Progressive Configuration Delivery for Zero-Downtime Cloud Workloads

Learn about progressive configuration delivery techniques for achieving zero-downtime cloud workloads in this conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Explore the challenges of unsafe configuration updates in Kubernetes environments, including real-world incidents like the June 2025 Google Cloud service disruption caused by misconfigured quota policies. Discover how traditional configuration management approaches fall short in complex scenarios where configuration and image rollouts need to be decoupled. Examine ConfigMapSet, an OpenKruise innovation that revolutionizes configuration management in Kubernetes by enabling progressive delivery patterns with AI-ready orchestration capabilities. See demonstrations of this CRD-based solution that facilitates zero-downtime configuration updates, separates config and image versioning, and supports dynamic AI/ML workflows including distributed model inference scenarios.