# Why is the operator run as a statefulset?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-the-operator-run-as-a-statefulset/390605>\
**Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\
**Created:** [September 23, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-the-operator-run-as-a-statefulset/390605 "2026-09-23T11:37:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-the-operator-run-as-a-statefulset/390605/1 "2026-09-23T11:37:14Z")

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Hi,  
Why is the operator run as a STS ? I'm talking about the ES cluster, but the actual operator ?