advancedConfiguration Management: ConfigMaps, Secrets & the Downward API
Why does updating a ConfigMap sometimes not affect a running Pod at all?
If the ConfigMap was consumed as an environment variable, that value was injected once at container start and stays frozen until the Pod restarts — only volume-mounted ConfigMaps update their files live (via kubelet's periodic sync), without a restart.
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