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description: Kubernetes and OpenShift workload generation rules — security defaults, resource limits, probes
globs: ["**/*.yaml", "**/*.yml", "**/deployment*.yaml", "**/pod*.yaml"]
alwaysApply: false
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# Kubernetes & OpenShift Rules

Always generate Deployments with all of the following. Missing any item is a Critical finding.

## Required fields on every container

```yaml
resources:
  requests:
    cpu: "100m"
    memory: "128Mi"
  limits:
    memory: "256Mi"     # Set memory limit. Omit cpu limit — it causes throttling.

securityContext:
  runAsNonRoot: true
  runAsUser: 1000       # Omit on OpenShift — SCC assigns the UID
  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
  capabilities:
    drop: ["ALL"]

livenessProbe:
  httpGet: { path: /healthz, port: 8080 }
  initialDelaySeconds: 10
  periodSeconds: 10

readinessProbe:
  httpGet: { path: /ready, port: 8080 }
  initialDelaySeconds: 5
  periodSeconds: 5
```

## Required ServiceAccount settings

```yaml
automountServiceAccountToken: false
```

## Required pod-level securityContext

```yaml
spec:
  securityContext:
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
```

## Never generate

- `privileged: true`
- `hostNetwork: true` / `hostPID: true` / `hostIPC: true`
- `image: myapp:latest` — always pin to a digest or explicit tag
- Missing `PodDisruptionBudget` for services with `replicas > 1`
- Missing `NetworkPolicy` for any namespace that handles sensitive data