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What does stateless container mean?

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Quick Answer A stateless container stores no persistent data internally รขโ‚ฌโ€ all data goes to external volumes, databases, or caches. When the container restarts or is replaced, nothing is lost. Stateless containers are easy to scale (just add more copies), update (replace without migration), and recover (restart instantly).

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A stateless container does not store persistent data. Volumes or external services store data instead.
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