Which of the following statements on static Pods is true?

Static Podsare managed directly by thekubeleton each node.

They arenot scheduled by the kube-schedulerand always remain bound to the node where they are defined.

Exact extract (Kubernetes Docs – Static Pods):

“Static Pods are managed directly by the kubelet daemon on a specific node, without the API server. They do not go through the Kubernetes scheduler.”

Clarifications:

A: Static Pods do not span multiple nodes.

B: No hard limit of 5 Pods per node.

D: They are not a fallback mechanism; kubelet always manages them regardless of scheduler state.