1. A method, comprising: determining that a first component on a first compute node, of a plurality of compute nodes in a computing cluster, violates a compliance rule, wherein the first compute node executes a plurality of workloads, wherein a software update is configured to correct the violation of the compliance rule by the first component of the first compute node; performing a predefined operation to defer applying the software update for a period of time; and executing, by the first compute node, at least one of the plurality of workloads during the period time.