Failed to create heapster selector for resource "deployment"

[innocode-devops]

Steps to reproduce

1. Have multiple namespaces in your project
2. Delete one replica set in some deployment in non-default namespace
3. Try to view deployments in default namespace

Environment

Installation method: 
Kubernetes version:
Dashboard version: v1.6.0
Commit: bfab10151f012d1acc5dfb1979f3172e2400aa3c

Observed result

Dashboard reported Internal Server Error (500):

[restful] recover from panic situation: - Failed to create heapster selector for resource "deployment". Error: GetMyPodsFromCache: pods were not available in cache. Required for resource type: "deployment"
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:479
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/runtime/panic.go:458
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/resource/dataselect/dataselect.go:158
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/resource/dataselect/dataselect.go:211
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/list.go:113
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/list.go:97
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/list.go:65
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/handler/apihandler.go:1085
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/handler/apihandler.go:366
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/container.go:267
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/filter.go:21
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/handler/apihandler.go:136
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/filter.go:19
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/handler/apihandler.go:98
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/filter.go:19
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/handler/apihandler.go:154
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/filter.go:19
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/container.go:269
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/container.go:120
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/net/http/server.go:1726
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/net/http/server.go:2022
    /home/travis/build/kubernetes/dashboard/.tmp/backend/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/vendor/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/container.go:287
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/net/http/server.go:2022
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/net/http/server.go:2202
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/net/http/server.go:1579
    /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.1.linux.amd64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:2086

Comments

Error went away when replica set was back with all pods active. Maybe unrelated, but that's what was observed.

[floreks]

Duplicate of #1916. The underlying cause is the same.