Kubernetes stack at scale imposes significant toil, including handling numerous resources Complex Correlation: Teams must manage tasks like autoscaling, network policies, and service meshes (e.g., Istio), consistently applying best practices and optimizing configurations to ensure seamless service availability across the cluster. Risk of Downtime: Misconfigurations or delays with critical components like storage solutions, networking plugins and other core services can lead to cluster-wide downtime or degraded performance. Lack of Visibility and Proactiveness: Not all K8s elements have standards for visibility error tracking and alerting. This results in many issues going undetected and reactive firefighting. Impact on Productivity: The burden of managing K8s clusters is time consuming and diverts focus from strategic initiatives to tactic ‘keeping the head above the water’.