kube-monkey

Spec sheet

Purpose

Implements Netflix’s Chaos Monkey for Kubernetes by randomly deleting pods to help develop and validate failure-resilient services.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The README directs contributors to the Kubernetes Slack #kube-monkey channel and project contribution guidance.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository is distributed under the Apache License 2.0.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

The README provides Helm installation instructions for deploying kube-monkey into the kube-system namespace.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Metrics

The project documentation lists a Prometheus metrics endpoint.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Namespace controls

A whitelist can restrict eligible namespaces, a blacklist can exclude namespaces, and the default blacklist includes kube-system.Read 9 Oct 2026 · asobti.github.io

Notable permission requirement

Namespace pattern filtering requires cluster-wide workload list permission; a namespace-scoped Role installation will log an error and schedule nothing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · asobti.github.io

Notifications

The project documentation describes notifications that can post attack events to Slack or a user-provided API.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Opt-in

Applications opt in through Kubernetes labels, including an enabled label and settings such as an identifier and MTBF.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Safe default

Dry run is enabled by default and logs planned terminations instead of carrying them out.Read 9 Oct 2026 · asobti.github.io

Scheduling

Users can configure run days, schedule creation time, termination hours, timezone, and pod shutdown grace period.Read 9 Oct 2026 · asobti.github.io

Supported workloads

The project covers Deployments, StatefulSets, and DaemonSets directly; other resource kinds can be configured as custom resources with matching RBAC.Read 9 Oct 2026 · asobti.github.io

Plans and prices

Every kube-monkey plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Chaos Engineering Platforms#19 of 257.2