NO-ISSUE: UPSTREAM: <carry>: check kubeconfig only run-test and run-suite

openshift/tests-extension/cmd/main.go

@@ -289,7 +289,30 @@ func main() {
 		Long: "OLMv1 Tests Extension",
 	}
 
-	root.AddCommand(cmd.DefaultExtensionCommands(registry)...)
+	// Get all default commands from the extension framework
+	allCommands := cmd.DefaultExtensionCommands(registry)
+
+	// Add KUBECONFIG check to run-suite and run-test commands only.
+	// Other commands (list, info, images, update, completion, help) don't need KUBECONFIG.
+	for _, command := range allCommands {
+		// Identify run-suite and run-test commands by their Use field
+		if command.Use == "run-suite NAME" || command.Use == "run-test [-n NAME...] [NAME]" {
+			// Save the original RunE function
+			originalRunE := command.RunE
+
+			// Wrap it with KUBECONFIG check
+			command.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+				// Check KUBECONFIG before running the test
+				if err := exutil.CheckKubeconfigSet(); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				// Call the original RunE function
+				return originalRunE(cmd, args)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	root.AddCommand(allCommands...)
 
 	if err := func() error {
 		return root.Execute()

openshift/tests-extension/test/qe/util/framework.go

@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ import (
 	testdata "github.com/openshift/operator-framework-operator-controller/openshift/tests-extension/pkg/bindata/qe"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	if KubeConfigPath() == "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Please set KUBECONFIG first!\n")
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-}
-
 // WaitForServiceAccount waits until the named service account gets fully
 // provisioned
 func WaitForServiceAccount(c corev1client.ServiceAccountInterface, name string, checkSecret bool) error {

openshift/tests-extension/test/qe/util/init.go

@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ import (
 	e2e "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 )
 
+// CheckKubeconfigSet verifies that the KUBECONFIG environment variable is set and points to a valid file.
+// This check is only required for commands that interact with a Kubernetes cluster (run-suite and run-test).
+// Other commands (list, info, images, update, completion, help) do not require KUBECONFIG.
+func CheckKubeconfigSet() error {
+	kubeconfig := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
+	if kubeconfig == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("KUBECONFIG environment variable is not set.\nPlease set KUBECONFIG to point to your cluster configuration file.\nExample: export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/kubeconfig")
+	}
+
+	// Check if kubeconfig file exists
+	if _, err := os.Stat(kubeconfig); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("KUBECONFIG file does not exist: %s (error: %v)", kubeconfig, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // InitClusterEnv initializes the cluster environment for testing by setting up test framework and configuration
 // This function will panic if initialization fails
 func InitClusterEnv() {