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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from synchronizers.new_base.eventstep import EventStep
+from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import VOLTService, VOLTServiceInstance, Service
+from xosconfig import Config
+from multistructlog import create_logger
+
+log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
+
+class KubernetesPodDetailsEventStep(EventStep):
+    topics = ["xos.kubernetes.pod-details"]
+    technology = "kafka"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(KubernetesPodDetailsEventStep, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_onos(service):
+        service = Service.objects.get(id=service.id)
+
+        # get the onos_fabric service
+        onos = [s.leaf_model for s in service.subscriber_services if "onos" in s.name.lower()]
+
+        if len(onos) == 0:
+            raise Exception('Cannot find ONOS service in provider_services of Fabric-Crossconnect')
+
+        return onos[0]
+
+    def process_event(self, event):
+        value = json.loads(event.value)
+
+        if (value.get("status") != "created"):
+            return
+
+        if "labels" not in value:
+            return
+
+        xos_service = value["labels"].get("xos_service")
+        if not xos_service:
+            return
+
+        for service in VOLTService.objects.all():
+            onos = KubernetesPodDetailsEventStep.get_onos(service)
+            if (onos.name.lower() != xos_service.lower()):
+                continue
+
+            for service_instance in service.service_instances.all():
+                log.info("Dirtying VOLTServiceInstance", service_instance=service_instance)
+                service_instance.backend_code=0
+                service_instance.backend_status="resynchronize due to kubernetes event"
+                service_instance.save(update_fields=["updated", "backend_code", "backend_status"], always_update_timestamp=True)