Operator upgrade should not cause rolling restart

.github/workflows/kindIntegTest.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         integration_test:
-          - upgrade_operator # Test is not setup to run against 4.0
           - additional_seeds #TODO: Fails against C* 4.0, fix in https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/459
           - scale_down_unbalanced_racks #TODO: Fails against C* 4.0 and DSE 6.8, fix in https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/459
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ jobs:
           - superuser-secret-provided
           - test_bad_config_and_fix
           - test_mtls_mgmt_api
+          - upgrade_operator
           # More than 3 workers tests:
           - add_racks
           #- additional_seeds #TODO: Fails against C* 4.0, fix in https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/459

.github/workflows/workflow-integration-tests.yaml

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
         version:
           - "3.11.14"
         integration_test:
-          - upgrade_operator
           - cdc_successful
           - additional_seeds
           - scale_down_unbalanced_racks
@@ -205,6 +204,7 @@ jobs:
           - cluster_wide_install
           - config_change
           - config_secret
+          - upgrade_operator # Unnecessary to run against multiple versions
           #- multi_cluster_management # cluster_wide_install verifies the same thing
           #- oss_test_all_the_things # This is now the smoke test, see kind_smoke_tests job
           - scale_down

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Changelog for Cass Operator, new PRs should update the `main / unreleased` secti
 
 ## unreleased
 
+* [CHANGE] [#566](https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/566) BREAKING: StatefulSets will no longer be automatically updated if CassandraDatacenter is not modified, unless an annotation "cassandra.datastax.com/autoupdate-spec" is set to the CassandraDatacenter with value "always" or "once". This means users of config secret should set this variable to "always" to keep their existing behavior. For other users, this means that for example the upgrades of operator will no longer automatically apply updated settings or system-logger image. The benefit is that updating the operator no longer causes the cluster to have a rolling restart. A new condition to indicate such change could be necessary is called "RequiresUpdate" and it will be set to True until the next refresh of reconcile has happened. 
 * [CHANGE] [#618](https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/618) Update dependencies to support controller-runtime 0.17.2, modify required parts.
 * [ENHANCEMENT] [#628](https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/628) Replace pod task can replace any node, including those that have crashed
 * [ENHANCEMENT] [#532](https://github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/issues/532) Instead of rejecting updates/creates with deprecated fields, return kubectl warnings.

Makefile

@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ test: manifests generate fmt vet lint envtest ## Run tests.
 integ-test: kustomize cert-manager helm ## Run integration tests from directory M_INTEG_DIR or set M_INTEG_DIR=all to run all the integration tests.
 ifeq ($(M_INTEG_DIR), all)
 	# Run all the tests (exclude kustomize & testdata directories)
-	cd tests && go test -v ./... -timeout 300m --ginkgo.progress --ginkgo.v
+	cd tests && go test -v ./... -timeout 300m --ginkgo.show-node-events --ginkgo.v
 else
-	cd tests/${M_INTEG_DIR} && go test -v ./... -timeout 300m --ginkgo.progress --ginkgo.v
+	cd tests/${M_INTEG_DIR} && go test -v ./... -timeout 300m --ginkgo.show-node-events --ginkgo.v
 endif
 
 .PHONY: version

apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_types.go

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ const (
 	// cluster has gone through scale up operation.
 	NoAutomatedCleanupAnnotation = "cassandra.datastax.com/no-cleanup"
 
+	// UpdateAllowedAnnotation marks the Datacenter to allow upgrades to StatefulSets Spec even if CassandraDatacenter object was not modified. Allowed values are "once" and "always"
+	UpdateAllowedAnnotation = "cassandra.datastax.com/autoupdate-spec"
+
+	AllowUpdateAlways AllowUpdateType = "always"
+	AllowUpdateOnce   AllowUpdateType = "once"
+
 	CassNodeState = "cassandra.datastax.com/node-state"
 
 	ProgressUpdating ProgressState = "Updating"
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ const (
 	DefaultInternodePort = 7000
 )
 
