pod-http-abort

Intercepts outbound HTTP traffic from the pod on a specified port and returns error status codes.

Target kind: Pod
Implementation: Daemon (ExecHTTPChaos with action: abort)
Rollback: Yes — sends CancelChaos to remove HTTP intercept rules

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
port	string	Yes	—	Port to intercept (e.g. "8080")
statusCode	string	No	"503"	HTTP status code to return

Example

apiVersion: chaos.chaosplane.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosExperiment
metadata:
  name: pod-http-abort-example
  namespace: default
spec:
  target:
    kind: Pod
    namespace: default
    labelSelector:
      matchLabels:
        app: checkout
  action:
    type: pod-http-abort
    parameters:
      port: "8080"
      statusCode: "503"
  duration: 30s
  rollback:
    enabled: true

Rollback behavior

Sends CancelChaos RPC to the daemon, which removes the iptables/proxy rules intercepting HTTP traffic on the specified port.

Implementation notes

The daemon sets up a transparent HTTP proxy in the pod's network namespace that intercepts outbound connections on the specified port and immediately returns the configured status code. port is required and validated before execution.