Readiness Probe - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A readiness probe decides whether a pod is ready to receive traffic.
A readiness probe is a Kubernetes check that determines whether a container should receive traffic; when it fails, the pod is removed from service endpoints without being restarted.
Unlike a liveness probe, a failing readiness probe does not restart the container; it just stops routing traffic until the pod reports ready again, which is ideal during warmup or overload.
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