With the release of GitLab 18.11, Gitaly is now fully supported on Kubernetes, simplifying management for teams transitioning from hybrid setups. This blog post discusses the challenges of memory requirements and downtime during upgrades, and provides insights into configuring Gitaly for optimal operation within a Kubernetes environment, including client retries to mitigate downtime during restarts. It concludes with guidance on deploying Gitaly using Helm charts.