vCluster lifecycle and retention

vCluster lifecycle and retention A lifecycle diagram generated by Archify. 01 / Provisioning 02 / Pause and sleep 03 / Deletion Requested · Developer request · Provisioning Requested Developer request Approved · Reviewed PR merged · Provisioning Approved Reviewed PR merged Provisioning · GitOps synchronization · Provisioning Provisioning GitOps synchronization Running · Readiness verified · Provisioning Running Readiness verified Sleeping · Configured automatic sleep · Pause and sleep Sleeping Configured automatic sleep Paused · Manual pause · Pause and sleep Paused Manual pause Deleting · Configured deletion policy · Deletion Deleting Configured deletion policy Deleted · Cleanup verified · Deletion Deleted Cleanup verified merge sync ready configured idle configured wake pause resume deletion policy deletion policy complete Legend start active state waiting terminal success failure / exit neutral

Pause and resume

  • • Pause removes workloads; resume recreates them
  • • PVCs and Services follow retention settings
  • • Manual pause and automatic wake have distinct behavior

Automation boundaries

  • • Verify support and permissions for automatic policies
  • • A TTL label alone deletes nothing
  • • Reduced active hours are not identical bill savings