Rel v0.50.1 - HotFix ;( (#3263)

* v0.50.0 hotfix

* rel notes

Makefile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DATE       ?= $(shell TZ=UTC date -j -f "%s" ${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:
 else
 DATE       ?= $(shell date -u -d @${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
 endif
-VERSION    ?= v0.50.0
+VERSION    ?= v0.50.1
 IMG_NAME   := derailed/k9s
 IMAGE      := ${IMG_NAME}:${VERSION}
 

change_logs/release_v0.50.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/derailed/k9s/master/assets/k9s.png" align="center" width="800" height="auto"/>
+
+# Release v0.51
+
+## Notes
+
+Thank you to all that contributed with flushing out issues and enhancements for K9s!
+I'll try to mark some of these issues as fixed. But if you don't mind grab the latest rev
+and see if we're happier with some of the fixes!
+If you've filed an issue please help me verify and close.
+
+Your support, kindness and awesome suggestions to make K9s better are, as ever, very much noted and appreciated!
+Also big thanks to all that have allocated their own time to help others on both slack and on this repo!!
+
+As you may know, K9s is not pimped out by corps with deep pockets, thus if you feel K9s is helping your Kubernetes journey,
+please consider joining our [sponsorship program](https://github.com/sponsors/derailed) and/or make some noise on social! [@kitesurfer](https://twitter.com/kitesurfer)
+
+On Slack? Please join us [K9slackers](https://join.slack.com/t/k9sers/shared_invite/enQtOTA5MDEyNzI5MTU0LWQ1ZGI3MzliYzZhZWEyNzYxYzA3NjE0YTk1YmFmNzViZjIyNzhkZGI0MmJjYzhlNjdlMGJhYzE2ZGU1NjkyNTM)
+
+## 5-0, 5-0 HotFix!
+
+It looks like we've broken a few things in the clean up process 😳
+Apologizes for the `disruption in the farce`. Hopefully happier on v0.50.1...
+Crossing fingers and toes!
+
+☠️ Careful on this upgrade! 🏴‍☠️
+We've gone thru lots of code revamp/refactor in the v0.50.0, so mileage may vary...
+
+---
+
+## Resolved Issues
+
+* [#3262](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3262) Crash when no shellPod is defined in config file
+* [#3261](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3261) aliases with namespace and/or labels produce an error
+* [#3258](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3258) mac silicon 0.50.0 runtime error
+* [#3257](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3257) pods are reported to run on nodes they are not running on
+* [#3256](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3256) Pods view seems broken in 0.50.0
+* [#3255](https://github.com/derailed/k9s/issues/3255) Custom view does not work randomly
+
+
+---
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/derailed/k9s/master/assets/imhotep_logo.png" width="32" height="auto"/> © 2025 Imhotep Software LLC. All materials licensed under [Apache v2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

internal/client/gvr.go

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func NewGVR(path string) *GVR {
 	return &gvr
 }
 
+func (g *GVR) IsCommand() bool {
+	return g != nil && strings.Contains(g.raw, " ")
+}
+
 func (g *GVR) IsK8sRes() bool {
 	return strings.Contains(g.raw, "/")
 }

internal/config/alias.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config/data"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config/json"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/slogs"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/view/cmd"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 )
@@ -79,26 +79,35 @@ func (a *Aliases) Clear() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (a *Aliases) Resolve(command string) (*client.GVR, string, bool) {
+	agvr, ok := a.Get(command)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, "", false
+	}
+	if agvr.IsCommand() {
+		p := cmd.NewInterpreter(agvr.String())
+		gvr, ok := a.Get(p.Cmd())
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, "", false
+		}
+		return gvr, p.Args(), true
+	}
+
+	return agvr, "", true
+}
+
 // Get retrieves an alias.
 func (a *Aliases) Get(alias string) (*client.GVR, bool) {
 	a.mx.RLock()
 	defer a.mx.RUnlock()
 
 	gvr, ok := a.Alias[alias]
-	if ok && !gvr.IsK8sRes() {
-		if rgvr, found := a.Alias[gvr.String()]; found {
-			return rgvr, found
-		}
-	}
 
 	return gvr, ok
 }
 
 // Define declares a new alias.
 func (a *Aliases) Define(gvr *client.GVR, aliases ...string) {
-	if gvr.String() == "deployment" {
-		fmt.Println("!!YO!!")
-	}
 	a.mx.Lock()
 	defer a.mx.Unlock()
 	for _, alias := range aliases {

