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From: valgulnecron <39313199+ValgulNecron@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:57:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(ark):=20add=20a=20startup=20probe=20?=
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ARK's first boot downloads ~13 GB of game via SteamCMD (plus Proton). The
liveness probe fired 5 minutes in (initialDelay 180s + 5x30s), killed the
container mid-download, and the server crash-looped forever — it could
never reach a state where RCON listens, so liveness could never pass.
Observed on the test cluster.

A startup probe suspends liveness and readiness until it first succeeds, so
the install now gets up to an hour; the normal liveness window only takes
over once the server is actually up. This is the standard Kubernetes answer
to a slow-starting container, and initialDelaySeconds on liveness/readiness
is now redundant, so it's dropped.

Signed-off-by: valgulnecron <39313199+ValgulNecron@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ark-survival-ascended/module.yaml   |  2 +-
 ark-survival-ascended/template.yaml | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ark-survival-ascended/module.yaml b/ark-survival-ascended/module.yaml
index bd404ec..7c72b65 100644
--- a/ark-survival-ascended/module.yaml
+++ b/ark-survival-ascended/module.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: gameplane.local/module/v1
 name: ark-survival-ascended
 displayName: "ARK: Survival Ascended"
-version: 1.0.1
+version: 1.0.2
 game: ark-survival-ascended
 summary: "ARK: Survival Ascended dedicated server (mschnitzer/asa-linux-server) with RCON console/moderation. CurseForge mods install via the game's own -mods= launch parameter."
 homepage: https://survivetheark.com/
diff --git a/ark-survival-ascended/template.yaml b/ark-survival-ascended/template.yaml
index 1f4df4a..b64f81d 100644
--- a/ark-survival-ascended/template.yaml
+++ b/ark-survival-ascended/template.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   displayName: "ARK: Survival Ascended"
   game: ark-survival-ascended
-  version: 1.0.1
+  version: 1.0.2
   accentColor: "#00b2e2"
   description: |
     ARK: Survival Ascended dedicated server using
@@ -162,16 +162,28 @@ spec:
   probes:
     # Game/peer ports are UDP; RCON is the only TCP port, so it's the
     # probe target (same pattern as factorio).
+    #
+    # The startup probe is LOAD-BEARING, not a nicety. First boot downloads
+    # ~13 GB of game via SteamCMD (plus Proton), which takes far longer than
+    # any sane liveness window. Without a startup probe the liveness probe
+    # fires ~5 minutes in, kills the container mid-download, and the server
+    # crash-loops forever — never once reaching a state where RCON listens.
+    # A startup probe suspends liveness/readiness until it first succeeds,
+    # so the install gets up to an hour to finish; only then does the normal
+    # liveness window take over.
+    startup:
+      tcpSocket:
+        port: rcon
+      periodSeconds: 30
+      failureThreshold: 120
     readiness:
       tcpSocket:
         port: rcon
-      initialDelaySeconds: 60
       periodSeconds: 15
       failureThreshold: 20
     liveness:
       tcpSocket:
         port: rcon
-      initialDelaySeconds: 180
       periodSeconds: 30
       failureThreshold: 5