What Happens When the Kubernetes API Server Goes Down? // TRAIN BRAIN

What Happens When the Kubernetes API Server Goes Down?

"If the API server goes down, does the whole cluster go down?"
This is a Kubernetes interview question that trips up a lot of people, and the answer is simpler than you think.
We split the cluster into the data plane and the control plane, then show exactly why your running apps survive and what control you actually lose.
Master this one and you will never get caught off guard on control plane vs data plane again.
Created by Aditya Chauhan with AI narration.
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