CGOA Gitops Patterns Practice Question
You notice your GitOps operator is performing too many API calls to the Kubernetes API server. What is the most likely configuration issue?
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
✓
The sync policy 'syncPeriod' is set too low.
An aggressive sync interval or a very large number of managed resources without caching can cause excessive API load.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
The sync policy 'syncPeriod' is set too low.
Why this is correct
Frequent polling creates heavy traffic on the K8s API server.
- ✗
The Git repo is too large.
Why it's wrong here
Repo size impacts disk space, not API server calls.
- ✗
The operator has too many permissions.
Why it's wrong here
Permissions don't correlate to call frequency.
- ✗
The cluster is running too many pods.
Why it's wrong here
Pod count is managed by the K8s core, not the GitOps operator.
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