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What type of PR is this?
/kind enhancement

What does this PR do / why we need it:
See: GITOPS-10412
Also: openshift/runbooks#462 to onboard the
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  • Documentation has been updated.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

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@openshift-ci openshift-ci Bot added the kind/enhancement New feature or request label Sep 9, 2026
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  • New Features

    • Added dedicated Prometheus monitoring for Argo CD application synchronization loops.
    • Added recording rules for total and failed synchronization rates over 10 minutes.
    • Added warning alerts for sustained synchronization activity and repeated synchronization failures.
    • Existing Argo CD alerts remain unchanged.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Disabling metrics now removes both standard and synchronization-loop alert rules.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded monitoring guidance, including alert conditions, metric queries, configuration, and troubleshooting recommendations.

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The metrics controller now manages a separate sync-loop PrometheusRule. The rule contains recording and alert rules. Unit and end-to-end tests validate rule contents, standard-rule preservation, and cleanup when metrics are disabled.

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Argo CD sync-loop alert rules

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rule construction and reconciliation
controllers/argocd_metrics_controller.go
The controller creates standard and sync-loop PrometheusRules. The sync-loop rule contains total and failed sync recording rules and warning alerts. Metrics-disabled reconciliation deletes both rules.
Controller rule validation
controllers/argocd_metrics_controller_test.go
Tests validate expressions, alert durations, labels, annotations, and deletion of both PrometheusRules.
End-to-end validation and usage documentation
test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/*, test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/sequential/*, docs/OpenShift GitOps Usage Guide.md
End-to-end tests validate sync-loop rule contents, standard-rule preservation, and enabled and disabled states. The usage guide documents monitoring configuration, alert conditions, tuning, and metric queries.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ArgoCD
  participant MetricsController
  participant KubernetesAPI
  ArgoCD->>MetricsController: Reconcile with metrics enabled
  MetricsController->>KubernetesAPI: Create standard and sync-loop PrometheusRules
  ArgoCD->>MetricsController: Reconcile with metrics disabled
  MetricsController->>KubernetesAPI: Delete standard and sync-loop PrometheusRules
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: adding alert rules for applications that sync continuously.
Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies the enhancement, links the related issue, and states the unit and E2E test coverage. It is related to the changeset.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/parallel/1-133_validate_argocd_sync_loop_alert_test.go (1)

23-23: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial

Add the openshift-gitops sync-loop alerts to the operator documentation.

The PR description states that documentation updates are required and are not yet done. The sibling repository documentation (docs/usage/monitoring.md in argoproj-labs/argocd-operator) also describes only the existing component-status rule. Add the new alert names, thresholds, and severities to the monitoring documentation of this repository.

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@svghadi @anandf PTAL when you get time. Thanks

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OpenShift Alerting Consistency has some good guidelines. Among them is:

All critical alerts MUST include a runbook_url annotation. Warning alerts MAY include a runbook_url annotation.
Runbook style documentation for resolving critical alerts is required. These runbooks are reviewed jointly by the OpenShift developers and the managed OpenShift SREs and currently live in the openshift/runbooks repository.

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// Use a separate rule so upgrades install the sync-loop alerts.
syncLoopAlertRuleName = "gitops-operator-argocd-sync-loop-alerts"
// Canonical runbook for the critical ArgoCDAppSyncLoop alert (openshift/runbooks).
argoCDAppSyncLoopRunbookURL = "https://github.com/openshift/runbooks/blob/master/alerts/gitops-operator/ArgoCDAppSyncLoop.md"

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add the critical-alert runbook before release.

This URL is published on the critical alert. The PR objective states that required documentation is not complete. When this alert fires, responders will not have the required resolution procedure. Add and jointly review ArgoCDAppSyncLoop.md in openshift/runbooks before merge.

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PR is in review openshift/runbooks#462

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@aali309, thanks for the link. Pull request openshift/runbooks#462 includes alerts/gitops-operator/ArgoCDAppSyncLoop.md.

The runbook pull request is still open and has not merged. I will keep this finding open until the runbook review completes and the URL resolves on the default branch.

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OpenShift Alerting Consistency has some good guidelines. Among them is:

All critical alerts MUST include a runbook_url annotation. Warning alerts MAY include a runbook_url annotation.
Runbook style documentation for resolving critical alerts is required. These runbooks are reviewed jointly by the OpenShift developers and the managed OpenShift SREs and currently live in the openshift/runbooks repository.

@chengfang PTAL at openshift/runbooks#462 that onboards the runbook_url annotation.

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/lgtm
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/retest

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openshift/runbooks#462 was closed without a comment. Wasn't clear from jira or pr description if it is a requirement for this story.

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openshift/runbooks#462 was closed without a comment. Wasn't clear from jira or pr description if it is a requirement for this story.

I left a comment before closing openshift/runbooks#462 (comment)

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LGTM

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/retest

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I have left several coding-level suggestions.

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aali309 and others added 8 commits September 16, 2026 15:12
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