NF health probes: liveness, readiness, startup for telecom NFs

Kubernetes Health Probes for Network Functions

Kubernetes uses three types of health probes to monitor container health and manage traffic routing. Liveness probes detect when a container has entered an unrecoverable state and trigger automatic restarts. Readiness probes determine whether a container is ready to accept traffic, removing unready pods from service endpoints. Startup probes give slow-starting containers time to initialize before liveness checks begin. For telecom NFs, properly configured probes are critical because premature traffic routing to an initializing AMF causes registration failures, while delayed failure detection…