From 6a4ad0b464fa957211b752cda0fb320659e1de7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devesh B <98201065+DeveshB-1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:57:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(kube): export container healthcheck as LivenessProbe
 in generate kube

Signed-off-by: Devesh B <98201065+DeveshB-1@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 libpod/kube.go | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libpod/kube.go b/libpod/kube.go
index 5de8fd33d35..8634d485ce7 100644
--- a/libpod/kube.go
+++ b/libpod/kube.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"go.podman.io/common/libnetwork/types"
 	"go.podman.io/common/pkg/config"
+	"go.podman.io/image/v5/manifest"
 )
 
 // GenerateForKube takes a slice of libpod containers and generates
@@ -1073,9 +1074,35 @@ func containerToV1Container(ctx context.Context, c *Container, getService bool)
 		}
 		dns.Options = dnsOptions
 	}
+	if hc := c.config.HealthCheckConfig; hc != nil {
+		kubeContainer.LivenessProbe = healthConfigToProbe(hc)
+	}
+
 	return kubeContainer, kubeVolumes, &dns, annotations, nil
 }
 
+// healthConfigToProbe converts a container's Schema2HealthConfig into a
+// Kubernetes Probe for use as a LivenessProbe in generated kube YAML.
+func healthConfigToProbe(hc *manifest.Schema2HealthConfig) *v1.Probe {
+	if hc == nil || len(hc.Test) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// Test[0] is the type: NONE, CMD, or CMD-SHELL. NONE means disabled.
+	if hc.Test[0] == define.HealthConfigTestNone {
+		return nil
+	}
+	probe := &v1.Probe{
+		Handler: v1.Handler{
+			Exec: &v1.ExecAction{Command: hc.Test[1:]},
+		},
+		InitialDelaySeconds: int32(hc.StartPeriod.Seconds()),
+		TimeoutSeconds:      int32(hc.Timeout.Seconds()),
+		PeriodSeconds:       int32(hc.Interval.Seconds()),
+		FailureThreshold:    int32(hc.Retries),
+	}
+	return probe
+}
+
 // portMappingToContainerPort takes a portmapping and converts
 // it to a v1.ContainerPort format for kube output
 func portMappingToContainerPort(portMappings []types.PortMapping, getService bool) ([]v1.ContainerPort, error) {

From 1f366e606aeb6fc56eb1ab4c09e8832d1b092e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devesh B <98201065+DeveshB-1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:58:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test(kube): verify healthcheck is exported as
 LivenessProbe

Signed-off-by: Devesh B <98201065+DeveshB-1@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 test/e2e/generate_kube_test.go | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/e2e/generate_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/generate_kube_test.go
index 76f0efb73fe..a1e5baf66f3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generate_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generate_kube_test.go
@@ -2001,4 +2001,38 @@ EXPOSE 2004-2005/tcp`, CITEST_IMAGE)
 		kube.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(kube).Should(ExitWithError(125, "k8s DaemonSets can only have restartPolicy set to Always"))
 	})
-})
+
+	It("on container with healthcheck exports LivenessProbe", func() {
+		ctrName := "test-hc-ctr"
+		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{
+			"create", "--name", ctrName,
+			"--health-cmd", "CMD /bin/true",
+			"--health-interval", "10s",
+			"--health-timeout", "5s",
+			"--health-retries", "3",
+			"--health-start-period", "2s",
+			CITEST_IMAGE, "top",
+		})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		kube := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"kube", "generate", ctrName})
+		kube.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(kube).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		pod := new(v1.Pod)
+		err := yaml.Unmarshal(kube.Out.Contents(), pod)
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(pod.Spec.Containers).To(HaveLen(1))
+
+		probe := pod.Spec.Containers[0].LivenessProbe
+		Expect(probe).ToNot(BeNil(), "LivenessProbe should be set when container has a healthcheck")
+		Expect(probe.Exec).ToNot(BeNil())
+		Expect(probe.Exec.Command).To(ContainElement("/bin/true"))
+		Expect(probe.PeriodSeconds).To(Equal(int32(10)))
+		Expect(probe.TimeoutSeconds).To(Equal(int32(5)))
+		Expect(probe.FailureThreshold).To(Equal(int32(3)))
+		Expect(probe.InitialDelaySeconds).To(Equal(int32(2)))
+	})
+
+})
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