Applied John's recommendation and getting less in the logs now but here is the full log from fresh pod start (confirmed to be a single pod deployment only. Personal IP MODIFIED:
[eaj@lpt1 ~]$ k logs -f pod/dovecot-86c75498c8-hdqtr Jun 26 09:32:10 master: Info: Dovecot v2.3.21 (47349e2482) starting up for imap, lmtp Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: before SSL initialization Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read client hello Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sqlpool(pgsql): Creating new connection Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server hello Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write change cipher spec Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: TLSv1.3 write encrypted extensions Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write certificate Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: Wrote new auth token secret to /var/run/dovecot//auth-token-secret.dat Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: TLSv1.3 write server certificate verify Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write finished Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sqlpool(pgsql): Creating new connection Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10) Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: TLSv1.3 early data Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read finished Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x20, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write session ticket Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write session ticket Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write session ticket Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=1: SSL negotiation finished successfully Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured=tls session=qx70sccb5tfCz3qg lip=10.244.24.239 rip=194.207.0.0 lport=993 rport=55270 local_name=imap.eajglobal.net Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT 1 Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: client in: CONT<hidden> Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj@eajglobal.com,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): Performing passdb lookup Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj@eajglobal.com,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): query: SELECT userid as user, password, '/srv/vmail/eaj' as userdb_home, 'maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj' as userdb_mail, 1000 as userdb_uid, 1000 as userdb_gid FROM mailboxes WHERE userid = 'eaj' AND deleted_at IS NULL Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: pgsql(postgres-primary.postgres.svc): Finished query 'SELECT userid as user, password, '/srv/vmail/eaj' as userdb_home, 'maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj' as userdb_mail, 1000 as userdb_uid, 1000 as userdb_gid FROM mailboxes WHERE userid = 'eaj' AND deleted_at IS NULL' in 2 msecs Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj@eajglobal.com,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): username changed eaj@eajglobal.com -> eaj Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): Finished passdb lookup Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: auth(eaj,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): Auth request finished Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=eaj original_user=eaj@eajglobal.com Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 2651455489 10 1 3f75659e5b7188588f19d7ed4874cb8a session_pid=13 request_auth_token Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): Performing userdb lookup Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): SELECT '/srv/vmail/eaj' as home, 'maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj' as mail, 1000 AS uid, 1000 AS gid FROM mailboxes WHERE userid = 'eaj' AND deleted_at IS NULL Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: pgsql(postgres-primary.postgres.svc): Finished query 'SELECT '/srv/vmail/eaj' as home, 'maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj' as mail, 1000 AS uid, 1000 AS gid FROM mailboxes WHERE userid = 'eaj' AND deleted_at IS NULL' in 2 msecs Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: sql(eaj,194.207.0.0,<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>): Finished userdb lookup Jun 26 09:32:38 auth: Debug: master userdb out: USER 2651455489 eaj home=/srv/vmail/eaj mail=maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj uid=1000 gid=1000 auth_mech=PLAIN auth_token=8cc57a9eb92e722eb24eff00431b10b542182998 auth_user=eaj@eajglobal.com Jun 26 09:32:38 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<eaj>, method=PLAIN, rip=194.207.0.0, lip=10.244.24.239, mpid=13, TLS, session=<qx70sccb5tfCz3qg> Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/lib10_mail_crypt_plugin.so Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/lib20_zlib_plugin.so Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.so Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Effective uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/srv/vmail/eaj Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: mail_crypt_plugin: mail_crypt_curve setting missing - generating EC keys disabled Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: open(/proc/self/io) failed: Permission denied Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/srv/vmail/eaj Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/vmail/eaj, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/srv/vmail/eaj, alt= Jun 26 09:32:38 imap(eaj)<13><qx70sccb5tfCz3qg>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened