beginnerPods: Lifecycle, Init Containers & Sidecars

Init container keeps Pod in Init status for 10 minutes despite dependency being healthy

Check DNS resolution or network policies affecting newly scheduled Pods differently. Also verify the init container retry logic is not overly conservative with long fixed sleep intervals.

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