CGOA Gitops Principles Practice Question
In GitOps, what does 'Self-Healing' mean?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The controller replaces manual changes with the state from Git.
Self-healing refers to the ability of the GitOps controller to automatically detect drift and revert 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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The cluster reboots itself if it runs out of memory.
Why it's wrong here
This is a node-level recovery, not GitOps self-healing.
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The controller replaces manual changes with the state from Git.
Why this is correct
This is the definition of GitOps self-healing.
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The application restarts if a pod crashes.
Why it's wrong here
This is a Kubernetes native feature, not GitOps specific.
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The developer re-pushes the code to fix the bug.
Why it's wrong here
This is a manual intervention.
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