From 081d7807c3e52fe7579632600054bac68198dfa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:04:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(spark): use Recreate strategy to avoid RWO PVC deadlock

Rolling update deadlocked: new pod couldn't attach the RWO checkpoint
PVC while the old pod still held it, so ContainerCreating stalled for
39+ minutes. Recreate terminates the old pod first.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 spark-analytics/base/streaming.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spark-analytics/base/streaming.yaml b/spark-analytics/base/streaming.yaml
index 2176d2a..041cada 100755
--- a/spark-analytics/base/streaming.yaml
+++ b/spark-analytics/base/streaming.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: nowchess
 spec:
   replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: spark-live-dashboard