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestConfigSave(t *testing.T) {
 		xdg.Reload()
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, err := c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			if u.flags != nil {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestSetActiveView(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			if u.flags != nil {
 				require.NoError(t, c.Refine(u.flags, nil, client.NewConfig(u.flags)))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestActiveContextName(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			if u.flags != nil {
 				require.NoError(t, c.Refine(u.flags, nil, client.NewConfig(u.flags)))
@@ -182,14 +182,22 @@ func TestActiveView(t *testing.T) {
 		"empty": {
 			e: data.DefaultView,
 		},
+
 		"not-exists": {
 			ct: "fred",
 			e:  data.DefaultView,
 		},
+
 		"happy": {
 			ct: "ct-1-1",
 			e:  data.DefaultView,
 		},
+
+		"happy1": {
+			ct: "ct-1-2",
+			e:  data.DefaultView,
+		},
+
 		"cli-override": {
 			flags: &genericclioptions.ConfigFlags{
 				KubeConfig: &cfgFile,
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ func TestActiveView(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			if u.flags != nil {
 				require.NoError(t, c.Refine(u.flags, nil, client.NewConfig(u.flags)))
@@ -233,7 +241,7 @@ func TestFavNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			assert.Equal(t, u.e, c.FavNamespaces())
 		})
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ func TestContextAliasesPath(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			assert.Equal(t, u.e, c.ContextAliasesPath())
 		})
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ func TestContextPluginsPath(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			c := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			_, _ = c.K9s.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			s, err := c.ContextPluginsPath()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -344,7 +352,7 @@ func TestConfigActivateContext(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 			ct, err := cfg.ActivateContext(u.ct)
 			if err != nil {
 				assert.Equal(t, u.err, err.Error())
@@ -391,7 +399,7 @@ func TestConfigCurrentContext(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 			err := cfg.Refine(u.flags, nil, client.NewConfig(u.flags))
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -511,7 +519,7 @@ func TestConfigRefine(t *testing.T) {
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+			cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 			err := cfg.Refine(u.flags, u.k9sFlags, client.NewConfig(u.flags))
 			if err != nil {
@@ -526,7 +534,7 @@ func TestConfigRefine(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 	cfg.SetConnection(mock.NewMockConnection())
 
 	require.NoError(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s.yaml", true))
@@ -534,7 +542,7 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConfigLoad(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 	require.NoError(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s.yaml", true))
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, cfg.K9s.RefreshRate)
@@ -543,13 +551,13 @@ func TestConfigLoad(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConfigLoadCrap(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 	assert.Error(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s_not_there.yaml", true))
 }
 
 func TestConfigSaveFile(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 	require.NoError(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s.yaml", true))
 
@@ -570,7 +578,7 @@ func TestConfigSaveFile(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConfigReset(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 	require.NoError(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s.yaml", true))
 	cfg.Reset()
 	cfg.Validate("ct-1-1", "cl-1")

internal/config/data/context_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestClusterValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	c := data.NewContext()
 	c.Validate(mock.NewMockConnection(), "ct-1", "cl-1")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "po", c.View.Active)
+	assert.Equal(t, data.DefaultView, c.View.Active)
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", c.Namespace.Active)
 	assert.Len(t, c.Namespace.Favorites, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"default"}, c.Namespace.Favorites)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestClusterValidateEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	c := data.NewContext()
 	c.Validate(mock.NewMockConnection(), "ct-1", "cl-1")
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "po", c.View.Active)
+	assert.Equal(t, data.DefaultView, c.View.Active)
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", c.Namespace.Active)
 	assert.Len(t, c.Namespace.Favorites, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"default"}, c.Namespace.Favorites)

internal/config/k9s.go

@@ -386,7 +386,9 @@ func (k *K9s) Validate(c client.Connection, contextName, clusterName string) {
 	if k.getActiveConfig() == nil {
 		_, _ = k.ActivateContext(contextName)
 	}
+	if k.ShellPod != nil {
 		k.ShellPod.Validate()
+	}
 	k.Logger = k.Logger.Validate()
 	k.Thresholds = k.Thresholds.Validate()
 

internal/config/k9s_test.go

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestK9sMerge(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestContextScreenDumpDir(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 	_, err := cfg.K9s.ActivateContext("ct-1-1")
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestContextScreenDumpDir(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppScreenDumpDir(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 
 	require.NoError(t, cfg.Load("testdata/configs/k9s.yaml", true))
 	assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/k9s-test/screen-dumps", cfg.K9s.AppScreenDumpDir())

internal/config/mock/test_helpers.go

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	version "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	disk "k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/disk"
@@ -35,9 +37,11 @@ func EnsureDir(d string) error {
 	return os.MkdirAll(d, 0700)
 }
 
