During canary analysis, operators want only healthy v2 Pods to receive Service traffic before scaling the canary up. What should they rely on?
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Short Explanation
Readiness is the “open for business” sign in the window. Until the canary Pod passes readiness, the Service shouldn’t send it shoppers. Don’t hand-edit endpoints or assume liveness covers traffic admission.
Full Explanation
Kubernetes removes Pods that are not Ready from Service endpoints. A correct readinessProbe ensures canary Pods receive traffic only after they pass health checks, which is essential before promoting replica counts. Liveness restarts containers; it is not the primary traffic-gating signal. Manual Endpoints edits are fragile and unnecessary.