sync, run a git-sync sidecar instead.
Symptom
Pods that mount a gitRepo: volume stop working after the cluster is upgraded to v1.36. Older examples still show volumes: - name: src gitRepo: {repository: ...}.
Cause
gitRepo was deprecated in v1.11. In Kubernetes v1.36 (2026-04-22) the plugin is permanently disabled and cannot be re-enabled (KEP-5040), because it could let an attacker run code as root on the node.
Verify
kubectl get pods -A -o json | jq '.items[] | select(.spec.volumes[]?.gitRepo) | .metadata.name' returns nothing.
Sources
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