kubernetes-sigs / kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime

Feature: Coordinated Leader Election

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Since Sep 11, 2025.

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Description

Upstream KEP: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/4355

I think it would be nice if controller-runtime would support coordinated leader election similar to how we support the "regular" leader election today

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