A sanitation Pod tries to reach its own ClusterIP Service address and sees inconsistent or surprising behavior depending on the dataplane. What concept should the administrator keep in mind?
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Short Explanation
Calling your own Service IP from inside the Pod is like mailing yourself a letter through the post office—some sorting rooms loop it cleanly, others get weird. Know the hairpin quirk.
Full Explanation
Traffic from a Pod to a Service that selects that same Pod (hairpin) depends on kube-proxy mode and CNI support for hairpin or local redirection. Behavior can surprise operators. DNS still resolves; traffic does not transit the API server; the quirk is not limited to LoadBalancer Services.