feat: configurable aggregation, owner references and naming for the event recorder - #3604
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ChangesConfigurable event recording
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Configured custom event names containing invalid characters or ending separators can cause Kubernetes to reject events, silently preventing expected event visibility. Validate names and fall back to the stable hash name before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler
participant DefaultEventRecorder
participant EventSink
ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler->>DefaultEventRecorder: record EventRecord
DefaultEventRecorder->>DefaultEventRecorder: resolve name and aggregation key
DefaultEventRecorder->>DefaultEventRecorder: add owner reference when configured
DefaultEventRecorder->>EventSink: emit assembled event
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The current name truncation path can yield a blank event name after stripping separators, which can make recording fail instead of safely falling back to the default identity-hash name.
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Pull request overview
Adds configurability to the DefaultEventRecorder to better control event aggregation identity, ownership metadata, and naming, addressing the limitations described in #3601 and providing an end-to-end integration test demonstrating the configuration.
Changes:
- Introduces recorder-level strategies for default aggregation keys (
EventKeyStrategy) and event naming (EventNamingStrategy), plus per-record overrides viaEventRecord. - Adds optional owner reference support (recorder default with per-record tri-state override) to relate events to their “regarding” object when UID is available.
- Expands unit/integration tests to cover deterministic naming, aggregation behavior, naming strategy behavior, and owner reference behavior.
File summaries
| File | Description |
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| operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorder.java | Adds builder-based configuration for naming/key strategies and owner references; updates naming/aggregation behavior accordingly. |
| operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventRecord.java | Adds per-record name and ownedByRegarding overrides and updates aggregation identity semantics documentation. |
| operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventNamingStrategy.java | New functional interface to derive stable event names (aggregation identity) with documented RFC1123 constraints. |
| operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventKeyStrategy.java | New functional interface for default aggregation keys, including a byReason() implementation. |
| operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorderTest.java | Adds unit coverage for deterministic naming, key strategy behavior, owner references, and naming strategy precedence/fallbacks. |
| operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderIT.java | End-to-end IT demonstrating configured aggregation, naming, and owner reference behavior. |
| operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler.java | Test reconciler emitting events with changing messages to exercise aggregation/naming. |
| operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderCustomResource.java | Test CR type used by the configured recorder integration test. |
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80-80: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueRemove the explanatory comment. The repository-wide Java convention permits comments only for very long or complex logic. This comment only explains the next test steps.
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- Around line 94-95: Update the event assertion in the ConfiguredEventRecorderIT
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- Line 80: Remove the explanatory comment in ConfiguredEventRecorderIT near the
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- Line 275: Update event-name resolution around
DefaultEventRecorder::truncateToMaxNameLength to validate the truncated name
from both the record name and naming-strategy result against Kubernetes RFC 1123
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| .or(() -> namingStrategy.nameFor(regarding, record).filter(name -> !name.isBlank())) | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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There is no class named DefaultEventRecorder.java within the official Java Operator SDK (JOSDK) repository [1][2]. Consequently, there is no method named truncateToMaxNameLength associated with such a class in this framework [3][4][5]. The Java Operator SDK relies on the underlying Fabric8 Kubernetes Client for many Kubernetes-specific operations, including event recording [1][6]. While users have requested a higher-level EventRecorder API within the JOSDK [7], the SDK does not provide a standard class by that name. The naming-related utility methods found in the SDK are typically focused on controller or field manager names (e.g., ensureValidName in ControllerConfiguration) rather than event recording [8]. Methods like truncateToMaxNameLength are commonly found in other Go-based Kubernetes operator projects (such as those using the operator-sdk) to ensure Kubernetes object names comply with DNS-1123 standards [9].
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- 1: https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk
- 2: https://javaoperatorsdk.io/
- 3: https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/blob/main/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/EventProcessor.java
- 4: https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/blob/main/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/EventSource.java
- 5: https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/blob/main/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/ControllerConfiguration.java
- 6: https://javaoperatorsdk.io/docs/documentation/features/
- 7: GitHub issue 1304 in operator-framework/java-operator-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 8: https://javadoc.io/static/io.javaoperatorsdk/operator-framework-core/5.0.0/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ControllerConfiguration.html
- 9: GitHub pull request 4471 in operator-framework/operator-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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Validate event names before event emission.
eventName accepts a non-blank record name or naming-strategy result, truncates it, and only checks that it remains non-blank. Values such as status-, Status, and status_name can reach EventBuilder.withName(...), although Kubernetes requires event metadata names to be valid RFC 1123 DNS subdomains. record catches the failure from DefaultEventSink and suppresses it, so the event is not recorded. Validate the truncated result for both sources and use the identity-hash fallback when it is invalid. Add tests for trailing separators and invalid characters.
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In
`@operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorder.java`
at line 275, Update event-name resolution around
DefaultEventRecorder::truncateToMaxNameLength to validate the truncated name
from both the record name and naming-strategy result against Kubernetes RFC 1123
DNS-subdomain rules. Use the identity-hash fallback whenever the result is blank
or invalid, before passing it to EventBuilder.withName(...), and add coverage
for trailing separators and invalid characters.
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EventKeyStrategyand aDefaultEventRecorder.builder(sink)with akeyStrategy(...)option. WithbyReason()the message drops out of the event identity, so status-style events aggregate onto one event (count grows, message gets replaced) withoutkey()boilerplate at every call site. A per-recordkey()still wins, andnone()is today's behavior.ownerReference(true)on the builder, with a per-record override viaEventRecord.Builder.ownedByRegarding(boolean). Only set when the object already has a uid.EventRecord.Builder.name(String)and a recorder-levelEventNamingStrategy. Precedence: record name, then strategy, then the identity hash. The name is the aggregation identity and must be a valid RFC 1123 DNS subdomain (the javadoc has the details), long names get truncated at 253 chars, and blank means unset.Fixes #3601
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