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Architect scales Kubernetes pods to zero without cold starts. Instead of deleting idle pods, it checkpoints them: the running container's state is preserved on the node, resource requests drop to zero, and the pod stays scheduled with its Services and PVCs attached. When traffic returns, the pod wakes from its checkpoint in under 50ms and picks up exactly where it left off. No image pull, no init sequence, no JVM warmup; packets that arrive mid-wake are buffered, so nothing is dropped.

Enabling it requires no code changes: a runtime class and an annotation in your pod spec. The same checkpoint mechanism also migrates a running workload's in-memory state to its replacement when a pod moves across nodes.

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  • Quick Start: Hibernate and wake your first pod in minutes
  • How It Works: The hibernation lifecycle and Architect's components

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