Flight Log / scylladb/scylla-operator #2804

Update deprecated kubectl drain flag from --delete-local-data to --delete-emptydir-data — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in scylladb/scylla-operator on Jul 23, 2025; merged clean in 29 min, merged by @scylla-operator-bot[bot]: +1 −1, 1 file, 1 review.

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The task was to update a documentation page for replacing a Scylla node, which used the kubectl drain flag --delete-local-data, a flag removed in recent Kubernetes versions. GitHub Copilot changed it to --delete-emptydir-data in one file, with one commit. The pull request merged clean after one review round, with zero change requests, in 0.49 hours.

From the pull request description

The documentation for replacing a Scylla node was using an outdated kubectl drain flag that is no longer supported in recent Kubernetes versions. **Problem:** The `--delete-local-data` flag was deprecated in Kubernetes v1.20, replaced with `--delete-emptydir-data`, and then completely removed in Ku…

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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, scylladb/scylla-operator#2804, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/scylladb/scylla-operator/2804/

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