Answer
Kubernetes cannot track version changes; rolling updates and rollbacks become unpredictable.
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latest is a mutable tag — anyone can push a new image with that tag at any time. If your Deployment uses latest, a node that pulls the image gets whatever was latest at that moment — potentially a different version than other nodes. Pin to an immutable tag (like a Git SHA or semantic version) so every node runs exactly the same image.
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