Conditions and status

Conditions describe the latest observed generation; use them with Events and controller logs.

Condition	Meaning
Ready	The resource is configured and able to perform its primary role.
ConnectionVerified	An explicit sink connectivity probe succeeded.
SinkReachable	The inventory can currently resolve and use its referenced sink.
Synced	The latest observed inventory was exported successfully.
Degraded	A terminal or partial failure needs attention.

KollectTarget Ready.lastTransitionTime is not a flap signal. The Ready message restates the live collected count, and the controller treats a changed message as a transition. A busy Target whose count moves therefore gets a fresh lastTransitionTime on every refresh — as often as --target-count-resync (default 60s) — while Ready never leaves True. Do not alert on it as if the Target had flapped, and do not read an old lastTransitionTime as "collection has stalled": it only means the count has not moved. Use status.collectedCountUpdatedAt and the Degraded condition instead.

KollectInventory.status.sinkExports[] records timestamps, checksums, and conditions per sink. This distinguishes partial fan-out from total failure. Full collected payloads never live in CR status.

kubectl get kinv -A
kubectl describe kinv -n default team-inventory
kubectl get events -n default --sort-by=.lastTimestamp

The troubleshooting guide maps common reasons to fixes.