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Work through a readiness probe

Create a readiness probe that protects traffic during startup and dependency failure.

Design readiness for a web API that starts in 8 seconds but needs 35 seconds to warm route data. Create a readiness probe that protects traffic during startup and dependency failure. The common shortcut is to point readiness at a generic HTTP 200 from the process. That tells Kubernetes the server socket exists, not that users can be served safely. Name serving condition The Pod is ready only when it can answer normal API requests using current route data. Readiness is about traffic eligibility, not container existence. Separate startup delay Use startup probe or initial readiness failures to tolerate 35-second…

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