Secret for a Kubernetes service accounts is not getting created

I have a kubernetes cluster version 1.26 Here i'm creating a serviceaccount following the instructions in the yaml given below

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: devops-serviceaccount
   namespace: default


apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: role-for-serviceaccount
  namespace: default
rules:
- apiGroups: ["*","apps","extensions"]
  resources: ["*"]
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]




apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: rolebinding-for-serviceaccount
  namespace: default
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: devops-serviceaccount
  namespace: default
roleRef:
  kind: Role
  name: role-for-serviceaccount
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io


apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
metadata:
  name: devops-sa-secret
  annotations:
      kubernetes.io/service-account.name: "devops-serviceaccount"

after deploying the yaml i run the following command

kubectl get serviceAccounts devops-serviceaccount

I expect a Service Account with the secrets attached to it but the secret count is 0

After version K8s 1.24 it does not default to create the secret with a Service account. If you are following any article make sure it's not for an older versions of k8s.

As you are on 1.26 which is the latest and it does not support secret creation by default with SA creation and it wont show.

You can read more about my article : https://medium.com/faun/k8s-v1-24-is-unable-to-create-a-serviceaccount-secret-798f8454e6e7

Update

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: test-sa
secrets:
  - name: token-secret
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
metadata:
  name: token-secret
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: "test-sa"

what i found, field counts the secrets mentioned in the field with a service account.

Code ref of SA struct