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Feb 19, 2026
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The following annotations are used to configure kpt features:

AnnotationDescription
config.kubernetes.io/depends-onspecifies one or more resource dependencies
config.kubernetes.io/apply-time-mutationspecifies one or more substitutions to make at apply time using dependencies as input
config.kubernetes.io/local-configspecifies a resource to be skipped when applying

The following annotations are used by kpt internally:

AnnotationDescription
internal.config.kubernetes.io/pathspecifies the resource's file path when formatted as a ResourceList
internal.config.kubernetes.io/indexspecifies the index of the resource in a file when formatted as a ResourceList
config.kubernetes.io/merge-sourcespecifies the source of the resource during a three way merge