-func NewMockConfig() *config.Config {
+func NewMockConfig(t testing.TB) *config.Config {
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/tmp/test"); errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/tmp/test"); err == nil {
-		_ = os.RemoveAll("/tmp/test")
+		if e := os.RemoveAll("/tmp/test"); e != nil {
+			require.NoError(t, e)
+		}
 	}
 	config.AppContextsDir = "/tmp/test"
 	cl, ct := "cl-1", "ct-1-1"

internal/dao/alias.go

@@ -63,14 +63,7 @@ func (*Alias) List(ctx context.Context, _ string) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 
 // AsGVR returns a matching gvr if it exists.
 func (a *Alias) AsGVR(alias string) (*client.GVR, string, bool) {
-	gvr, ok := a.Aliases.Get(alias)
+	return a.Resolve(alias)
-	if ok {
-		if pgvr := MetaAccess.Lookup(alias); pgvr != client.NoGVR {
-			return pgvr, "", ok
-		}
-	}
-
-	return gvr, "", ok
 }
 
 // Get fetch a resource.
@@ -106,10 +99,9 @@ func (a *Alias) load(path string) error {
 		}
 		a.Define(gvr, gvr.AsResourceName())
 
-		// Allow single shot commands for k8s resources only!
+		// Allow single shot commands for k8s resources only expect for metrics resource which override pods and nodes ;(!
-		if isStandardGroup(gvr.GVSub()) {
+		if isStandardGroup(gvr.GVSub()) && gvr.G() != "metrics.k8s.io" {
-			a.Define(gvr, meta.Name)
+			a.Define(gvr, meta.Name, meta.SingularName)
-			a.Define(gvr, meta.SingularName)
 		}
 		if len(meta.ShortNames) > 0 {
 			a.Define(gvr, meta.ShortNames...)

internal/dao/alias_test.go

@@ -20,39 +20,60 @@ func TestAsGVR(t *testing.T) {
 	a := dao.NewAlias(makeFactory())
 	a.Define(client.PodGVR, "po", "pod", "pods")
 	a.Define(client.WkGVR, client.WkGVR.String(), "workload", "wkl")
+	a.Define(client.NewGVR("pod default"), "pp")
+	a.Define(client.NewGVR("pod default @fred"), "ppc")
 
 	uu := map[string]struct {
 		cmd string
 		ok  bool
 		gvr *client.GVR
+		exp string
 	}{
 		"ok": {
 			cmd: "pods",
 			ok:  true,
 			gvr: client.PodGVR,
 		},
+
 		"ok-short": {
 			cmd: "po",
 			ok:  true,
 			gvr: client.PodGVR,
 		},
+
 		"missing": {
 			cmd: "zorg",
 		},
+
 		"alias": {
 			cmd: "wkl",
 			ok:  true,
 			gvr: client.WkGVR,
 		},
+
+		"ns-alias": {
+			cmd: "pp",
+			ok:  true,
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			exp: "default",
+		},
+
+		"full-alias": {
+			cmd: "ppc",
+			ok:  true,
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			exp: "default @fred",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for k := range uu {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
-			gvr, _, ok := a.AsGVR(u.cmd)
+			gvr, exp, ok := a.AsGVR(u.cmd)
 			assert.Equal(t, u.ok, ok)
 			if u.ok {
 				assert.Equal(t, u.gvr, gvr)
+				assert.Equal(t, u.exp, exp)
 			}
 		})
 	}

internal/render/pod.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/model1"
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/cache"
 	mv1beta1 "k8s.io/metrics/pkg/apis/metrics/v1beta1"
 )
 
@@ -76,22 +74,15 @@ var defaultPodHeader = model1.Header{
 	model1.HeaderColumn{Name: "AGE", Attrs: model1.Attrs{Time: true}},
 }
 
-const (
-	cacheSize  = 5_000
-	expiration = 5 * time.Minute
-)
-
 // Pod renders a K8s Pod to screen.
 type Pod struct {
 	*Base
-	cache *cache.LRUExpireCache
 }
 