+type AllowUpdateType string
+
 // ProgressState - this type exists so there's no chance of pushing random strings to our progress status
 type ProgressState string
 
@@ -379,6 +387,7 @@ const (
 	DatacenterRollingRestart DatacenterConditionType = "RollingRestart"
 	DatacenterValid          DatacenterConditionType = "Valid"
 	DatacenterDecommission   DatacenterConditionType = "Decommission"
+	DatacenterRequiresUpdate DatacenterConditionType = "RequiresUpdate"
 
 	// DatacenterHealthy indicates if QUORUM can be reached from all deployed nodes.
 	// If this check fails, certain operations such as scaling up will not proceed.
@@ -961,3 +970,7 @@ func (dc *CassandraDatacenter) DatacenterName() string {
 func (dc *CassandraDatacenter) UseClientImage() bool {
 	return dc.Spec.ServerType == "cassandra" && semver.Compare(fmt.Sprintf("v%s", dc.Spec.ServerVersion), "v4.1.0") >= 0
 }
+
+func (dc *CassandraDatacenter) GenerationChanged() bool {
+	return dc.Status.ObservedGeneration < dc.Generation
+}

apis/cassandra/v1beta1/cassandradatacenter_webhook.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/pkg/images"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
@@ -336,6 +337,13 @@ func ValidateServiceLabelsAndAnnotations(dc CassandraDatacenter) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if metav1.HasAnnotation(dc.ObjectMeta, UpdateAllowedAnnotation) {
+		updateType := AllowUpdateType(dc.Annotations[UpdateAllowedAnnotation])
+		if updateType != AllowUpdateAlways && updateType != AllowUpdateOnce {
+			return attemptedTo("use %s annotation with value other than 'once' or 'always'", UpdateAllowedAnnotation)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

apis/cassandra/v1beta1/webhook_test.go

@@ -318,6 +318,38 @@ func Test_ValidateSingleDatacenter(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			errString: "configure DatacenterService with reserved annotations and/or labels (prefixes cassandra.datastax.com and/or k8ssandra.io)",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Allow upgrade should not accept invalid values",
+			dc: &CassandraDatacenter{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "exampleDC",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"cassandra.datastax.com/autoupdate-spec": "invalid",
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: CassandraDatacenterSpec{
+					ServerType:    "dse",
+					ServerVersion: "6.8.42",
+				},
+			},
+			errString: "use cassandra.datastax.com/autoupdate-spec annotation with value other than 'once' or 'always'",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Allow upgrade should accept once value",
+			dc: &CassandraDatacenter{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "exampleDC",
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						"cassandra.datastax.com/autoupdate-spec": "once",
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: CassandraDatacenterSpec{
+					ServerType:    "dse",
+					ServerVersion: "6.8.42",
+				},
+			},
+			errString: "",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {

apis/control/v1alpha1/cassandratask_types.go

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ const (
 	CommandMove            CassandraCommand = "move"
 	CommandGarbageCollect  CassandraCommand = "garbagecollect"
 	CommandFlush           CassandraCommand = "flush"
+	CommandRefresh         CassandraCommand = "refresh"
 )
 
 type CassandraJob struct {
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ const (
 	JobFailed JobConditionType = "Failed"
 	// JobRunning means the job is currently executing
 	JobRunning JobConditionType = "Running"
+	// DatacenterUpdated
+	DatacenterUpdated JobConditionType = "DatacenterUpdated"
 )
 
