# How to Rollback a Deployment in Kubernetes

DevFeed: [How to Rollback a Deployment in Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-rollback-a-deployment-in-kubernetes-19139.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://learnkube.com/kubernetes-rollbacks>)

Author: Gergely Risko

Published: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Learnk8s](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/learnk8s.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [kubectl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubectl.md>), [Deployment Strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment-strategies.md>), [zero downtime deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-downtime-deployment.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>)

Tags: [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [deployment-strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment-strategies.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [rollback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rollback.md>), [rolling-update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rolling-update.md>), [zero-downtime-deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-downtime-deployment.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains Kubernetes deployment rollbacks and the default rolling update strategy. It describes how Pods are replaced incrementally, how readiness checks support traffic transitions, and why a rollback plan is important when a production change breaks an application.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to roll back breaking changes in Kubernetes. Master kubectl rollback commands and deployment strategies to quickly recover from production issues.