Kubernetes StatefulSet update fails during rolling upgrade TGI deployment

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Problem Description A high‑traffic Text Generation Inference (TGI) service is deployed as a StatefulSet on a Kubernetes cluster. During a rolling upgrade the controller stalls after the first pod is updated. Subsequent pods never reach the Running/Ready state, causing a partial service outage and a noticeable drop in request capacity. Typical symptoms observed in the … Read more