Configuration drift in Kubernetes, often occurring when infrastructure as code (IaC) practices are not strictly followed, poses significant challenges, especially in large-scale environments with numerous clusters. Drift can result from manual changes during outages or hotfixes that are not committed back to version control, leading to discrepancies between the intended and actual states of a system. This can create instability, security vulnerabilities, and deployment issues. Tools like GitOps solutions, including ArgoCD and FluxCD, help detect and remediate drift by ensuring configuration changes are synchronized with version control. Effective strategies to mitigate drift include maintaining strict adherence to automated pipelines, limiting manual interventions, and promptly syncing any necessary direct changes back to the system. Komodor offers a robust platform for managing Kubernetes clusters, emphasizing visibility, debugging, security, and cost optimization, and provides solutions to simplify drift detection and overall Kubernetes management.