ROSAENG-1077: use separated shard for hcp provision

[bmeng]

• Use the new created e2e shard for the CI testing
• Update the test filter as the MC access should be available now

Summary

This PR updates the ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) E2E CI testing configuration to use a new shard for HCP (Hosted Control Plane) test variants.

Changes

Updated the periodic test definitions in the OpenShift Online ROSA E2E CI configuration to change the test filter for HCP variants. The LABEL_FILTER environment variable is updated from excluding Machine Config access ('!Access:MC') to filtering by HCP platform ('Platform:HCP').

This change applies to five HCP test variants spanning multiple OpenShift versions:

• Stable releases: 4.19, 4.20, 4.21
• Candidate release: 4.22
• Nightly release: 5.0

The classic STS (AWS Secure Token Service) test variants remain unchanged, still using the filter Platform:Classic && !Access:MC.

Impact

The HCP E2E tests will now use a separated shard with tests specifically labeled for the HCP platform. The test filter change reflects that Machine Config access is now available in HCP environments, eliminating the need to exclude those tests.

[openshift-ci-robot]

@bmeng: This pull request references ROSAENG-1077 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the story to target the "5.0.0" version, but no target version was set.

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• Use the new created e2e shard for the CI testing
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• ci-operator/config/openshift-online/rosa-e2e/openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main__periodics.yaml

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Walkthrough

OpenShift Online ROSA E2E periodic test jobs are updated to refine test targeting for HCP variants. Five job definitions (stable 4.19–4.21, candidate 4.22, nightly 5.0) replace their LABEL_FILTER label-selection logic with platform-based filtering and assign cluster sector explicitly.

Changes

HCP Test Configuration Updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update LABEL_FILTER and CLUSTER_SECTOR for HCP variants ci-operator/config/openshift-online/rosa-e2e/openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main__periodics.yaml	Five HCP test variants (stable 4.19–4.21, candidate 4.22, nightly 5.0) have LABEL_FILTER changed from excluding Access:MC to filtering by Platform:HCP, and CLUSTER_SECTOR set to rosa-e2e. Other test variants remain unchanged.

Estimated Code Review Effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Suggested Labels

lgtm

Suggested Reviewers

• ravitri
• dustman9000

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 12

✅ Passed checks (12 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately reflects the main change: updating ROSA E2E periodic workflow definitions to use a separated shard for HCP provision by changing the LABEL_FILTER from excluding MC access to filtering by Platform:HCP.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	The PR modifies only YAML CI workflow configuration files, not Ginkgo test code. The custom check targets test code (It(), Describe(), etc.), which is not present in this PR.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PR modifies only YAML CI workflow configuration files. No Ginkgo test code is included. The check requires reviewing Ginkgo test code quality, making it not applicable to this PR.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR modifies only CI/CD YAML configuration, not Ginkgo e2e tests. The custom check applies only when new tests are added, making it not applicable here.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo test code added. PR modifies only YAML CI configurations and scripts. Check not applicable.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	Check does not apply. PR modifies CI/CD test job configs (Prow), not deployment manifests, operator code, or controllers that would introduce topology-aware scheduling constraints.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	The OTE Binary Stdout Contract check is not applicable. The PR modifies only YAML CI workflow configuration files and CI infrastructure tools, not executable source code for OTE binaries.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR only modifies test filtering in YAML configuration, not adding new Ginkgo e2e tests. Check applies only to new tests being added.

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[REHEARSALNOTIFIER]
@bmeng: the pj-rehearse plugin accommodates running rehearsal tests for the changes in this PR. Expand 'Interacting with pj-rehearse' for usage details. The following rehearsable tests have been affected by this change:

Test name	Repo	Type	Reason
periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-nightly-5-0	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-19	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-20	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-21	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-candidate-4-22	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed

Prior to this PR being merged, you will need to either run and acknowledge or opt to skip these rehearsals.

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Comment: /pj-rehearse to run up to 5 rehearsals
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Comment: /pj-rehearse auto-ack to run up to 5 rehearsals, and add the rehearsals-ack label on success
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Comment: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed to allow rehearsals of tests that have the restrict_network_access field set to false. This must be executed by an openshift org member who is not the PR author

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[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse more

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[bmeng]

/retest

[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-19 periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-nightly-5-0

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-candidate-4-22

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-21

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-19 periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-nightly-5-0

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[deepsm007]

/test openshift-image-mirror-mappings

[bmeng]

/retest required

[bmeng]

/hold
waiting for openshift-online/rosa-e2e#53

[bmeng]

/pj-rehearse ack

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@bmeng: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

[bmeng]

/retest required

[bmeng]

/test openshift-image-mirror-mappings

[bmeng]

/unhold

[dustman9000]

/lgtm

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@bmeng: The following tests failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
ci/rehearse/periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-21	c9d38f4	link	unknown	/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-21
ci/rehearse/periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-19	c9d38f4	link	unknown	/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-stable-4-19
ci/rehearse/periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-nightly-5-0	c9d38f4	link	unknown	/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-nightly-5-0
ci/rehearse/periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-candidate-4-22	c9d38f4	link	unknown	/pj-rehearse periodic-ci-openshift-online-rosa-e2e-main-periodics-rosa-hcp-e2e-candidate-4-22

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