Orphaned Resource
Definitions
Orphaned Resource is a GitOps term for a live object that is not clearly owned by the current desired source state. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Argo CD documentation.
“The team used Orphaned Resource before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”
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