From bf506882a9a6e77b5dbe5b5e065ca8da51b18a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ahmza <hamza@ahmza.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 22:38:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix mcpacks topology spread scheduling

---
 apps/mcpacks/deployment.yaml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/mcpacks/deployment.yaml b/apps/mcpacks/deployment.yaml
index 38337fd..ce02aad 100644
--- a/apps/mcpacks/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/mcpacks/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ spec:
       # Keep normal replica placement balanced across nodes. maxSkew 1 still
       # permits one temporary surge Pod during a zero-downtime rollout; strict
       # anti-affinity would deadlock that rollout when only two workers exist.
+      # Honor excludes the tainted control-plane nodes from the skew calculation;
+      # counting nodes this Pod cannot use would make the surge unschedulable.
       topologySpreadConstraints:
         - maxSkew: 1
           topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+          nodeTaintsPolicy: Honor
           whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotSchedule
           labelSelector:
             matchLabels: