---
name: "kubectl-events"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kubectl"
version: "1.37.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kubectl-events"
---

# kubectl-events(1)

List events

Eric Paris Jan 2015

## NAME

kubectl events - List events

## SYNOPSIS

**kubectl events** \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Display events.

Prints a table of the most important information about events. You can request events for a namespace, for all namespace, or filtered to only those pertaining to a specified resource.

## OPTIONS

**-A**, **--all-namespaces**=false\
 	If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace.

**--allow-missing-template-keys**=true\
 	If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.

**--chunk-size**=500\
 	Return large lists in chunks rather than all at once. Pass 0 to disable.

**--for**=""\
 	Filter events to only those pertaining to the specified resource.

**--no-headers**=false\
 	When using the default output format, don't print headers.

**-o**, **--output**=""\
 	Output format. One of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).

**--show-managed-fields**=false\
 	If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.

**--template**=""\
 	Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates \[http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview\].

**--types**=\[\]\
 	Output only events of given types.

**-w**, **--watch**=false\
 	After listing the requested events, watch for more events.

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--as**=""\
 	Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

**--as-group**=\[\]\
 	Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

**--as-uid**=""\
 	UID to impersonate for the operation.

**--as-user-extra**=\[\]\
 	User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.

**--cache-dir**="/home/username/.kube/cache"\
 	Default cache directory

**--certificate-authority**=""\
 	Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

**--client-certificate**=""\
 	Path to a client certificate file for TLS

**--client-key**=""\
 	Path to a client key file for TLS

**--cluster**=""\
 	The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

**--context**=""\
 	The name of the kubeconfig context to use

**--disable-compression**=false\
 	If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

**--insecure-skip-tls-verify**=false\
 	If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure

**--kubeconfig**=""\
 	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

**--kuberc**=""\
 	Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL\_KUBERC=false feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.

**--match-server-version**=false\
 	Require server version to match client version

**-n**, **--namespace**=""\
 	If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

**--password**=""\
 	Password for basic authentication to the API server

**--profile**="none"\
 	Name of profile to capture. One of (none\|cpu\|heap\|goroutine\|threadcreate\|block\|mutex\|trace)

**--profile-output**="profile.pprof"\
 	Name of the file to write the profile to

**--proxy-url**=""\
 	Proxy URL to use for requests to the API server

**--request-timeout**="0"\
 	The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.

**-s**, **--server**=""\
 	The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

**--tls-server-name**=""\
 	Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

**--token**=""\
 	Bearer token for authentication to the API server

**--user**=""\
 	The name of the kubeconfig user to use

**--username**=""\
 	Username for basic authentication to the API server

**--version**=false\
 	\--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

**--warnings-as-errors**=false\
 	Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

## EXAMPLE

```
  # List recent events in the default namespace
  kubectl events
  # List recent events in all namespaces
  kubectl events --all-namespaces
  # List recent events for the specified pod, then wait for more events and list them as they arrive
  kubectl events --for pod/web-pod-13je7 --watch
  # List recent events in YAML format
  kubectl events -oyaml
  # List recent only events of type 'Warning' or 'Normal'
  kubectl events --types=Warning,Normal
```

## SEE ALSO

**[kubectl(1)](/kubectl/1.md)**,

## HISTORY

January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!