From c09e7a6083e7ae17ff71d535c42c6a3993ea1b11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:07:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From c11f98713c5b9c350896db0c4ceb4c555f46732c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:13:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix pod_kill to use pod-failure action instead of
 pod-kill

Co-authored-by: gaganso <27358592+gaganso@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 aiopslab/generators/fault/chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml | 2 +-
 aiopslab/generators/fault/inject_symp.py           | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aiopslab/generators/fault/chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml b/aiopslab/generators/fault/chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml
index e85729c9..7c6cfc3d 100644
--- a/aiopslab/generators/fault/chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml
+++ b/aiopslab/generators/fault/chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: pod-kill-mesh
   namespace: default
 spec:
-  action: pod-kill
+  action: pod-failure
   mode: one
   selector:
     namespaces:
diff --git a/aiopslab/generators/fault/inject_symp.py b/aiopslab/generators/fault/inject_symp.py
index cf04feb8..1c56bdf4 100644
--- a/aiopslab/generators/fault/inject_symp.py
+++ b/aiopslab/generators/fault/inject_symp.py
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ def recover_network_delay(self):
     def inject_pod_kill(self, microservices: List[str], duration: str = "200s"):
         """
         Inject a pod kill fault targeting specified microservices by label in the configured namespace.
+        
+        Note: This uses 'pod-failure' action instead of 'pod-kill' to prevent Kubernetes from immediately
+        recreating the pod. The 'pod-kill' action forcefully deletes pods, causing Kubernetes controllers
+        (Deployment/ReplicaSet) to immediately recreate them. The 'pod-failure' action makes pods unavailable
+        for the specified duration without deletion, allowing proper fault injection testing.
 
         Args:
             microservices (List[str]): A list of microservices labels to target for the pod kill experiment.
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ def inject_pod_kill(self, microservices: List[str], duration: str = "200s"):
             "kind": "PodChaos",
             "metadata": {"name": "pod-kill", "namespace": self.namespace},
             "spec": {
-                "action": "pod-kill",
+                "action": "pod-failure",
                 "mode": "one",
                 "duration": duration,
                 "selector": {