# Troubleshooting Kubernetes: From Alert to Root Cause

> Learn how to troubleshoot Kubernetes faster with practical root cause analysis techniques, incident response best practices, and real-world lessons learned.

Source: https://openobserve.ai/webinars-videos/troubleshooting-kubernetes-from-alert-to-root-cause/
Published: 2026-06-30

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Kubernetes experts share lessons learned from real incidents, root cause analysis techniques, and ways to reduce time-to-answer.

## What you'll learn

- Lessons from real Kubernetes production incidents and how they were investigated
- Why root cause analysis often starts beyond the first alert or signal
- How experienced SREs connect logs, metrics, traces, Kubernetes events, and operational context
- Practical approaches to improving alerts, runbooks, and incident response
- Best practices for reducing Kubernetes troubleshooting time and improving reliability
- Strategies for moving from alert to root cause faster

Kubernetes environments generate more telemetry than ever, yet finding root cause still takes time.

In this panel discussion, experts from Mastercard, Writer, and OpenObserve share real production incidents, including ImagePullBackOff, P99 latency, and CPU throttling, to illustrate how experienced SREs investigate problems across applications, infrastructure, and Kubernetes. Along the way, they discuss practical approaches to root cause analysis, incident response, alert design, and reducing time from alert to resolution.

## Resources

- [Try OpenObserve](https://cloud.openobserve.ai/)
- [Unified Kubernetes Monitoring](https://openobserve.ai/kubernetes-monitoring/)