#drift

Drift Detection is a GitOps term for finding when live state differs from declared 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; Flux documentation.

“The team used Drift Detection before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Drift Remediation is a GitOps term for the safe correction of detected drift back toward declared 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; Flux documentation.

“The team used Drift Remediation before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Image Tag Drift is a GitOps term for a mismatch between the image tag in source and the running image evidence. 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: Flux documentation.

“The team used Image Tag Drift before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

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.”

OutOfSync is a GitOps term for a status showing the live system does not match the 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 OutOfSync before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Self-Heal is a GitOps term for automatic correction when live state drifts away from 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 Self-Heal before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”