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What is the difference between ArgoCD Synced/OutOfSync and Healthy/Degraded status?

Sync status reflects whether the cluster matches Git. Health status reflects whether deployed resources are functioning. A resource can be Synced (matches Git) but Degraded (Pods crashing), or OutOfSync (differs from Git) but Healthy (current state works). Both are independently meaningful.

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