Validate desired StatefulSet before deleting it on recreate (#1420) - #2071
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recreateStatefulSet deletes the existing StatefulSet before creating the desired one, so a desired spec the API server rejects leaves the host with no StatefulSet and aborts the reconcile (Altinity#1420). Dry-run the desired StatefulSet first via a new ValidateCreate on IKubeSTS (chi and chk adapters); if it is rejected, return without deleting the existing one. Signed-off-by: Andrei Tcarevskii <atcarevs@amazon.com>
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The dry-run create runs while the current StatefulSet is still present, so a valid desired spec returns AlreadyExists. Treating that as a validation failure blocked every legitimate recreate and left the host un-recreated. Ignore AlreadyExists so only genuine validation errors abort; an invalid spec still surfaces its validation error first, before the existence check. Signed-off-by: Andrei Tcarevskii <atcarevs@amazon.com>
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Fixes #1420.
Problem
recreateStatefulSetdeletes the existing StatefulSet before creating the desired one. When the desired spec is one the API server rejects (for example an invalid label value carried in from the CR), the existing StatefulSet is already gone by the time the create is attempted, the create fails, and the reconcile aborts. The host is left with no StatefulSet and no pod until a human intervenes.Fix
Validate the desired StatefulSet with a server-side dry-run create before touching the existing one:
ValidateCreate(ctx, statefulSet)to theIKubeSTSinterface.chi:CreateOptions.DryRun = [DryRunAll];chk: controller-runtimeclient.DryRunAll). Validation runs on the API server, nothing is persisted.recreateStatefulSet, dry-run the desired StatefulSet first. If the API server rejects it, log at warning level and return the error without deleting the existing StatefulSet, so the running host stays up and the next reconcile retries.Tests
pkg/controller/common/statefulset/statefulset-reconciler_test.go:TestRecreateStatefulSet_InvalidDesiredSkipsDelete(new): a dry-run rejection propagates the error and performs zero deletes and zero creates.TestRecreateStatefulSet_HappyPath(updated): assertsValidateCreateruns exactly once before the delete on the success path.