Benjamin Cane 11/22/2025

When you shut down an application instance, don't stop the listener immediately — that's how you end up with failed requests during every application rollout. 😢

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This technical article discusses a common DevOps mistake: stopping an application's listener immediately upon receiving a shutdown signal. It explains how this leads to failed requests during rollouts due to probe intervals in systems like Kubernetes. The article provides a detailed, correct procedure for graceful shutdown to prevent request failures.

When you shut down an application instance, don't stop the listener immediately — that's how you end up with failed requests during every application rollout. 😢

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