What is considered as "Client" if I have kubernetes app scaled to 20 pods?

HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) HCP Vault
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Hello,
What is considered as “Client” if I have kubernetes app scaled to 20 pods?
Is it 1 Client or 20?
Thanks,
J.

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Using the Kubernetes auth method to Vault, 1 Kubernetes service account is one client - no matter how many pods use it.