kubectl get events --watch doesn't print messages

[tsubasaxZZZ]

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What keywords did you search in Kubernetes issues before filing this one? (If you have found any duplicates, you should instead reply there.):

is:issue "kubectl get events"

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (choose one): FEATURE REQUEST

Kubernetes version (use kubectl version):

clientVersion:
  buildDate: "2019-12-07T21:20:10Z"
  compiler: gc
  gitCommit: 70132b0f130acc0bed193d9ba59dd186f0e634cf
  gitTreeState: clean
  gitVersion: v1.17.0
  goVersion: go1.13.4
  major: "1"
  minor: "17"
  platform: linux/amd64
serverVersion:
  buildDate: "2019-09-18T14:34:46Z"
  compiler: gc
  gitCommit: 25074a190ef2a07d8b0ed38734f2cb373edfb868
  gitTreeState: clean
  gitVersion: v1.13.11
  goVersion: go1.11.13
  major: "1"
  minor: "13"
  platform: linux/amd64

Environment:

• Cloud provider or hardware configuration: Azure Kubernetes Service
• OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release):
• Kernel (e.g. uname -a):
• Install tools:
• Others: kubecrl is on Windows Subsystem for Linux

What happened:

$ kubectl get events -w
LAST SEEN   TYPE      REASON                KIND         MESSAGE
42m         Normal    SuccessfulCreate      ReplicaSet   (combined from similar events): Created pod: nginx-5c7588df-p24zh
46m         Normal    ScalingReplicaSet     Deployment   Scaled up replica set nginx-5c7588df to 3
44m         Normal    ScalingReplicaSet     Deployment   Scaled down replica set nginx-5c7588df to 3
43m         Normal    ScalingReplicaSet     Deployment   Scaled up replica set nginx-5c7588df to 6
59m         Normal    DeletedLoadBalancer   Service      Deleted load balancer

NAME                       AGE               <---------------- MESSAGE column is missing
aks-ssh.15e66a30543fc247   0s
aks-ssh.15e66a309034736f   0s
aks-ssh.15e66a312f47ef25   0s
aks-ssh.15e66a3140939369   0s

What you expected to happen:

I expect the command to behave output message add events.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
See examples above.

Anything else we need to know:

[Zebradil]

IIRC, kubectl supports one version forward and backward skew. So, try using kubectl 1.13.

[Zebradil]

Check this SO answer if you need to maintain several kubectl versions: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59373340/2227895.

[soltysh]

The will be addressed as part of kubernetes/enhancements#1291

[seans3]

/area kubectl
/sig cli

[soltysh]

Closing in favor of kubernetes/enhancements#1440
/close

[k8s-ci-robot]

@soltysh: Closing this issue.

In response to this:

Closing in favor of kubernetes/enhancements#1440
/close

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