[Application] Validate the version of Nuclio before deploying (#5618)

mlrun/runtimes/nuclio/application/application.py

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def __init__(
 class ApplicationRuntime(RemoteRuntime):
     kind = "application"
 
-    @min_nuclio_versions("1.12.7")
+    @min_nuclio_versions("1.13.1")
     def __init__(self, spec=None, metadata=None):
         super().__init__(spec=spec, metadata=metadata)
 

mlrun/runtimes/nuclio/function.py

@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
             if validate_nuclio_version_compatibility(*versions):
                 return function(*args, **kwargs)
 
-            message = (
-                f"{function.__name__} is supported since nuclio {' or '.join(versions)}, currently using "
-                f"nuclio {mlconf.nuclio_version}, please upgrade."
-            )
+            message = f"'{function.__qualname__}' function requires Nuclio v{' or v'.join(versions)} or higher"
             raise mlrun.errors.MLRunIncompatibleVersionError(message)
 
         return wrapper

tests/api/runtimes/test_application.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 import typing
 
+import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
@@ -63,6 +64,18 @@ def test_compile_function_config_skipped_spec(
             "spec.build.baseImage",
         )
 
+    def test_create_function_validate_min_nuclio_version(
+        self, db: Session, client: TestClient
+    ):
+        """Verify that the nuclio min version is validated by the ApplicationRuntime constructor"""
+        mlrun.mlconf.nuclio_version = "1.12.14"
+        with pytest.raises(mlrun.errors.MLRunIncompatibleVersionError) as exc:
+            self._generate_runtime(self.runtime_kind)
+        assert (
+            str(exc.value)
+            == "'ApplicationRuntime.__init__' function requires Nuclio v1.13.1 or higher"
+        )
+
     def _execute_run(self, runtime, **kwargs):
         # deploy_nuclio_function doesn't accept watch, so we need to remove it
         kwargs.pop("watch", None)