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Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA (Kubernetes v1.35 curriculum) · Domain 2: Workloads and Scheduling

PriorityClasses and preemption

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

When a cluster is full, which Pods should win? PriorityClasses let you rank workloads so that important Pods are scheduled first and, if necessary, displace less important ones.

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