If the password field is missing in the Secret, the pod will restart repeatedly.

mustgather-83956-figl-b5v2s            0/2     Completed   0          10m
mustgather-83956-figl-hl4rh            0/2     Completed   0          18m
mustgather-83956-figl-rq7m8            2/2     Running     0          81s

jitli@jitlideMacBook-Pro:~/work/src/test/must-gather$ oc logs -f pod/mustgather-83956-figl-hl4rh -c upload
waiting for gathers to complete ...
waiting for gathers to complete ...
waiting for gathers to complete ...
no gather is running (0 / 4)
no gather is running (1 / 4)
no gather is running (2 / 4)
no gather is running (3 / 4)
no gather is running (4 / 4)
Error: Required Parameters have not been provided. Exiting...

build/bin/upload:63-67
if [ -z "${caseid}" ] || [ -z "${username}" ] || [ -z "${password}" ];
then
echo "Error: Required Parameters have not been provided. Exiting..."
exit 1
fi

The script checks three variables: caseid, username, and password. If any one of them is empty, it will exit and trigger a restart loop.

    Create a MustGather CR with a no-password Secret 

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mustgather-83956-figl-b5v2s 0/2 Completed 0 10m 
mustgather-83956-figl-hl4rh 0/2 Completed 0 18m 
mustgather-83956-figl-rq7m8 2/2 Running 0 81s