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Summary

The createNS helper function in test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go uses a hand-rolled polling loop with a tight 120-second timeout and no diagnostic output when it fails. On busy ROSA integration clusters, RBAC propagation to newly created namespaces can exceed this deadline, causing the sre-regular-user-validation and sre-prometheusrule-validation test suites to fail and cascade 18+ test skips.

This was observed in periodic-ci-openshift-managed-cluster-validating-webhooks-master-rosa-sts-e2e-promotion-int where the dedicated-admins RoleBinding did not propagate to osde2e-temp-ns within 120s.

Changes

  • Replace the hand-rolled for loop with Gomega's Eventually — uses a 5-minute timeout and 5-second polling interval, which is more idiomatic for Ginkgo tests and produces cleaner timeout messages
  • Add RBAC diagnostic logging — a defer closure dumps the RoleBindings in the target namespace and the last probe error when the timeout is hit, making future failures immediately actionable
  • Clean up the probe configmap on success and clear lastErr so the deferred diagnostic is skipped on the happy path

Testing

  • go build ./... passes
  • go vet ./... passes
  • Only the createNS function was modified; no test logic, assertions, or other code was changed

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  • Tests
    • Improved end-to-end validation diagnostics when namespace permissions are not ready.
    • Timeout failures now include the last readiness error and relevant role-binding details.

Replace the hand-rolled polling loop with Gomega's Eventually using a
5-minute timeout and 5-second polling interval. This makes the e2e tests
more resilient to RBAC propagation delays on ROSA clusters.

Add RBAC diagnostic logging via a deferred closure that dumps
RoleBindings in the namespace and the last error when the timeout
is hit, helping diagnose permission propagation failures in CI.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough

The namespace-permission readiness check now uses Gomega Eventually with a five-minute timeout. On timeout, it logs the last probe error and lists namespace RoleBindings.

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Namespace readiness diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Readiness retry and diagnostics
test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go
The readiness probe retries every five seconds for up to five minutes. Successful probes are deleted. Timed-out probes log the last error and list namespace RoleBindings through the dynamic client.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b392c

The RBAC readiness retry is more tolerant, but a failed probe can hang while collecting diagnostics, and cleanup failures may be hidden. These issues should be corrected before merge to avoid stalled or misleading e2e runs.

Suggested reviewers: dustman9000


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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ❌ Error The pull request adds raw error logging to GinkgoWriter with fmt.Fprintf(..., "%v", lastErr) and fmt.Fprintf(..., "%v", listErr). Kubernetes REST errors can include the request URL, which can ex… Do not write raw Kubernetes errors to the test log. Log only sanitized information, such as a fixed error category, HTTP status, or context deadline exceeded. Apply the same sanitization to both lastErr and listErr, and verify that di…
Test Structure And Quality ⚠️ Warning The new RBAC diagnostic path performs a Kubernetes List with context.TODO() at validation_webhook_tests.go:85. This context has no deadline, so the failure path can block indefinitely after the … Use bounded contexts for every new cluster operation. Create a short-lived timeout context for the diagnostic RoleBinding List and for probe deletion, and handle or log cleanup errors with meaningful messages. Keep the existing 5-minute `…
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replacing RBAC permission polling in createNS with Gomega Eventually.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only the createNS polling and diagnostic logic. The diff adds no It, Describe, Context, When, DescribeTable, or Entry title. The current Ginkgo titles are …
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo test declarations. The diff only changes the existing createNS helper. Added code uses Gomega Eventually, core ConfigMap operations, and the standard Kubern…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request changes only the existing createNS setup helper. The diff adds no new It, Describe, Context, When, or other Ginkgo test. The new Eventually block polls namespace RB…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go. The diff replaces RBAC permission polling with Eventually and adds diagnostic logging. It does not add or modify deploymen…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds only fmt.Fprintf calls targeting GinkgoWriter, which the check explicitly excludes. The calls are inside createNS, invoked by BeforeAll, and no changed code writes …
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The pull request adds no new Ginkgo tests or test declarations. The diff only changes the existing createNS helper. Added code uses the in-cluster Kubernetes dynamic client to list RoleBindings and …
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only RBAC permission polling and diagnostic logging in createNS. The committed diff adds fmt, Eventually, context handling, and RoleBinding listing. It introduces …
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go. The added lines implement polling and RBAC diagnostics; they do not add a container or Kubernetes manifest, privileged mode,…
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Explanation

