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Lack of documentation on queue-proxy probing

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Description

**Describe the change you'd like to see**
Comprehensive documentation on queue-proxy probing controls and behaviors.

**Additional context**
Readiness probing, and specifically aggressive probing, is part of the queue-proxy sidecar. Some services are slower to start than others, may have backend dependencies such as a database, etc. However, there is really no documentation on how to configure the queue-proxy probing behavior in the documentation.

e.g. As of today there are conflicting [notes / comments](https://github.com/knative/serving/issues/10838#issue-814745385) that seem to describe the same thing about disabling aggressive probing, with [opposite instructions](https://github.com/knative-sandbox/container-freezer#container-freezer) in another knative project. One says to set `periodSeconds>0` while the other says to set `periodSeconds=0` to disable aggressive probing.

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Research direction

Start by reading the queue-proxy probing context in the linked Knative issue 10838 and the container-freezer notes referenced in this issue. Document the probing controls and behavior, including the authoritative setting for disabling aggressive probing and how readiness probing handles slow services or backend dependencies.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kubernetes
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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