🌱 envoy: Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode)

solutions/cncf-generated/envoy/envoy-11050-progressive-traffic-increase-for-new-pods-slow-start-mode.json

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+  "name": "envoy-11050-progressive-traffic-increase-for-new-pods-slow-start-mode",
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+  "author": "KubeStellar Bot",
+  "authorGithub": "kubestellar",
+  "mission": {
+    "title": "envoy: Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode)",
+    "description": "Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode). This issue affects 29+ users.",
+    "type": "analyze",
+    "status": "completed",
+    "steps": [
+      {
+        "title": "Identify envoy analyze symptoms",
+        "description": "Check for the issue in your envoy deployment:\n```bash\nkubectl get pods -n envoy -l app.kubernetes.io/name=envoy\nkubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=envoy -n envoy --tail=100 | grep -i error\n```\nLook for errors related to: Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode)"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Review envoy configuration",
+        "description": "Inspect the relevant envoy configuration:\n```bash\nkubectl get all -n envoy -l app.kubernetes.io/name=envoy\nkubectl get configmap -n envoy -l app.kubernetes.io/part-of=envoy\n```\n*Title*: Support for progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode)\n\n*Description*:\nTL;DR; It would be useful to have a slow start mode that allows us to add new pods without overwhelming them with a flood of requests."
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Apply the fix for Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow start mode)",
+        "description": "Support progressive traffic increase in Envoy, implementation is according to design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NiG1X0gbfFChjl1aL-EE1hdfYxKErjJ2688wJZaj5a0/edit\n\nAdditional Description: Please refer to RFC\nRisk Level: Medium\nTesting: Done\nDocs Changes: Done\nRelease Notes: Done\n\nSee the fix PR for details: linked PR"
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "Confirm Progressive traffic increase for new Pods (slow is resolved",
+        "description": "Verify the fix by checking that the original error no longer occurs:\n```bash\nkubectl logs -l app.kubernetes.io/name=envoy -n envoy --tail=50 --since=5m\nkubectl get events -n envoy --sort-by='.lastTimestamp' | tail -10\n```\nConfirm that the issue symptoms are gone."
+      }
+    ],
+    "resolution": {
+      "summary": "Support progressive traffic increase in Envoy, implementation is according to design doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NiG1X0gbfFChjl1aL-EE1hdfYxKErjJ2688wJZaj5a0/edit\n\nAdditional Description: Please refer to RFC\nRisk Level: Medium\nTesting: Done\nDocs Changes: Done\nRelease Notes: Done",
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+    }
+  },
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+      "graduated",
+      "networking",
+      "analyze"
+    ],
+    "cncfProjects": [
+      "envoy"
+    ],
+    "targetResourceKinds": [
+      "Pod"
+    ],
+    "difficulty": "intermediate",
+    "issueTypes": [
+      "analyze"
+    ],
+    "maturity": "graduated",
+    "sourceUrls": {
+      "issue": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/11050",
+      "repo": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy",
+      "pr": "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/13176"
+    },
+    "reactions": 29,
+    "comments": 12,
+    "synthesizedBy": "copilot"
+  },
+  "prerequisites": {
+    "kubernetes": ">=1.24",
+    "tools": [
+      "kubectl"
+    ],
+    "description": "A running Kubernetes cluster with envoy installed or the issue environment reproducible."
+  },
+  "security": {
+    "scannedAt": "2026-03-11T00:58:02.441Z",
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