InitContainer image update in StatefulSet

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Cluster information:

Kubernetes version: v1.16.15-gke.6000
Cloud being used: GKE

When updating the image of an InitContainer for a StatefulSet, a new Pod is not started.

Is it a feature? Why?

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Can you double check your update strategy? spec.updateStrategy. If its set to OnDelete it’ll only update the instance once the current one is deleted.

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I have this config fr update Strategy:

  updateStrategy:
    rollingUpdate:
      partition: 0
    type: RollingUpdate