 //+kubebuilder:object:root=true

internal/controllers/cassandra/cassandradatacenter_controller.go

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (r *CassandraDatacenterReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error
 	// Create a new managed controller builder
 	c := ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
 		Named("cassandradatacenter_controller").
-		For(&api.CassandraDatacenter{}, builder.WithPredicates(predicate.GenerationChangedPredicate{})).
+		For(&api.CassandraDatacenter{}, builder.WithPredicates(predicate.Or(predicate.GenerationChangedPredicate{}, predicate.AnnotationChangedPredicate{}))). // We might want to consider annotation filtering
 		Owns(&appsv1.StatefulSet{}, builder.WithPredicates(managedByCassandraOperatorPredicate)).
 		Owns(&policyv1.PodDisruptionBudget{}, builder.WithPredicates(managedByCassandraOperatorPredicate)).
 		Owns(&corev1.Service{}, builder.WithPredicates(managedByCassandraOperatorPredicate))

internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller.go

@@ -309,12 +309,20 @@ JobDefinition:
 			flush(taskConfig)
 		case api.CommandGarbageCollect:
 			gc(taskConfig)
+		case api.CommandRefresh:
+			// This targets the Datacenter only
+			res, err = r.refreshDatacenter(ctx, dc, &cassTask)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
+			}
+			completed = taskConfig.Completed
+			break JobDefinition
 		default:
 			err = fmt.Errorf("unknown job command: %s", job.Command)
 			return ctrl.Result{}, err
 		}
 
-		if !r.HasCondition(cassTask, api.JobRunning, metav1.ConditionTrue) {
+		if !r.HasCondition(&cassTask, api.JobRunning, metav1.ConditionTrue) {
 			valid, errValidate := taskConfig.Validate()
 			if errValidate != nil && valid {
 				// Retry, this is a transient error
@@ -423,7 +431,7 @@ func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 		Complete(r)
 }
 
-func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) HasCondition(task api.CassandraTask, condition api.JobConditionType, status metav1.ConditionStatus) bool {
+func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) HasCondition(task *api.CassandraTask, condition api.JobConditionType, status metav1.ConditionStatus) bool {
 	for _, cond := range task.Status.Conditions {
 		if cond.Type == string(condition) {
 			return cond.Status == status

internal/controllers/control/cassandratask_controller_test.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/pkg/httphelper"
 
+	cassapi "github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/apis/cassandra/v1beta1"
 	cassdcapi "github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/apis/cassandra/v1beta1"
 	api "github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/apis/control/v1alpha1"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -683,7 +684,6 @@ var _ = Describe("CassandraTask controller tests", func() {
 
 		AfterEach(func() {
 			deleteDatacenter(testNamespaceName)
-			// Expect(k8sClient.Delete(context.TODO(), testDc)).Should(Succeed())
 		})
 
 		Context("Restart", func() {
@@ -781,4 +781,48 @@ var _ = Describe("CassandraTask controller tests", func() {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+	Describe("Execute jobs against Datacenters", func() {
+		var testNamespaceName string
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			testNamespaceName = fmt.Sprintf("test-task-%d", rand.Int31())
+			By("create datacenter", createDatacenter(testDatacenterName, testNamespaceName))
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			deleteDatacenter(testNamespaceName)
+		})
+
+		Context("Refresh", func() {
+			It("Adds an annotation if CassandraDatacenter does not have one and waits for completion", func() {
+				taskKey, task := buildTask(api.CommandRefresh, testNamespaceName)
+				Expect(k8sClient.Create(context.Background(), task)).Should(Succeed())
+
+				dc := &cassdcapi.CassandraDatacenter{}
+				Eventually(func() bool {
+					if err := k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: testDatacenterName, Namespace: testNamespaceName}, dc); err != nil {
+						return false
+					}
+					if metav1.HasAnnotation(dc.ObjectMeta, cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation) {
+						return dc.Annotations[cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation] == "once"
+					}
+					return false
+				}, "5s", "50ms").Should(BeTrue())
+
+				delete(dc.Annotations, cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation)
+				Expect(k8sClient.Update(context.Background(), dc)).Should(Succeed())
+
+				_ = waitForTaskCompletion(taskKey)
+			})
+			It("Completes if autoupdate-spec is always allowed", func() {
+				dc := &cassdcapi.CassandraDatacenter{}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: testDatacenterName, Namespace: testNamespaceName}, dc)).To(Succeed())
+				metav1.SetMetaDataAnnotation(&dc.ObjectMeta, cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation, string(cassapi.AllowUpdateAlways))
+				Expect(k8sClient.Update(context.Background(), dc)).Should(Succeed())
+
+				taskKey, task := buildTask(api.CommandRefresh, testNamespaceName)
+				Expect(k8sClient.Create(context.Background(), task)).Should(Succeed())
+				_ = waitForTaskCompletion(taskKey)
+			})
+		})
+	})
 })

