<p>I have this kubernetes yaml file</p>

<pre><code>apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: incremental-api-load-balancer
spec:
  selector:
    app: incremental-api
    tier: api
  ports:
  - protocol: "TCP"
    port: 80
    targetPort: 80
  type: LoadBalancer
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: incremental-external-api-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: incremental-external-api
    tier: sidecar
  ports:
  - protocol: "TCP"
    port: 80
    targetPort: 80
  type: ClusterIP
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: incremental-api-deployment
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: incremental-api
      tier: api
      track: stable
  replicas: 3
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: incremental-api
        tier: api
        track: stable
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: incremental-flask-app
        image: incremental-flask
        imagePullPolicy: Never
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: incremental-external-api-deployment
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: incremental-external-api
      tier: sidecar
      track: stable
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: incremental-external-api
        tier: sidecar
        track: stable
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: incremental-external-api
        image: incremental-external-api
        imagePullPolicy: Never
</code></pre>

<p>When I do</p>

<pre><code>docker images ls
</code></pre>

<p>I see</p>

<pre><code>REPOSITORY                                  TAG                                        IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
incremental-flask                             latest                                     8bbc4c45efdf        2 minutes ago       1.21GB
incremental-external-api                        latest                                     532203259006        3 minutes ago       1.2GB
</code></pre>

<p>From looking at this answer - <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50739405/docker-for-macedge-kubernetes-reference-local-image">Docker for Mac(Edge) - Kubernetes - reference local image</a></p>

<p>I should be pulling the local image.</p>

<p>However, I get this when I run</p>

<pre><code>kubectl get pods

incremental-api-deployment-98b5d7c95-bmqbf         0/1       ErrImageNeverPull   0          1m
incremental-api-deployment-98b5d7c95-tktqv         0/1       ErrImageNeverPull   0          1m
incremental-api-deployment-98b5d7c95-xcwk2         0/1       ErrImageNeverPull   0          1m
incremental-external-api-service-deployment-b9dddff77-6z4p9   0/1       ErrImageNeverPull   0          1m
</code></pre>

<p>I am running a local cluster with Docker Desktop and I want to pull local images. </p>

<p>Why is this error happening?</p>

<blockquote>
<p>--image-pull-policy=Never</p>
</blockquote>
<p>using &quot;latest&quot; tag will always force a pull, because the value for  imagePullPolicy:always , it will look for the remote repo to pull .</p>
<p>When you add the 'Never' option , local repo will be used</p>
