BUG: Sveltos tries to install the same release over and over again ignoring helm max history limit thrashing the child cluster api

[wahabmk]

Problem Description

See k0rdent/kcm#1498.

Sveltos Version: 0.52.2

[gianlucam76]

Thanks. I will verify sveltos passed the max release to helm. But have you tried setting this:

addon-controller/api/v1beta1/spec.go

Line 797 in bc24298

MaxConsecutiveFailures *uint `json:"maxConsecutiveFailures,omitempty"`

Default behavior of sveltos is to keep retrying on failures unless the failure is marked as non retriable

[gianlucam76]

Please provide the Sveltos configuration used that kept failing.

I started with this and then did upgrade to 3.3.5, then 3.3.6, then 3.3.7, then 3.3.8 and finally 3.3.9 and Sveltos always set maxHistory to default (2)

apiVersion: config.projectsveltos.io/v1beta1
kind: ClusterProfile
metadata:
  name: deploy-kyverno
spec:
  dependsOn:
  - deploy-cert-manager
  clusterSelector:
    matchLabels:
      env: fv
  syncMode: Continuous
  helmCharts:
  - repositoryURL:    https://kyverno.github.io/kyverno/
    repositoryName:   kyverno
    chartName:        kyverno/kyverno
    chartVersion:     3.3.4
    releaseName:      kyverno-latest
    releaseNamespace: kyverno
    helmChartAction:  Install

helm history -n kyverno kyverno-latest
REVISION	UPDATED                 	STATUS    	CHART        	APP VERSION	DESCRIPTION     
5       	Fri May 16 05:05:09 2025	superseded	kyverno-3.3.8	v1.13.5    	Upgrade complete
6       	Fri May 16 05:08:17 2025	deployed  	kyverno-3.3.9	v1.13.6    	Upgrade complete

and later on setting MaxHistory to 3 and doing another upgrade

...
    options:
      upgradeOptions:
        maxHistory: 3

helm history -n kyverno kyverno-latest
REVISION	UPDATED                 	STATUS    	CHART        	APP VERSION	DESCRIPTION     
5       	Fri May 16 05:05:09 2025	superseded	kyverno-3.3.8	v1.13.5    	Upgrade complete
6       	Fri May 16 05:08:17 2025	superseded	kyverno-3.3.9	v1.13.6    	Upgrade complete
7       	Fri May 16 05:22:24 2025	deployed  	kyverno-3.4.0	v1.14.0    	Upgrade complete