AI Agent Readiness Probe 2026

The Agent had just restarted when it received a user request—the model hadn't finished loading, the tools weren't connected yet—and it errored out immediately. The readiness probe said, "Not ready yet, come back later."

💡 What You Will Learn

The Agent had just restarted when it received a user request—the model hadn't finished loading, the tools weren't connected yet—and it errored out immediately. The readiness probe said, "Not ready yet

📜 Table of Contents

• Summary
• KubernetesConfiguration

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from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel

app = FastAPI()
ready = False

@app.on_event("startup")
async def startup():
    await load_model()
    await connect_db()
    ready = True

@app.get("/ready")
async def readiness():
    return {"ready": ready}

Summary

KubernetesConfiguration

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: agent-pod
spec:
  containers:
  - name: agent
    image: myagent:latest
    readinessProbe:
      httpGet:
        path: /ready
        port: 8000
      initialDelaySeconds: 5
      periodSeconds: 10