# The Principle of Reconciliation

DevFeed: [The Principle of Reconciliation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-principle-of-reconciliation-13268.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/the-principle-of-reconciliation>)

Published: 2025-07-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [reconciliation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reconciliation.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [retry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retry.md>), [self-healing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-healing.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents reconciliation as a feedback loop that observes actual state, compares it with a desired state, and acts to close the gap. It explains how Kubernetes controllers, workqueues, retries, bounded concurrency, and idempotency support resilient, self-healing systems.

## Source excerpt

The priniciple of reconciliation is what makes systems self-healing, adaptable, and robust in the face of change and failure.