The new RBAC diagnostic path performs a Kubernetes List with context.TODO() at validation_webhook_tests.go:85. This context has no deadline, so the failure path can block indefinitely after the 5-minute Eventually timeout. The new probe cleanup at line 107 also uses an unbounded context. The polling operation itself has explicit 5-minute and per-attempt 5-second timeouts, and the namespace has existing AfterAll cleanup.

Resolution

Use bounded contexts for every new cluster operation. Create a short-lived timeout context for the diagnostic RoleBinding List and for probe deletion, and handle or log cleanup errors with meaningful messages. Keep the existing 5-minute Eventually timeout and 5-second polling interval.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

Explanation

The pull request adds raw error logging to GinkgoWriter with fmt.Fprintf(..., "%v", lastErr) and fmt.Fprintf(..., "%v", listErr). Kubernetes REST errors can include the request URL, which can expose the cluster's internal API hostname. The new deferred diagnostic runs on probe timeout, so this is pull-request-introduced sensitive logging. Namespace and RoleBinding metadata are not themselves sensitive under the stated criteria.

Resolution

Do not write raw Kubernetes errors to the test log. Log only sanitized information, such as a fixed error category, HTTP status, or context deadline exceeded. Apply the same sanitization to both lastErr and listErr, and verify that diagnostic output cannot include request URLs, credentials, tokens, or customer-controlled values.

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In `@test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go`:
- Around line 78-79: Update the RBAC diagnostic writes and probe cleanup in the
test setup to capture and surface every error returned by fmt.Fprintf and probe
deletion. Ensure diagnostic output failures are reported, and make setup fail
when probe cleanup fails; apply the same handling to the additional referenced
write and cleanup sites.
- Line 85: Update the diagnostic RoleBinding list around
dynamicClient.Resource(rbGVR).Namespace(ns).List to use a short-lived
context.Context created with context.WithTimeout instead of context.TODO(), and
cancel it after the List call returns so deferred diagnostics cannot block
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fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "\n=== RBAC Diagnostic for namespace %s ===\n", ns)
fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Last probe error: %v\n", lastErr)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not discard the new write and cleanup errors.

The fmt.Fprintf calls discard writer errors, so RBAC diagnostics can be incomplete without any indication. The probe deletion also discards its error, so a cleanup failure is hidden. Capture and surface these errors, and fail the setup when probe cleanup fails.

As per path instructions, “Never ignore error returns”.

Also applies to: 87-91, 94-94, 107-107

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In `@test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go` around lines 78 - 79, Update the RBAC
diagnostic writes and probe cleanup in the test setup to capture and surface
every error returned by fmt.Fprintf and probe deletion. Ensure diagnostic output
failures are reported, and make setup fail when probe cleanup fails; apply the
same handling to the additional referenced write and cleanup sites.

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Version: "v1",
Resource: "rolebindings",
}
rbList, listErr := dynamicClient.Resource(rbGVR).Namespace(ns).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{})

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a timeout to the diagnostic RoleBinding list.

context.TODO() gives this API call no deadline. If the API server is unavailable after Eventually times out, the deferred diagnostic can block failure reporting beyond the five-minute readiness limit. Use a short context.WithTimeout and cancel it after List returns.

As per path instructions, use “context.Context for cancellation and timeouts”.

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In `@test/e2e/validation_webhook_tests.go` at line 85, Update the diagnostic
RoleBinding list around dynamicClient.Resource(rbGVR).Namespace(ns).List to use
a short-lived context.Context created with context.WithTimeout instead of
context.TODO(), and cancel it after the List call returns so deferred
diagnostics cannot block beyond the readiness timeout.

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