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make test in deploy/stacks/self-managed failed on tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh
at the first case:

err: no releases found that matches specified selector(name=cassandra) and environment(default), in any helmfile

The message is misleading. cassandra is declared in
helmfile.d/01-dependencies.yaml.gotmpl, and it was being looked for in
02-core.

render_chart_values tried 01-dependencies and fell back to 02-core, but it
passed the gateway state values only on the 02-core attempt.
global.yaml.gotmpl is shared by every state and marks them required, so the
first attempt died with:

failed to render values files "../global.yaml.gotmpl": ... error calling required:
ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.shared.name is required

2>/dev/null discarded that, the fallback ran 02-core, and the reported error
was the second failure rather than the real one. A || fallback across state
files cannot tell "this state is misconfigured" apart from "this state does not
own that release", and it reports the wrong one.

Three further defects were sitting behind that first failure:

  1. The harness copied only self-managed to a temp directory, but
    helmfile.d/00-observability-infrastructure.yaml.gotmpl includes a sibling
    stack through ../../observability/helmfile.d/.... The copy was not a
    working stack, so the directory could not be rendered as a whole.
  2. Cases 4 and 4b ran helmfile template against the published chart
    reference. Offline, and with the placeholder registry the test sets, that
    fails on a chart pull. Both cases only checked for a non-zero exit, so a
    pull failure passed as if the chart's fail had fired. Verified: without
    --chart the error is
    invalid reference: invalid repository "YOUR_ORG/YOUR_TEAM/helm-nvcf-cassandra".
  3. Case 4b set podDisruptionBudget.enabled: true with no availability field
    and expected the chart to reject it, but environments/base.yaml ships
    cassandra.podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable: 2. The merged values always had
    one, the chart rendered fine, and the case could never pass.

What changed

  • Every invocation now runs against the whole helmfile.d directory with a
    selector, the way make applies the stack. No state file is hand-picked, so
    a release moving between states cannot break the test. The fallback and the
    2>/dev/null are gone.
  • The gateway state values moved into a single helmfile_common array shared by
    every invocation, since global.yaml.gotmpl requires them regardless of which
    release is selected.
  • The harness copies the whole deploy/stacks tree instead of self-managed
    alone, and seeds a per-test environment file for each stack the copy reaches,
    so the relative sibling include resolves.
  • The two chart-validation cases render the in-repo chart at
    deploy/helm/cassandra/helm with --chart and --skip-deps, following the
    pattern already used by check-llm-pki-issuer.sh. They now assert the exact
    diagnostic and each rules the other one out, so a chart that collapsed the two
    branches into one message would no longer pass both.
  • Case 4b clears the inherited minAvailable with the chart's own unset
    sentinel (""), which is how that chart spells "not set", so it reaches the
    neither-field state. Confirmed it now hits poddisruptionbudget.yaml:23
    while case 4 hits :20.
  • Added assert_single_release, which requires every targeted release to
    resolve to exactly one release in the stack. Zero means renamed, removed, or
    looked for in the wrong place. More than one means two states declare it,
    which is the failure mode fix(self-managed): declare the LLM PKI issuer in one Helmfile state #951 fixed for the PKI issuer.
  • Failed renders are reported as failed renders. helmfile exits non-zero both
    when a selector matches nothing and when the stack does not render, and
    collapsing those two is how this test came to blame a missing release for a
    missing gateway value. assert_single_release and render_chart_values now
    separate them and print the underlying helmfile error. The two commands fail
    on different classes of defect, because list --skip-charts does not render
    the release values files and write-values does, so both needed the handling.
  • The value assertions moved from whole-file greps to keyed yq lookups. The
    written values file is the full global.yaml.gotmpl render, so
    grep -A2 podDisruptionBudget | grep enabled: true was matching any release's
    block, not the one under test.

Customer Release Notes

Not customer visible.

Plan Summary

Test harness only. No chart, state, image, or value defaults change. The stack
itself renders identically before and after.

Usage

cd deploy/stacks/self-managed
make test

Testing

make test from deploy/stacks/self-managed, complete output:

llm-router-worker-address: all checks passed
llm-pki-release: all checks passed
pdb-value-wiring: all checks passed

Exit code 0. git diff --check clean.

Every guard is mutation-tested, so none of them is vacuous:

Mutation Result
Target a release name that does not exist expected exactly one release named cassandra-typo in the stack, found 0
Declare cassandra a second time in 02-core expected exactly one release named cassandra in the stack, found 2
Change an expected PDB value cassandra: minAvailable: 2 did not reach the chart values
Delete the chart's both-fields fail cassandra: expected the chart to reject this configuration
Template error in 01-dependencies, breaks list cassandra: helmfile could not render the stack
Empty required gateway value, breaks only write-values cassandra: helmfile could not render the stack
Flip the cassandra PDB default in base.yaml to enabled cassandra: PDB should be disabled by default but rendered enabled: true

No QA needed.

