# Give pods additional CPU during startup

Canonical source : [Give pods additional CPU during startup](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/give-pods-additional-cpu-during-startup>)

This controller temporarily increases CPU requests and limits during workload startup, then restores the original values. It targets applications whose initialization needs exceed steady-state resource use.

- Selected on : 2025-01-11

- Entry updated : 2026-11-07T20:32:37+0000

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- Source language : EN

Original resource : [Give pods additional CPU during startup](<https://github.com/google/kube-startup-cpu-boost>)

Tags : [Kubernetes](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/kubernetes>)

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