karpenter.sh/do-not-evict: true

Pods without an ownerRef (also called “controllerless” or "naked pods") will be evicted during voluntary node disruption, such as expiration or consolidation. A pod with the annotations: karpenter.sh/do-not-evict: true will cause its node to be opted out from voluntary node disruption workflows.

Eviction

• Consolidation
• Emptiness
• Expiration

See also

• Kubernetes annotations, kubectl annotate, annotations:, kubectl annotate, annotations.kubernetes.io, eks.amazonaws.com
• Karpenter, Karpenter releases, best practices, karpenter.sh/capacity-type, karpenter.sh/discovery, kind: Provisioner, kind: AWSNodeTemplate, kubectl provisioner, TopologyKey, FailedDraining, Evict, Karpenter logs, controller., ttlSecondsUntilExpired, KEDA