Notes

Separate from #951 by design, and it does not touch the PKI duplicate-release
fix. The two branches do not overlap: #951 edits 02-core.yaml.gotmpl,
llm-pki-release.sh, check-llm-pki-issuer.sh and the Makefile, this one
edits pdb-value-wiring.sh only. If #951 merges first, make test also gains
check-llm-pki-issuer.sh, which passes here.

assert_single_release overlaps in intent with the cross-state declaration
check #951 adds for nvcf-pki. That is deliberate. Both exist because a release
declared in two states is the failure mode this stack keeps hitting.

Review follow-up in b5e4267 covers three CodeRabbit points. Two were valid and
are folded into the description above: separating render failures from
zero-match selectors, and dropping a redundant grep from the default-off
assertion. The third, creating the secrets directory before writing the test
secrets file, described a failure mode that does not exist.
deploy/stacks/self-managed/secrets/secrets.yaml.template is tracked and not
gitignored, so the directory is present in any clean checkout and cp -R
carries it into the temp tree. The mkdir -p is in as defence against that
template moving later, not as a fix.

References

Closes #955

Related Pull Requests

#951

Dependencies

None

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
    • Expanded deployment validation across the complete stack configuration.
    • Added release-topology checks and centralized rendering validation.
    • Improved availability setting checks for Cassandra, including min/max configurations.
    • Replaced text-based checks with structured YAML validation for more reliable results.
    • Added clearer validation for invalid configuration scenarios.

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The PDB wiring test now renders the complete stacks tree through the full helmfile.d directory. It validates release topology, Cassandra chart diagnostics, and structured PDB values for Cassandra, NATS, OpenBao, rateLimiter, and ESS.

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PDB wiring test

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Rendering harness and release topology
deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh
The test copies the complete stacks tree, creates required environment files, centralizes Helmfile execution, validates unique release selection, and supports in-repository chart validation.
Cassandra PDB validation
deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh
Cassandra checks use yq for enablement and availability values. Validation cases assert separate diagnostics for both availability fields and for neither field.
Structured assertions for remaining charts
deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh
NATS, OpenBao, rateLimiter, and ESS checks query rendered YAML instead of matching text with grep.

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This change updates the self-managed stack test harness without changing charts, runtime behavior, or production defaults; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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  • NVIDIA/nvcf#951: Both changes update self-managed Helmfile tests for complete helmfile.d release topology, but they cover different release-specific assertions.

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151-156: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Drop the redundant grep from the default-off assertion.

The yq -e expression already returns non-zero when .cassandra.podDisruptionBudget.enabled is absent or not true. The grep conjunction adds no coverage and hides the case where the key renders with unexpected nesting.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-if grep -q "podDisruptionBudget:" "$work_dir/cassandra-off-values.yaml" &&
-  yq -e '.cassandra.podDisruptionBudget.enabled == true' \
-    "$work_dir/cassandra-off-values.yaml" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if yq -e '.cassandra.podDisruptionBudget.enabled == true' \
+  "$work_dir/cassandra-off-values.yaml" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   fail "cassandra: PDB should be disabled by default but rendered enabled: true"
 fi
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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh` around lines 151 - 156,
Remove the redundant grep condition from the Cassandra default-off assertion and
rely solely on the yq enabled-value check to trigger the failure.

71-82: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Distinguish a failed render from a zero-match selector.

Line 77 discards stderr and swallows a non-zero exit. Any Helmfile failure, for example a template error or a missing required state value, produces an empty listed. The test then reports "found 0" and suggests a renamed or removed release. Capture the exit status and report the render failure separately.

♻️ Proposed refactor
   local listed matches
-  listed="$(run_helmfile --selector "name=$release" list --skip-charts --output json 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  local status=0
+  listed="$(run_helmfile --selector "name=$release" list --skip-charts --output json 2>"$work_dir/$release-list.log")" || status=$?
   matches="$(printf '%s' "${listed:-[]}" |
-    jq -r --arg name "$release" '[.[] | select(.name == $name)] | length' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    jq -r --arg name "$release" '[.[] | select(.name == $name)] | length' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if test "$status" -ne 0 && test "${matches:-0}" = "0" && test -s "$work_dir/$release-list.log" &&
+    ! grep -Fq "no releases found" "$work_dir/$release-list.log"; then
+    fail "$release: helmfile list failed, see $work_dir/$release-list.log"
+  fi
   test "${matches:-0}" = "1" ||
     fail "expected exactly one release named $release in the stack, found ${matches:-0}"
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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh` around lines 71 - 82,
Update assert_single_release so run_helmfile failures are not converted into an
empty release list: capture its exit status separately while retaining the
output, and call fail with a distinct render/error message when the command
exits non-zero. Only perform the jq count and “expected exactly one release”
validation when run_helmfile succeeds.
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Inline comments:
In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh`:
- Around line 26-28: Ensure the test setup creates the secrets directory under
test_stacks_dir before redirecting the empty JSON into secrets_file. Update the
setup around the existing mkdir/cp/printf commands in pdb-value-wiring.sh,
preserving the current copied-tree and file initialization behavior.

