# AWS Batch on Amazon EKS job is stuck in `STARTING` status
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A Job may remain in `STARTING` status when the Pod is stuck in `PENDING` on `ContainerCreating` for any long running requests from the kubelet (`pull`, `log`, `exec`, and `attach`) until the Pod startup issue is resolved or the Job is terminated. In the qualifying scenarios below AWS Batch will terminate the job on your behalf, otherwise the job must be terminated manually using the [TerminateJob API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/batch/latest/APIReference/API_TerminateJob.html). 

To verify the reason a Job may be stuck in `STARTING`, use [Tutorial: Map a running job to a pod and a node](eks-jobs-map-running-job.md) to find the `podName`, and describe the Pod:

```
% kubectl describe pod aws-batch.000c8190-87df-31e7-8819-176fe017a24a -n my-aws-batch-namespace
Name:             aws-batch.000c8190-87df-31e7-8819-176fe017a24a
Namespace:        my-aws-batch-namespace
...
Containers:
  default:
...
    State:          Waiting
      Reason:       ContainerCreating
    Ready:          False
...
Conditions:
  Type                        Status
  PodReadyToStartContainers   False 
  Initialized                 True 
  Ready                       False 
  ContainersReady             False 
  PodScheduled                True 
...
Events:
  Type     Reason       Age    From     Message
  ----     ------       ----   ----     -------
  Warning  FailedMount  2m32s  kubelet  Unable to attach or mount volumes: ...
```

Consider configuring your EKS cluster to [Send control plane logs to CloudWatch Logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/control-plane-logs.html) for full visibility. 

## Scenario: Persisted Volume Claim Attach or Mount Failure
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Jobs using Persistent Volume Claims where the volume fails to attach or mount are candidates for termination. This can be a result of an incorrectly configured Job Definition. See [Create a single-node job definition on Amazon EKS resources](create-job-definition-eks.md) for more details.