Reconciliation Loop - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A reconciliation loop is a control mechanism that repeatedly compares desired state to current state and takes action to close the difference, the core pattern behind Kubernetes controllers and GitOps.
A reconciliation loop is a control mechanism that repeatedly compares desired state to current state and takes action to close the difference, the core pattern behind Kubernetes controllers and GitOps.
Reconciliation loops make declarative systems self-correcting: drift is detected and remediated on each cycle.
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