What decision does a readiness probe help Kubernetes make about a Pod?

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Whether the Pod should receive traffic right now — a failing readiness probe removes the Pod from Service endpoints without restarting it — Readiness answers "can this Pod handle requests?" not "is it alive?". A Pod that fails readiness stays running but gets no traffic through the Service. This is useful for warm-up periods, temporary overload, or dependency issues that the Pod can recover from on its own.

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Whether the Pod is stuck and should be restarted — a failing readiness probe causes the kubelet to kill and recreate the container

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Whether the Pod has finished initializing — a failing readiness probe prevents liveness checks from running until startup completes

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Whether the Pod should be evicted from the node — a failing readiness probe triggers the scheduler to move the Pod to a healthier node

What decision does a readiness probe help Kubernetes make about a Pod?

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