Fix pod_kill to use pod-failure action to prevent immediate pod recreation

[Copilot]

The pod_kill chaos experiment was using the pod-kill action, which deletes pods and triggers immediate Kubernetes controller recreation, defeating the fault injection.

Changes

• inject_symp.py: Changed inject_pod_kill() to use pod-failure action instead of pod-kill

  • pod-kill forcefully deletes pods → controller recreates immediately
  • pod-failure makes pods unavailable for duration without deletion → prevents recreation

• chaos-yaml/pod-kill.yaml: Updated template to reflect correct action

The fault now persists for the specified duration (e.g., 100s) as intended.

chaos_experiment = {
    "spec": {
-       "action": "pod-kill",
+       "action": "pod-failure",
        "mode": "one",
        "duration": duration,
        # ...
    }
}

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Pod killing does not work</issue_title>
<issue_description>Problem id: pod_kill_hotel_res-localization-1

test-hotel-reservation   search-5c64c8f5bc-cz8hr                                    1/1     Running      0              91s
test-hotel-reservation   user-66d5d6f874-9gh86                                      1/1     Running      0              40s

The user service should get killed by chaos-mesh but k8s recreates the pod immediately. Is this expected?</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Pod killing does not work #111

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[vitrixLab]

Code Review Summary on PR#120– Pod Kill Fault Injection

✅ The change updates the pod-kill chaos experiment to use pod-failure instead of pod-kill, aligning with the intended behavior of temporarily disrupting pods without immediate deletion.

✅ Documentation in inject_pod_kill() clearly explains the rationale, making the fault injection logic easy to understand and maintain.

✅ YAML and Python changes are consistent; action field update is correct and aligns with the docstring explanation.

Minor Note (non-blocking):

• None; the code and configuration reflect the intended behavior accurately.

Overall, this improves safety and clarity of pod fault injection. Approving. ✅