 // NewPod returns a new instance.
 func NewPod() *Pod {
 	return &Pod{
 		Base: new(Base),
-		cache: cache.NewLRUExpireCache(cacheSize),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -157,23 +148,10 @@ func (p *Pod) defaultRow(pwm *PodWithMetrics, row *model1.Row) error {
 	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(pwm.Raw.Object["status"].(map[string]any), &st); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	key := pwm.Raw.GetUID()
-	for _, o := range pwm.Raw.GetOwnerReferences() {
-		if o.Controller != nil && *o.Controller {
-			key = o.UID
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
 	spec := new(v1.PodSpec)
-	if cspec, ok := p.cache.Get(key); ok {
-		spec = cspec.(*v1.PodSpec)
-	} else {
 	if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(pwm.Raw.Object["spec"].(map[string]any), spec); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-		p.cache.Add(key, spec, expiration)
-	}
 
 	dt := pwm.Raw.GetDeletionTimestamp()
 	_, _, irc, _ := p.Statuses(st.InitContainerStatuses)

internal/ui/app_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAppGetCmd(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 	a.CmdBuff().SetText("blee", "")
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestAppGetCmd(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppInCmdMode(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 	a.CmdBuff().SetText("blee", "")
 	assert.False(t, a.InCmdMode())
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestAppInCmdMode(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppResetCmd(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 	a.CmdBuff().SetText("blee", "")
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestAppResetCmd(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppHasCmd(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 
 	a.ActivateCmd(true)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestAppHasCmd(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppGetActions(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 
 	a.GetActions().Add(ui.KeyZ, ui.KeyAction{Description: "zorg"})
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestAppGetActions(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAppViews(t *testing.T) {
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "")
 	a.Init()
 
 	vv := []string{"crumbs", "logo", "prompt", "menu"}

internal/ui/config_test.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestSkinnedContext(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(tf, raw, data.DefaultFileMod))
 
 	var cfg ui.Configurator
-	cfg.Config = mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg.Config = mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 	cl, ct := "cl-1", "ct-1"
 	flags := genericclioptions.ConfigFlags{
 		ClusterName: &cl,

internal/ui/flash_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestFlash(t *testing.T) {
 		"err":  {l: model.FlashErr, i: "hello", e: "😡 hello\n"},
 	}
 
-	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), "test")
+	a := ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), "test")
 	f := ui.NewFlash(a)
 	f.SetTestMode(true)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

internal/ui/indicator_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestIndicatorReset(t *testing.T) {
-	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), ""), config.NewStyles())
+	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), ""), config.NewStyles())
 	i.SetPermanent("Blee")
 	i.Info("duh")
 	i.Reset()
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ func TestIndicatorReset(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIndicatorInfo(t *testing.T) {
-	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), ""), config.NewStyles())
+	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), ""), config.NewStyles())
 	i.Info("Blee")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "[lawngreen::b] <Blee> \n", i.GetText(false))
 }
 
 func TestIndicatorWarn(t *testing.T) {
-	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), ""), config.NewStyles())
+	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), ""), config.NewStyles())
 	i.Warn("Blee")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "[mediumvioletred::b] <Blee> \n", i.GetText(false))
 }
 
 func TestIndicatorErr(t *testing.T) {
-	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(), ""), config.NewStyles())
+	i := ui.NewStatusIndicator(ui.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t), ""), config.NewStyles())
 	i.Err("Blee")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "[orangered::b] <Blee> \n", i.GetText(false))

internal/view/alias_test.go

@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ import (
 func TestAliasNew(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewAlias(client.AliGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Aliases", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 6)
 }
 
 func TestAliasSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewAlias(client.AliGVR)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	v.GetTable().SetModel(&mockModel{})
 	v.GetTable().Refresh()
 	v.App().Prompt().SetModel(v.GetTable().CmdBuff())
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestAliasSearch(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAliasGoto(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewAlias(client.AliGVR)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	v.GetTable().Select(0, 0)
 
 	b := buffL{}
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func (b *buffL) BufferActive(bool, model.BufferKind) {
 	b.active++
 }
 
