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Aug 23, 2023 · Cloud Native

How Kubernetes 1.28 Improves Batch Jobs with Pod Replacement Policy and Per‑Index Backoff Limits

Kubernetes 1.28 adds two alpha features—Pod Replacement Policy and per‑index backoff limits—that let batch jobs replace terminating pods more intelligently and cap retries for each indexed pod, reducing resource waste and improving reliability for machine‑learning workloads.