The Long, Winding and Bumpy Road to CronJob's GA

The Long, Winding and Bumpy Road to CronJob's GA

Explore the six-year journey of CronJob's evolution to GA status in this conference talk by Maciej Szulik and Alay Patel from Red Hat. Delve into the history of scheduled jobs, the API's evolution, and the challenges faced by users over the years. Learn about the performance and reliability improvements in the new controller, including its ability to handle updates, lagging caches, and dirty buffers. Discover the significant performance boost achieved through scale testing and comparison. Gain insights into the future of CronJob and the gratitude expressed to the Kubernetes community for their contributions to this critical component.