r pods - i.e., with the default setting of <code>ndots:5</code> in <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code>.
When your application starts a DNS lookup for
<code>productpage.ns1.svc.cluster.local</code>, it appends the DNS search
namespaces in <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> (e.g., <code>ns1.svc.cluster.local</code>) as part
of the DNS query, before querying the host as-is. As a result, the
first DNS query that is actually sent out will look like
<code>productpage.ns1.svc.cluster.local.ns1.svc.cluster.local</code>, which