apiVersion: batch/v1 kind: Job metadata: name: job-backoff-limit-per-index-failindex spec: completions: 4 parallelism: 2 completionMode: Indexed backoffLimitPerIndex: 1 template: spec: restartPolicy: Never containers: - name: main image: docker.io/library/python:3 command: # The script: # - fails the Pod with index 0 with exit code 1, which results in one retry; # - fails the Pod with index 1 with exit code 42 which results # in failing the index without retry. # - succeeds Pods with any other index. - python3 - -c - | import os, sys index = int(os.environ.get("JOB_COMPLETION_INDEX")) if index == 0: sys.exit(1) elif index == 1: sys.exit(42) else: sys.exit(0) backoffLimit: 6 podFailurePolicy: rules: - action: FailIndex onExitCodes: containerName: main operator: In values: [42]