Open-data staff accidentally delete the control-plane static pod YAML files from /etc/kubernetes/manifests on a kubeadm node. What is the immediate operational risk?
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Short Explanation
Those manifests are the ignition key under kubelet's watch folder. Delete them and kubelet shuts off the control-plane static pods—no magic Helm undo for that path.
Full Explanation
On kubeadm, control-plane components are static pods created from manifests in /etc/kubernetes/manifests. Removing those files causes kubelet to terminate the corresponding pods, producing control-plane outages. Helm history does not auto-restore those files, and the effect is immediate rather than deferred to an upgrade.