A pod never terminated if a container image registry was unavailable

pkg/kubelet/container/image_puller.go

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (puller *imagePuller) PullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, pul
 		puller.logIt(ref, api.EventTypeWarning, "Failed", logPrefix, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to pull image %q: %v", container.Image, err), glog.Warning)
 		puller.backOff.Next(backOffKey, puller.backOff.Clock.Now())
 		if err == RegistryUnavailable {
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("image pull failed for %s because the registry is temporarily unavailable.", container.Image)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("image pull failed for %s because the registry is unavailable.", container.Image)
 			return err, msg
 		} else {
 			return ErrImagePull, err.Error()

pkg/kubelet/container/serialized_image_puller.go

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (puller *serializedImagePuller) PullImage(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Cont
 		puller.logIt(ref, api.EventTypeWarning, FailedToPullImage, logPrefix, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to pull image %q: %v", container.Image, err), glog.Warning)
 		puller.backOff.Next(backOffKey, puller.backOff.Clock.Now())
 		if err == RegistryUnavailable {
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("image pull failed for %s because the registry is temporarily unavailable.", container.Image)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("image pull failed for %s because the registry is unavailable.", container.Image)
 			return err, msg
 		} else {
 			return ErrImagePull, err.Error()

pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go

@@ -3392,7 +3392,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) convertStatusToAPIStatus(pod *api.Pod, podStatus *kubecontain
 		} else if reason == kubecontainer.ErrImagePullBackOff ||
 			reason == kubecontainer.ErrImageInspect ||
 			reason == kubecontainer.ErrImagePull ||
-			reason == kubecontainer.ErrImageNeverPull {
+			reason == kubecontainer.ErrImageNeverPull ||
+			reason == kubecontainer.RegistryUnavailable {
 			// mark it as waiting, reason will be filled bellow
 			containerStatus.State = api.ContainerState{Waiting: &api.ContainerStateWaiting{}}
 		} else if reason == kubecontainer.ErrRunContainer {