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fix(controllers): recreate adopted Pods stuck on a removed legacy ConfigMap - #375
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…figMap In-place adoption deletes the legacy cluster-state ConfigMap but leaves the running Pods untouched, and their etcd container keeps an envFrom on it. The next container start (node reboot, kubelet restart, stand power cycle) fails with CreateContainerConfigError. The Pod stays Running with RestartCount 0, so neither the terminal-phase replacement nor the crash-loop trigger fires, and ensurePod treats the existing Pod as healthy: the member stays down until someone deletes the Pod by hand. Treat such a Pod the same way as a terminal one: when the etcd container is waiting on CreateContainerConfigError and references a ConfigMap or Secret that buildPod does not emit, delete it so the next pass recreates it from buildPod against the same PVC and member ID. A config error on an env source buildPod itself emits is left alone, because recreating would fail the same way forever. Fixes #373 Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Andrey Kolkov <androndo@gmail.com>
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The PR addresses #373 with the self-healing approach. podToRecreate selects owned, non-terminating adopted legacy Pods when etcd or an init container waits on CreateContainerConfigError and the li… |
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The changes stay within #373. Controller changes extend the existing terminal-Pod recreation path, compare live and desired environment sources, and prevent repeat detection of replacement Pods. The t… |
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: recreating adopted Pods that are stuck because a legacy ConfigMap was removed. |
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A legacy Pod bootstrapped from a restore also runs a restore-agent init container with envFrom on the cluster-state ConfigMap. After a reboot that init container waits in CreateContainerConfigError while etcd waits in PodInitializing, so checking only the etcd container missed it. Scan every init and main container, for both the waiting state and the env sources, and compare against every container buildPod emits, so the S3 credentials Secret of a restore seed is never treated as foreign. Limit the branch to Pods that still carry the StatefulSet pod-name label. Only adopted legacy Pods have it, and buildPod never sets it, so each Pod is recreated at most once. A mutating webhook that injects a missing env source into an operator-built Pod therefore cannot cause a recreate loop. Adoption is PVC-only, so memory-backed members never take this branch. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Andrey Kolkov <androndo@gmail.com>
The recreation branch is not quorum-gated, which is safe only while etcd in the Pod is down anyway. Counting every container's config error broke that: a legacy sidecar, or a native sidecar init container, stuck on a missing env source would delete a Pod whose etcd still serves, and losing that member with another one already down costs quorum. Count only the etcd container and init containers, and leave the Pod alone while etcd is running. buildPod now also drops the StatefulSet pod-name label, so additionalMetadata cannot make an operator-built Pod look adopted and re-enable recreation on it. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Andrey Kolkov <androndo@gmail.com>
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- Around line 258-269: Update the foreign-source comparison in podToRecreate to
inspect only containers named in stuck, comparing each live container with its
corresponding desired container; do not let foreign sources on healthy
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| if pod.Labels[legacyStatefulSetPodLabel] == "" { | ||
| return nil, "", nil | ||
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| if !podOwnedBy(pod, member) || pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil || !podInTerminalPhase(pod) { | ||
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| stuck := containerConfigErrors(pod) | ||
| if len(stuck) == 0 { | ||
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| foreign := foreignEnvSources(pod, r.buildPod(member, false)) | ||
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Match the foreign source to the failing container.
containerConfigErrors checks only etcd and init containers, but foreignEnvSources aggregates sources from every container. A legacy Pod can therefore have an unrelated CreateContainerConfigError on etcd and a foreign source on a healthy sidecar. podToRecreate deletes the Pod, although the replacement retains the etcd error and unnecessarily interrupts the sidecar.
Compare foreign sources within each container named by stuck, including the corresponding desired container.
