A method for restoring a deleted container image from an Azure Container Registry using a running pod on an Azure Kubernetes Service node is presented. By utilizing the Azure CLI and containerd commands, users can retrieve the necessary image even when SSH access is disabled. The process involves checking for the image on the node and subsequently pushing it back to the registry.

Zone redundancy is now enabled by default for all Azure Container Registry (ACR) SKUs in regions that support Availability Zones, enhancing the resiliency of container artifacts without any additional cost or configuration required from users. This automatic upgrade protects against single-zone outages and applies to both new and existing registries. The Azure portal and CLI may not yet reflect this change accurately, but it is actively being addressed by Microsoft.