Error message: Unable to start the source

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Summary

The user is encountering an error message ‘Unable to start the source’ with logs indicating a timeout issue related to a source pod failing to start within the allotted time. The user is seeking guidance on how to debug this error.


Question

Hello, when trying to sync. I get this error:
Unable to start the source
Here are the logs below. Any idea how I could debug this error?
io.airbyte.workload.launcher.pipeline.stages.model.StageError: io.airbyte.workload.launcher.pods.KubeClientException: Source pod failed to start within allotted timeout of 1145 seconds. (Timed out waiting for [1140000] milliseconds for [Pod] with name:[null] in namespace [airbyte-abctl].
other times I get Unable to start the source


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You can check doing kubectl get pods and after kubectl describe pod

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also, how would I turn off the airbyte-db, I am using an external rds instance here

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This is likely the cluster doesn’t have resources available during the period to launch the source and destination

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<@U01MMSDJGC9> what should I look in descripe pod? How can I modify-change resources. I am running in EC2 instance (t3a.xlarge)