From b1183f7e00ccc36f1152a07260edf655d6c5bcd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pannaga Rao Bhoja Ramamanohara <pannagaramamanohar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:24:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simulate panic in Kubelet Run method for testing purposes

Signed-off-by: Pannaga Rao Bhoja Ramamanohara
---
 pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 385179a648ff7..b21f454979e4b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1734,6 +1734,10 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) initializeRuntimeDependentModules() {
 // Run starts the kubelet reacting to config updates
 func (kl *Kubelet) Run(updates <-chan kubetypes.PodUpdate) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Minute)
+		panic("simulated kubelet panic (for invariant test)")
+	}()
 	if kl.logServer == nil {
 		file := http.FileServer(http.Dir(nodeLogDir))
 		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.NodeLogQuery) && kl.kubeletConfiguration.EnableSystemLogQuery {