We are releasing a batch job or job controller type function in OSE 3.1. It should help in separating short lived tasks from long running processes. Please read through this write up and let me know if help solve this RFE. https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pull/11980 https://github.com/soltysh/kubernetes/blob/scheduledjob_controller_proposal/docs/proposals/scheduledjob.md