# Kubernetes disaster recovery: Guidance from three reproducible failure scenarios

DevFeed: [Kubernetes disaster recovery: Guidance from three reproducible failure scenarios](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kubernetes-disaster-recovery-guidance-from-three-reproducible-failure-scenarios-4602.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/09/10/kubernetes-disaster-recovery-guidance-from-three-reproducible-failure-scenarios/>)

Author: Saiyam Pathak, Saloni Narang | CNCF Ambassadors

Published: 2026-09-10T11:37:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloud-native-computing-foundation.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [GitOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitops.md>), [postgresql clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql-clusters.md>)

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## AI overview

Guidance for recovering stateful Kubernetes applications through three reproducible failure scenarios, focusing on backup validation, declared versus stored state, and multi-volume consistency.

## Source excerpt

Scope This document describes three failure scenarios that separate having backups from being able to recover, and the guidance that follows from each. Every scenario is reproducible on a laptop from the lab repository above, and...