CGOA Gitops Principles Practice Question
In an Argo CD deployment, a developer notices that manual changes made via kubectl are being reverted automatically. What feature is responsible for this behavior?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Auto-Sync with Self-Heal enabled
Self-healing or automated reconciliation is the GitOps mechanism that restores the cluster to the state defined in Git.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Git commit hook triggers
Why it's wrong here
Hooks run before or after events, they do not reconcile state.
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Auto-Sync with Self-Heal enabled
Why this is correct
Self-heal continuously monitors drift and applies Git state.
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Kubernetes admission controllers
Why it's wrong here
Admission controllers validate or mutate requests, they don't reconcile drift.
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Manual refresh button
Why it's wrong here
This requires human interaction.
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