beginnerPods: Lifecycle, Init Containers & Sidecars
What is the difference between Pod phase and Pod conditions?
Phase (Pending, Running, Succeeded, Failed, Unknown) is coarse. Conditions (PodScheduled, Initialized, ContainersReady, Ready) are granular booleans. Automation should check the Ready condition -- a Pod can be phase Running while Ready is still False.
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