-func makeContext() context.Context {
+func makeContext(t testing.TB) context.Context {
-	a := view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig())
+	a := view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t))
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), internal.KeyApp, a)
 	return context.WithValue(ctx, internal.KeyStyles, a.Styles)
 }

internal/view/app.go

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ func (a *App) switchContext(ci *cmd.Interpreter, force bool) error {
 		p := cmd.NewInterpreter(a.Config.ActiveView())
 		p.ResetContextArg()
 		if p.IsContextCmd() {
-			a.Config.SetActiveView("pod")
+			a.Config.SetActiveView(client.PodGVR.String())
 		}
 		ns := a.Config.ActiveNamespace()
 		if !a.Conn().IsValidNamespace(ns) {

internal/view/app_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAppNew(t *testing.T) {
-	a := view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig())
+	a := view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t))
 	_ = a.Init("blee", 10)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 15, a.GetActions().Len())

internal/view/cm_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestConfigMapNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewConfigMap(client.CmGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "ConfigMaps", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 7)
 }

internal/view/cmd/interpreter.go

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func (c *Interpreter) Cmd() string {
 	return c.cmd
 }
 
+func (c *Interpreter) Args() string {
+	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.Replace(c.line, c.cmd, "", 1))
+}
+
 // IsBlank returns true if prompt is empty.
 func (c *Interpreter) IsBlank() bool {
 	return c.line == ""

internal/view/command.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime/debug"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	podCmd = "pod"
+	podCmd = "v1/pods"
 	ctxCmd = "ctx"
 )
 
@@ -291,11 +290,7 @@ func (c *Command) viewMetaFor(p *cmd.Interpreter) (*client.GVR, *MetaViewer, err
 		return client.NoGVR, nil, fmt.Errorf("`%s` command not found", p.Cmd())
 	}
 	if exp != "" {
-		ff := strings.Fields(exp)
+		p.Amend(cmd.NewInterpreter(gvr.String() + " " + exp))
-		ff[0] = gvr.String()
-		ap := cmd.NewInterpreter(strings.Join(ff, " "))
-		gvr = client.NewGVR(ap.Cmd())
-		p.Amend(ap)
 	}
 
 	v := MetaViewer{

internal/view/command_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package view
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/client"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/config"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/dao"
+	"github.com/derailed/k9s/internal/view/cmd"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_viewMetaFor(t *testing.T) {
+	uu := map[string]struct {
+		cmd string
+		gvr *client.GVR
+		err error
+	}{
+		"empty": {
+			cmd: "",
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			err: errors.New("`` command not found"),
+		},
+
+		"toast-cmd": {
+			cmd: "v1/pd",
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			err: errors.New("`v1/pd` command not found"),
+		},
+
+		"gvr-cmd": {
+			cmd: "v1/pods",
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			err: errors.New("blah"),
+		},
+
+		"alias-cmd": {
+			cmd: "po",
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			err: errors.New("blee"),
+		},
+
+		"full-cmd": {
+			cmd: "pdl",
+			gvr: client.PodGVR,
+			err: errors.New("blee"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	c := &Command{
+		alias: &dao.Alias{
+			Aliases: config.NewAliases(),
+		},
+	}
+	c.alias.Define(client.PodGVR, "po", "pod", "pods", client.PodGVR.String())
+	c.alias.Define(client.NewGVR("pod default"), "pd")
+	c.alias.Define(client.NewGVR("pod default app=blee @fred"), "pdl")
+
+	for k, u := range uu {
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := cmd.NewInterpreter(u.cmd)
+			gvr, _, err := c.viewMetaFor(p)
+			if err != nil {
+				assert.Equal(t, u.err.Error(), err.Error())
+			} else {
+				assert.Equal(t, u.gvr, gvr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/view/container_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestContainerNew(t *testing.T) {
 	c := view.NewContainer(client.CoGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, c.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, c.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Containers", c.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, c.Hints(), 19)
 }

internal/view/context_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := view.NewContext(client.CtGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, ctx.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, ctx.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Contexts", ctx.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, ctx.Hints(), 5)
 }

internal/view/dir_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func TestDir(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewDir("/fred")
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Directory", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 7)
 }

internal/view/dp_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestDeploy(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewDeploy(client.DpGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Deployments", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 16)
 }

internal/view/ds_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestDaemonSet(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewDaemonSet(client.DsGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "DaemonSets", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 17)
 }

internal/view/exec.go

@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@ func launchNodeShell(v model.Igniter, a *App, node string) {
 }
 
