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What does ArgoCD's selfHeal do?

selfHeal causes ArgoCD to automatically revert manual kubectl changes that diverge from Git state. Git becomes absolutely authoritative -- direct kubectl edits to ArgoCD-managed resources are ephemeral and actively undone.

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