website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/pod-disruption.md

id	title	full_link	date	short_description	aka	related	tags
pod-disruption	Pod Disruption	/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/disruptions/	2021-05-12	The process by which Pods on Nodes are terminated either voluntarily or involuntarily.		pod container	operation

Pod disruption is the process by which Pods on Nodes are terminated either voluntarily or involuntarily.

Voluntary disruptions are started intentionally by application owners or cluster administrators. Involuntary disruptions are unintentional and can be triggered by unavoidable issues like Nodes running out of resources, or by accidental deletions.