Cannot open shell in pod outside of current context about lens HOT 2 CLOSED

So this issue occurs when you open pod shell from pod details? For terminal sessions lens app will use temporary kubeconfig generated for the active cluster, so there should be only one context to use.

What is the exact error message that you will see? Also, please could you specify your OS (MacOS, Linux, Window) and Kubernetes version.

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I see. The temporary kubeconfig doesn't seem to be loaded properly in my case. I use a prompt that displays the active context and namespace, and I can still see that my terminal session is targeting a different context than what I attempt to connect to via Lens. I've actually determined that the issue is resolved by removing my KUBECONFIG export from ~/.zshenv. That said, here is my information regarding the issue:

Here is the shell output (names altered). As you can see, my shell prompt displays the active context and namespace above command output. The pod I am trying to is running on a separate context. As mentioned above, unsetting my KUBECONFIG variable resolves the issue

kubectl exec -i -t -n mynamespace mypod-78c5b4fd9-zbkhj -c mycontainer -- sh -c "((clear && bash) || (clear && ash) || (clear && sh))"

~ (active-context/active-namespace)
❯ kubectl exec -i -t -n mynamespace mypod-78c5b4fd9-zbkhj -c mycontainer -- sh -c "((clear && bash) || (clear && ash) || (clear && sh))"
Error from server (NotFound): pods "mypod-78c5b4fd9-zbkhj" not found

System Version: macOS 10.14.3 (18D109)
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"16", GitVersion:"v1.16.1", GitCommit:"d647ddbd755faf07169599a625faf302ffc34458", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-10-02T23:49:20Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.9", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
Server Version: varies by context

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