 func launchPodShell(v model.Igniter, a *App) {
+	if a.Config.K9s.ShellPod == nil {
+		slog.Error("Shell pod not configured!")
+		return
+	}
+
 	defer func() {
 		if err := nukeK9sShell(a); err != nil {
 			a.Flash().Errf("Launching node shell failed: %s", err)

internal/view/help_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestHelp(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := makeCtx()
+	ctx := makeCtx(t)
 
 	app := ctx.Value(internal.KeyApp).(*view.App)
 	po := view.NewPod(client.PodGVR)

internal/view/helpers_test.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestParsePFAnn(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractApp(t *testing.T) {
-	app := NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig())
+	app := NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t))
 
 	uu := map[string]struct {
 		app *App

internal/view/live_view_test.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
     the secret name you want to quote to use tls.","title":"secretName","type":"string"}},"required":["http","class","classInSpec"],"type":"object"}
 `
 
-	v := NewLiveView(NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig()), "fred", nil)
+	v := NewLiveView(NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t)), "fred", nil)
 	require.NoError(t, v.Init(context.Background()))
 	v.text.SetText(colorizeYAML(config.Yaml{}, s))
 

internal/view/log_int_test.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestLogAutoScroll(t *testing.T) {
 		SingleContainer: true,
 	}
 	v := NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	ii := dao.NewLogItems()
 	ii.Add(dao.NewLogItemFromString("blee"), dao.NewLogItemFromString("bozo"))
 	v.GetModel().Set(ii)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestLogViewNav(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
 	buff := dao.NewLogItems()
 	for i := range 100 {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestLogViewClear(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
 	v.toggleAutoScrollCmd(nil)
 	v.Logs().SetText("blee\nblah")
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestLogTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "c1",
 	}
 	l := NewLog(client.NewGVR("test"), &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, l.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, l.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	ii := dao.NewLogItems()
 	ii.Add(
 		&dao.LogItem{
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestLogFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "c1",
 	}
 	l := NewLog(client.NewGVR("test"), &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, l.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, l.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	buff := dao.NewLogItems()
 	buff.Add(
 		dao.NewLogItemFromString("duh"),

internal/view/log_test.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := view.NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
 	ii := dao.NewLogItems()
 	ii.Add(dao.NewLogItemFromString("blee\n"), dao.NewLogItemFromString("bozo\n"))
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestLogFlush(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := view.NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
 	items := dao.NewLogItems()
 	items.Add(
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func BenchmarkLogFlush(b *testing.B) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := view.NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	_ = v.Init(makeContext())
+	_ = v.Init(makeContext(b))
 
 	items := dao.NewLogItems()
 	items.Add(
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func TestLogViewSave(t *testing.T) {
 		Container: "blee",
 	}
 	v := view.NewLog(client.PodGVR, &opts)
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
-	app := makeApp()
+	app := makeApp(t)
 	ii := dao.NewLogItems()
 	ii.Add(dao.NewLogItemFromString("blee"), dao.NewLogItemFromString("bozo"))
 	ll := make([][]byte, ii.Len())
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestAllContainerKeyBinding(t *testing.T) {
 		u := uu[k]
 		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
 			v := view.NewLog(client.PodGVR, u.opts)
-			require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+			require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 			_, got := v.Logs().Actions().Get(ui.KeyA)
 			assert.Equal(t, u.e, got)
 		})
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ func TestAllContainerKeyBinding(t *testing.T) {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers...
 
-func makeApp() *view.App {
+func makeApp(t *testing.T) *view.App {
-	return view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig())
+	return view.NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t))
 }
 
 func ensureDumpDir(n string) error {

internal/view/ns.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (n *Namespace) bindKeys(aa *ui.KeyActions) {
 
 func (n *Namespace) switchNs(app *App, _ ui.Tabular, _ *client.GVR, path string) {
 	n.useNamespace(path)
-	app.gotoResource("pods", "", false, true)
+	app.gotoResource(client.PodGVR.String(), "", false, true)
 }
 
 func (n *Namespace) useNsCmd(*tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {

internal/view/ns_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestNSCleanser(t *testing.T) {
 	ns := view.NewNamespace(client.NsGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, ns.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, ns.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Namespaces", ns.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, ns.Hints(), 7)
 }

internal/view/pf_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestPortForwardNew(t *testing.T) {
 	pf := view.NewPortForward(client.PfGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, pf.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, pf.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "PortForwards", pf.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, pf.Hints(), 10)
 }

internal/view/pod_test.go

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ import (
 func TestPodNew(t *testing.T) {
 	po := view.NewPod(client.PodGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, po.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, po.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Pods", po.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, po.Hints(), 28)
 }
 
 // Helpers...
 
