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Does changing a image repository location force a redeployment if the image content is the same?

I have StatefulSet of Redis/RabbitMQ from the bitnami helm charts with the "imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent". I want to switch the repository URL from bitnami to bitnamiarchive that has the exact same image content (md5/hash).

Will kubernetes be "intelligent" enough to determine there's no change and keep the current image cache and statefulset active, or will it trigger a image pull and force a rollout of new application pods?

Posted Oct 6, 2025, 7:16 PM UTC

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