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The GitOps Sync Storm

ArgoCD is stuck in a sync loop — it keeps deploying, detecting drift, and redeploying every 30 seconds. CPU on the cluster is spiking from constant pod recreations. A HorizontalPodAutoscaler keeps changing the replica count, which ArgoCD sees as drift from the Git-declared value. Three teams are blocked.

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5 steps60s per step500 max points
INCOMING INCIDENT
$ incident --describe the-gitops-sync-storm
ArgoCD is stuck in a sync loop — it keeps deploying, detecting drift, and redeploying every 30 seconds. CPU on the cluster is spiking from constant pod recreations. A HorizontalPodAutoscaler keeps changing the replica count, which ArgoCD sees as drift from the Git-declared value. Three teams are blocked.
5
Decision Points
60s
Per Step
500
Max Score
300
Passing Score