-func makeCtx() context.Context {
+func makeCtx(t testing.TB) context.Context {
-	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig()
+	cfg := mock.NewMockConfig(t)
 	return context.WithValue(context.Background(), internal.KeyApp, view.NewApp(cfg))
 }

internal/view/priorityclass_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestPriorityClassNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewPriorityClass(client.PcGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "PriorityClass", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 6)
 }

internal/view/pvc_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestPVCNew(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewPersistentVolumeClaim(client.PvcGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "PersistentVolumeClaims", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 11)
 }

internal/view/rbac_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestRbacNew(t *testing.T) {
 	v := view.NewRbac(client.RbacGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Rbac", v.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, v.Hints(), 5)
 }

internal/view/reference.go

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (r *Reference) gotoCmd(evt *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 	path := r.GetTable().GetSelectedItem()
 	ns, _ := client.Namespaced(path)
 	gvr := ui.TrimCell(r.GetTable().SelectTable, row, 2)
-	r.App().gotoResource(client.NewGVR(gvr).R()+" "+ns, path, false, true)
+	r.App().gotoResource(client.NewGVR(gvr).String()+" "+ns, path, false, true)
 
 	return evt
 }

internal/view/reference_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestReferenceNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewReference(client.RefGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "References", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 4)
 }

internal/view/screen_dump_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestScreenDumpNew(t *testing.T) {
 	po := view.NewScreenDump(client.SdGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, po.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, po.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "ScreenDumps", po.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, po.Hints(), 5)
 }

internal/view/secret_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestSecretNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewSecret(client.SecGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Secrets", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 8)
 }

internal/view/sts_test.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestStatefulSetNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewStatefulSet(client.StsGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "StatefulSets", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 14)
 }

internal/view/svc_test.go

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func init() {
 func TestServiceNew(t *testing.T) {
 	s := view.NewService(client.SvcGVR)
 
-	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx()))
+	require.NoError(t, s.Init(makeCtx(t)))
 	assert.Equal(t, "Services", s.Name())
 	assert.Len(t, s.Hints(), 12)
 }

internal/view/table_int_test.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestTableSave(t *testing.T) {
 	v := NewTable(client.NewGVR("test"))
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	v.SetTitle("k9s-test")
 
 	require.NoError(t, ensureDumpDir("/tmp/test-dumps"))
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestTableSave(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableNew(t *testing.T) {
 	v := NewTable(client.NewGVR("test"))
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 
 	data := model1.NewTableDataWithRows(
 		client.NewGVR("test"),
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestTableNew(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableViewFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	v := NewTable(client.NewGVR("test"))
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	v.SetModel(&mockTableModel{})
 	v.Refresh()
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestTableViewFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableViewSort(t *testing.T) {
 	v := NewTable(client.NewGVR("test"))
-	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext()))
+	require.NoError(t, v.Init(makeContext(t)))
 	v.SetModel(new(mockTableModel))
 
 	uu := map[string]struct {
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ func makeTableData() *model1.TableData {
 	)
 }
 
-func makeContext() context.Context {
+func makeContext(t *testing.T) context.Context {
-	a := NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig())
+	a := NewApp(mock.NewMockConfig(t))
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), internal.KeyApp, a)
 	return context.WithValue(ctx, internal.KeyStyles, a.Styles)
 }

internal/view/workload.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (*Workload) showRes(app *App, _ ui.Tabular, _ *client.GVR, path string) {
 		app.Flash().Err(fmt.Errorf("unable to parse path: %q", path))
 		return
 	}
-	app.gotoResource(gvr.R(), fqn, false, true)
+	app.gotoResource(gvr.String(), fqn, false, true)
 }
 
 func (w *Workload) deleteCmd(evt *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {

snap/snapcraft.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: k9s
 base: core22
-version: 'v0.50.0'
+version: 'v0.50.1'
 summary: K9s is a CLI to view and manage your Kubernetes clusters.
 description: |
   K9s is a CLI to view and manage your Kubernetes clusters. By leveraging a terminal UI, you can easily traverse Kubernetes resources and view the state of your clusters in a single powerful session.