: A known issue exists where K9s becomes unresponsive when attempting to "describe" a ConfigMap containing approximately 390 KB of JSON data. While kubectl handles this size nearly immediately, K9s may hang for up to a minute before displaying the content.
K9s hangs when describing a configMap with a lot of data in it (390 KB)
Several notable technical guides and reports are specifically cataloged at this file size: : A known issue exists where K9s becomes