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In `@deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/pdb-value-wiring.sh`:
- Around line 151-156: Remove the redundant grep condition from the Cassandra
default-off assertion and rely solely on the yq enabled-value check to trigger
the failure.
- Around line 71-82: Update assert_single_release so run_helmfile failures are
not converted into an empty release list: capture its exit status separately
while retaining the output, and call fail with a distinct render/error message
when the command exits non-zero. Only perform the jq count and “expected exactly
one release” validation when run_helmfile succeeds.
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…lves

Review follow-up on #956.

assert_single_release swallowed every non-zero helmfile exit, so a stack
that failed to render was reported as a missing release. That is the same
misdirection this test was fixed for. It now separates the two: a selector
that matches nothing still reports the count, anything else prints the
helmfile error and fails as a render failure. render_chart_values gained the
same handling, so a write-values failure is attributed rather than dumped
raw.

Drop the redundant grep from the default-off case. The yq check already
covers it, and the conjunction hid the case where the key renders under
unexpected nesting.

Create the secrets directory before writing the test secrets file. The
directory is tracked today, so this is defensive only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed in b5e4267.

Verified each point before acting.

Nitpick, distinguish a failed render from a zero-match selector: valid, and the most important of the three. assert_single_release was swallowing every non-zero helmfile exit, so a stack that failed to render reported as a missing release. That is the same misdirection this PR exists to fix, reintroduced one function over. It now separates the two cases: a zero-match selector still reports the count, anything else prints the helmfile error and fails as a render failure. render_chart_values got the same treatment, since write-values renders the release values files and list --skip-charts does not, so the two commands fail on different classes of defect.

Mutation-tested both paths. A template error in 01-dependencies, which breaks list, and an empty required gateway value, which breaks only write-values, now both report cassandra: helmfile could not render the stack with the underlying helmfile error above it.

Nitpick, drop the redundant grep from the default-off assertion: valid, applied. The grep was left over from the pre-yq version.

Major, create the secrets directory: the stated failure mode does not exist. deploy/stacks/self-managed/secrets/secrets.yaml.template is tracked and not gitignored, so the directory is present in any clean checkout, and cp -R carries it into the temp tree.

$ git ls-files deploy/stacks/self-managed/secrets
deploy/stacks/self-managed/secrets/secrets.yaml.template
$ git check-ignore -v deploy/stacks/self-managed/secrets/secrets.yaml.template; echo $?
1

Added the mkdir -p anyway, as defence against that template moving later. Flagging that it is defensive rather than a fix, so the premise does not get carried forward as fact.

make test still passes end to end, exit 0:

llm-router-worker-address: all checks passed
llm-pki-release: all checks passed
pdb-value-wiring: all checks passed

Full mutation matrix re-run after the change, all four still fail closed: unknown release name, duplicate cassandra declaration, wrong expected PDB value, and the chart's both-fields fail deleted.

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make test failed on the first cassandra case with "no releases found that
matches specified selector(name=cassandra)", even though cassandra is
declared in 01-dependencies.

render_chart_values tried 01-dependencies and fell back to 02-core, but it
only passed the gateway state values on the 02-core attempt. global.yaml
.gotmpl is shared by every state and marks those values required, so the
01-dependencies attempt failed on the required check, 2>/dev/null discarded
that error, and the fallback reported the one thing that was true of
02-core: it does not declare cassandra.

Run every invocation against the whole helmfile.d directory with a selector,
the way the stack is applied, and drop the fallback and the suppression.
Copy the whole stacks tree rather than self-managed alone, because
00-observability-infrastructure includes a sibling stack through a relative
path, and seed a per-test environment file for each stack the copy reaches.

Two further defects were hidden behind the first failure. The chart
validation cases rendered the published chart reference, which fails on a
chart pull offline and passed as if the chart had rejected the values; they
now render the in-repo chart and assert the both-fields and neither-field
diagnostics separately. The neither-field case could never reach that state
because base.yaml ships cassandra minAvailable: 2, so it now clears it with
the chart's own unset sentinel.

Add assert_single_release, which requires every targeted release to resolve
to exactly one release in the stack. Zero means it moved or was renamed, more
than one means two states declare it. The value assertions also move from
whole-file greps to keyed yq lookups, so a match in an unrelated release's
block no longer counts.

Closes #955

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…lves

Review follow-up on #956.

assert_single_release swallowed every non-zero helmfile exit, so a stack
that failed to render was reported as a missing release. That is the same
misdirection this test was fixed for. It now separates the two: a selector
that matches nothing still reports the count, anything else prints the
helmfile error and fails as a render failure. render_chart_values gained the
same handling, so a write-values failure is attributed rather than dumped
raw.

Drop the redundant grep from the default-off case. The yq check already
covers it, and the conjunction hid the case where the key renders under
unexpected nesting.

Create the secrets directory before writing the test secrets file. The
directory is tracked today, so this is defensive only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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