website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/probe.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	tags
Probe	probe	2023-03-21	/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/#container-probes	A check performed periodically by the kubelet on a container in a Pod.	tool

A check that the {{< glossary_tooltip text="kubelet" term_id="kubelet" >}} periodically performs against a container that is running in a pod, that will define container's state and health and informing container's lifecycle.

To learn more, read container probes.