fix(cilium): refuse a zero-count gate release and correct the runbook order - #3037
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… order Two follow-ups from review of the ordering fix. require_replica_count accepts any non-negative integer, so an autoscaler already scaled to zero when a gate was activated records previous-replicas=0. The new release phase would then "restore" zero, clear the ownership marker, and hand cluster update the same never-ready Deployment — reproducing the timeout with the state a retry needs already destroyed. It now fails with the conflict named and keeps the marker. The runbook's release step still described the post-deploy phase restoring the autoscaler after cluster update, which is the ordering that just failed in prod. It now names the --after-revision-ready phase and says why the bound matters, so the next rollout is not walked back into it. The runbook also now flags that a node created in the short window between the restore and cluster update's config-secret apply is built from the not-yet-refreshed machine template, and warrants the same verification the first autoscaler-created node already gets.
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In `@scripts/guard-cilium-homogeneous-device-rollout.sh`:
- Around line 420-430: Update the zero-count failure path in
get_previous_replicas handling to provide a recovery action that changes the
gate-owned remembered replica value to a verified positive count before
retrying. Ensure the remediation updates the persisted state consumed by
get_previous_replicas, not only the
cluster-autoscaler-hetzner-cluster-autoscaler Deployment, while preserving the
existing conflict failure behavior.
In `@scripts/tests/test-cilium-homogeneous-devices-autoscaler-gate.sh`:
- Around line 389-402: Update the zero-count regression test around run_guard to
pass true for the revision-ready phase, capture its output while preserving the
expected non-zero status, and assert that the output contains “remembered
autoscaler count of 0”. Keep the existing assertion that previous-replicas
remains 0.
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113-124: LGTM!scripts/guard-cilium-homogeneous-device-rollout.sh (1)
420-430: 🗄️ Data Integrity & IntegrationVerify that the failure fallback preserves a zero-count marker.
The new check covers the revision-ready path only.
restore_autoscaler_if_ownedstill accepts0, scales to zero, and removes the ownership annotations. The runbook identifiespost-deployas the failure-path fallback. If that phase runs after this failure, it defeats the marker-preservation guarantee. Apply the same rejection to that path, or confirm that the workflow skips it for this failure.#!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail rg -n -C 12 -e '--after-revision-ready|--post-deploy|restore_autoscaler_if_owned|if:.*(failure|always)' \ .github/actions/deploy-prod/action.yml \ scripts/guard-cilium-homogeneous-device-rollout.sh
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| # A remembered count of ZERO is a different situation and must not be | ||
| # "restored": the autoscaler was already scaled down before the gate claimed | ||
| # it, so honouring that intent leaves the Deployment at zero — which is | ||
| # exactly what cluster update cannot wait on. Restoring it would also clear | ||
| # the ownership marker and destroy the state a retry needs. Fail here, with | ||
| # the conflict named, rather than hand cluster update a hang. | ||
| remembered_replicas="$(get_previous_replicas)" | ||
| if [[ "${remembered_replicas}" == "0" ]]; then | ||
| fail 'the rollout gate owns a remembered autoscaler count of 0, so releasing it cannot satisfy the readiness check that ksail cluster update performs (KSail treats a zero-replica Deployment as never-ready). Restore the intended replica count on cluster-autoscaler-hetzner-cluster-autoscaler, or release the gate in a deploy that skips cluster update, before retrying.' | ||
| fi |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Provide a recovery action that changes the remembered replica count.
get_previous_replicas supplies the value checked on Line 427 from gate-owned state. The remediation on Line 429 only scales cluster-autoscaler-hetzner-cluster-autoscaler; it does not update that remembered value. If an operator follows the instruction, the next retry can read 0 again and fail. Provide an explicit recovery command or code path that sets the remembered value to a verified positive count before retrying.
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In `@scripts/guard-cilium-homogeneous-device-rollout.sh` around lines 420 - 430,
Update the zero-count failure path in get_previous_replicas handling to provide
a recovery action that changes the gate-owned remembered replica value to a
verified positive count before retrying. Ensure the remediation updates the
persisted state consumed by get_previous_replicas, not only the
cluster-autoscaler-hetzner-cluster-autoscaler Deployment, while preserving the
existing conflict failure behavior.
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| # A remembered count of ZERO — the autoscaler was already scaled down when the | ||
| # gate claimed it — cannot be "restored" into something cluster update can wait | ||
| # on. Honouring it would hand that step the same never-ready Deployment AND | ||
| # clear the ownership marker a retry needs, so the release must fail loudly and | ||
| # keep the marker instead. | ||
| printf '0\n' >"${state_dir}/previous-replicas" | ||
| printf '0\n' >"${state_dir}/replicas" | ||
| if run_guard --after-revision-ready; then | ||
| fail 'releasing a gate that owns a remembered zero replica count must fail loudly' | ||
| fi | ||
| [[ "$(<"${state_dir}/previous-replicas")" == '0' ]] || | ||
| fail 'a refused zero-count release must preserve the ownership marker for a retry' | ||
| : >"${state_dir}/previous-replicas" | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the regression test prove the zero-count failure.
run_guard sets CILIUM_ROLLOUT_REVISION_READY to false when the second argument is omitted. This call uses that default. If --after-revision-ready checks the flag, the test fails before the zero-count branch. The test also accepts any non-zero status without checking the conflict text. Pass true for this phase if required, capture the output, and assert that it contains remembered autoscaler count of 0.
Proposed test adjustment
- if run_guard --after-revision-ready; then
+ if output="$(run_guard --after-revision-ready true 2>&1)"; then
fail 'releasing a gate that owns a remembered zero replica count must fail loudly'
fi
+ [[ "${output}" == *'remembered autoscaler count of 0'* ]] ||
+ fail 'the zero-count conflict must be reported'#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
rg -n -C 8 -e 'CILIUM_ROLLOUT_REVISION_READY|after-revision-ready' \
scripts/guard-cilium-homogeneous-device-rollout.sh \
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In `@scripts/tests/test-cilium-homogeneous-devices-autoscaler-gate.sh` around
lines 389 - 402, Update the zero-count regression test around run_guard to pass
true for the revision-ready phase, capture its output while preserving the
expected non-zero status, and assert that the output contains “remembered
autoscaler count of 0”. Keep the existing assertion that previous-replicas
remains 0.
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Two follow-ups from review of #3035, which merged before they could be pushed.
A remembered replica count of zero is not releasable.
require_replica_countaccepts any non-negative integer, so an autoscaler already scaled to zero when a gate is activated recordsprevious-replicas=0. The release phase would then "restore" zero, clear the ownership marker, and handksail cluster updatethe same never-ready Deployment — reproducing the timeout with the state a retry needs already destroyed.The runbook still described the ordering that failed. Its release step said the post-deploy guard restores the autoscaler after
cluster update. That is exactly what broke in prod:cluster updatewaits for that Deployment, and KSail treats a zero-replica Deployment as never-ready. Following the runbook would walk the next rollout straight back into it.What
The release phase now fails with the conflict named and keeps the ownership marker, instead of silently losing recovery state.
The runbook names the
--after-revision-readyphase and says why the bound matters. It also flags that a node created in the short window between the restore andcluster update's config-secret apply is built from the not-yet-refreshed machine template, so it warrants the same verification the first autoscaler-created node already gets.Comment and guard changes only — the rendered controllers root is byte-identical, so the approved authorization surface fingerprint is untouched.
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