internal/controllers/control/jobs.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
 	cassapi "github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/apis/cassandra/v1beta1"
@@ -404,6 +405,45 @@ func compact(taskConfig *TaskConfiguration) {
 	taskConfig.AsyncFunc = compactAsync
 }
 
+// Refresh CassandraDatacenter
+
+func (r *CassandraTaskReconciler) refreshDatacenter(ctx context.Context, dc *cassapi.CassandraDatacenter, task *api.CassandraTask) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	// If there's no "always" annotation, add "once" annotation and check that it's removed (that indicates finished)
+	if metav1.HasAnnotation(dc.ObjectMeta, cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation) {
+		// No need to add anything, process is still going or it was always allowed
+		val := cassapi.AllowUpdateType(dc.Annotations[cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation])
+		if val == cassapi.AllowUpdateAlways {
+			// Nothing to do here, the autoupdate is set
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+		} else {
+			// Still waiting for the refresh to happen
+			return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: JobRunningRequeue}, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if r.HasCondition(task, api.DatacenterUpdated, metav1.ConditionTrue) {
+		// The refresh has completed, since the annotation is gone
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Lets start the process
+	patch := client.MergeFrom(dc.DeepCopy())
+
+	metav1.SetMetaDataAnnotation(&dc.ObjectMeta, cassapi.UpdateAllowedAnnotation, string(cassapi.AllowUpdateOnce))
+
+	if err := r.Patch(ctx, dc, patch); err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	taskPatch := client.MergeFrom(task.DeepCopy())
+	if modified := SetCondition(task, api.DatacenterUpdated, metav1.ConditionTrue, "Datacenter updated to update spec once"); modified {
+		if err := r.Client.Status().Patch(ctx, task, taskPatch); err != nil {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: JobRunningRequeue}, nil
+}
+
 // Common functions
 
 func isCassandraUp(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {

pkg/reconciliation/constructor.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/pkg/oplabels"
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/cass-operator/pkg/utils"
 
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policyv1 "k8s.io/api/policy/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
@@ -62,11 +63,23 @@ func setOperatorProgressStatus(rc *ReconciliationContext, newState api.ProgressS
 		if rc.Datacenter.Status.DatacenterName == nil {
 			rc.Datacenter.Status.DatacenterName = &rc.Datacenter.Spec.DatacenterName
 		}
+		rc.setCondition(api.NewDatacenterCondition(api.DatacenterRequiresUpdate, corev1.ConditionFalse))
 	}
 	if err := rc.Client.Status().Patch(rc.Ctx, rc.Datacenter, patch); err != nil {
 		rc.ReqLogger.Error(err, "error updating the Cassandra Operator Progress state")
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// The allow-upgrade=once annotation is temporary and should be removed after first successful reconcile
+	if metav1.HasAnnotation(rc.Datacenter.ObjectMeta, api.UpdateAllowedAnnotation) && rc.Datacenter.Annotations[api.UpdateAllowedAnnotation] == string(api.AllowUpdateOnce) {
+		// remove the annotation
+		patch = client.MergeFrom(rc.Datacenter.DeepCopy())
+		delete(rc.Datacenter.ObjectMeta.Annotations, api.UpdateAllowedAnnotation)
+		if err := rc.Client.Patch(rc.Ctx, rc.Datacenter, patch); err != nil {
+			rc.ReqLogger.Error(err, "error removing the allow-upgrade=once annotation")
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }