kubectl debug autocompletion isn't working

[dprotaso]

What happened?

Autocompletion for kubectl debug doesn't look up the pod name

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the pod name to be looked up similar to kubectl get -n [namespace]

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

Create a pod in some namespace (x)

type
kubectl debug -n x

then hit tab and notice the pod name doesn't autocomplete

Anything else we need to know?

zsh 5.9 (arm64-apple-darwin24.0)

Kubernetes version

$ kubectl version
Client Version: v1.32.1
Kustomize Version: v5.5.0
Server Version: v1.32.0

Cloud provider

N/A

OS version

MacOS 15.3

Install tools

Container runtime (CRI) and version (if applicable)

Related plugins (CNI, CSI, ...) and versions (if applicable)

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[dprotaso]

/sig cli

[Ruchi1499]

I tested the kubectl debug -n <namespace> command, and found that tab auto-completion isn't working as expected. Instead of showing valid completions, it lists local files and directories, such as:

[ardaguclu]

/transfer kubectl
/triage accepted
/priority backlog
/assign