Probes in Kubernetes

From the Kubernetes Essentials cheat sheet · Health and Resources · verified Aug 2026

Separate startup, readiness, and liveness checks.

yaml

readinessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /ready
    port: 8080

📌 Readiness controls Service traffic

📌 Liveness can restart a stuck container

💡 Startup probes protect slow applications

⚠️ Aggressive probes can create outages

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