Merge pull request #7644 from omerap12/errors-os

Align `Fatalf` Behavior with Immediate Exit

Author: k8s-ci-robot

vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func NewVpasLister(vpaClient *vpa_clientset.Clientset, stopChannel <-chan struct
 	go controller.Run(stopChannel)
 	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(make(chan struct{}), controller.HasSynced) {
 		klog.ErrorS(nil, "Failed to sync VPA cache during initialization")
+		os.Exit(255)
 	} else {
 		klog.InfoS("Initial VPA synced successfully")
 	}