Explanation
The networkPolicy will block the traffic from a pod bearing the tier: backend label, to a pod bearing the tier:
frontend label. The networkPolicy specifies that only pods with the tier: frontend label can access the pods with the app: guestbook-api and tier: backend labels on port 801. Any other traffic to the backend pods will be denied by default2. Therefore, a request issued from a pod bearing the tier: backend label, to a pod bearing the tier: frontend label will be blocked by the networkPolicy. References: Connect a Frontend to a Backend Using Services), Network Policies)