---
title: Event
id: event
full_link: /docs/reference/kubernetes-api/cluster-resources/event-v1/
short_description: >
   Kubernetes objects that describe some state change in the cluster.
aka: 
tags:
- core-object
- fundamental
---
A Kubernetes {{< glossary_tooltip text="object" term_id="object" >}} that describes state changes
or notable occurrences in the cluster.

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Events have a limited retention time and triggers and messages may evolve with time.
Event consumers should not rely on the timing of an event with a given reason reflecting a consistent underlying trigger,
or the continued existence of events with that reason.

Events should be treated as informative, best-effort, supplemental data.

In Kubernetes, [auditing](/docs/tasks/debug/debug-cluster/audit/) generates a different kind of
Event record (API group `audit.k8s.io`).