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How does the API Server deduplicate events during heavy watch traffic?

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Quick Answer During heavy watch traffic, many rapid changes to the same object generate many events. The API server uses event aggregation and watch bookmarks to reduce noise. Bookmarks are synthetic events that advance the client's resourceVersion without carrying object data รขโ‚ฌโ€ helping clients stay current without receiving every intermediate state change.

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Updates are coalesced so only the latest revision is delivered, reducing event storms.
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