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Configuration drift between environments is a primary source of deployment failures. Manual changes and undocumented hotfixes create fragile systems that are difficult to reproduce.

GitOps addresses this by establishing Git as the single source of truth for your system’s desired state. Infrastructure and application configurations are treated as code.

This declarative approach ensures consistency. Automated agents continuously reconcile the live environment with the state defined in Git, correcting any manual changes.

For example, a memory limit update is handled via a pull request. Once approved and merged, the change is automatically deployed, creating a clear audit trail.

This process drastically reduces misconfigurations and improves system reliability, providing a complete history for every change and enhancing operational stability.

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