ficant complexity, especially in
high-availability (<em>HA</em>) and distributed deployments. It also creates new
operational and security risks and may not align with SPIFFE-native best
practices.</p>
<h2 id="decision-drivers">Decision Drivers</h2>
<ul>
<li>Simplicity and maintainability of the <strong>SPIKE</strong> architecture</li>
<li>Security model alignment with SPIFFE/SPIRE</li>
<li>Operational clarity and reliability in HA/distributed setups</li>
<li>Avoiding unnecessary complexity and performance 