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- foreign := foreignEnvSources(pod, r.buildPod(member, false))
+ foreign := foreignEnvSourcesForContainers(pod, r.buildPod(member, false), stuck)+func foreignEnvSourcesForContainers(live, desired *corev1.Pod, names []string) []string {
+ want := envSourcesForContainers(desired, names)
+ var out []string
+ for src := range envSourcesForContainers(live, names) {
+ if !want[src] {
+ out = append(out, src)
+ }
+ }
+ sort.Strings(out)
+ return out
+}
+
func envSources(pod *corev1.Pod) map[string]bool {
+ return envSourcesForContainers(pod, nil)
+}
+
+func envSourcesForContainers(pod *corev1.Pod, names []string) map[string]bool {
+ selected := map[string]bool{}
+ for _, name := range names {
+ selected[name] = true
+ }
srcs := map[string]bool{}
for _, containers := range [][]corev1.Container{pod.Spec.InitContainers, pod.Spec.Containers} {
for _, c := range containers {
+ if len(selected) > 0 && !selected[c.Name] {
+ continue
+ }
for _, ef := range c.EnvFrom {
if ef.ConfigMapRef != nil {
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Review comment at @controllers/etcdmember_controller.go around lines 258 - 269:
Update the foreign-source comparison in podToRecreate to inspect only containers
named in stuck, comparing each live container with its corresponding desired
container; do not let foreign sources on healthy containers trigger Pod
deletion.
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Problem
Fixes #373.
In-place adoption (
cmd/etcd-migrate) deletes the legacy cluster-state ConfigMap but leaves the running Pods untouched, and their etcd container keeps anenvFromon that ConfigMap. Nothing breaks while the containers keep running. The next container start (node reboot, kubelet restart, eviction-free power cycle) fails withCreateContainerConfigError: configmap "<cluster>-cluster-state" not found, and the member never comes back:etcdContainerStuck) needsRestartCount >= 5, but the container is never created, so the count stays at 0;Running;ensurePodsees an existing owned Pod and treats it as healthy.Fix
Fold this case into the existing "recreate the Pod" branch, renamed from
terminalPodtopodToRecreate. That function now returns the Pod plus the reason. A Pod qualifies when it is owned, not already terminating, and either:statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name, whose etcd container is not running, whose etcd container or an init container is waiting onCreateContainerConfigError, and which pulls env from a ConfigMap or Secret thatbuildPoddoes not emit.Why each condition is there:
restore-agentinit container with the sameenvFrom. After a reboot, that init container is the stuck one and etcd waits inPodInitializing. Env sources are compared across every init and main container ofbuildPod, so the S3 credentials Secret of a restore seed never counts as foreign.buildPodnever sets the StatefulSet label, and drops it even whenadditionalMetadataasks for it, so each Pod is recreated at most once. A mutating webhook that injects a missing env source into an operator-built Pod cannot cause a recreate loop. Adoption is PVC-only, so memory-backed members never take this branch.CreateContainerConfigErroronly. Other waits, such asCrashLoopBackOff, stay with the restart-count trigger. On a live cluster, the kubelet alternates the stuck container betweenCreateContainerConfigErrorandCrashLoopBackOffwhile it backs off, withRestartCountstaying at 0. Every retry flips the status back toCreateContainerConfigError, and the controller owns the Pods, so detection happens on the next retry: at most one kubelet back-off period, capped at 5 minutes.The decision compares the live Pod spec with
buildPodoutput and makes no extra API reads, so no new RBAC is needed.Recreation then follows the same path as a terminal Pod.
MemberReady=False/PodReplacingis written first, with a message naming the stuck containers and the foreign sources. The member then resumes from the same PVC and member ID. As in #370, the branch is not quorum-gated. That is safe because it only fires when etcd in the Pod is not running, so deleting the Pod cannot cost a serving member.Tests
TestReconcile_RecreatesPodStuckOnForeignEnvSource: an adopted Pod (legacyenvFrom, etcd inCreateContainerConfigError, phaseRunning). Pass 1 deletes it and setsMemberReady=False/PodReplacingnamingConfigMap/etcd-cluster-state. Pass 2 recreates it against the preserved PVC, with no env sources and no StatefulSet label.TestPodToRecreate_StuckInitContainer: the restore shape.restore-agentinit container inCreateContainerConfigError, etcd inPodInitializing.TestPodToRecreate_KeepsRunningAdoptedPod,_KeepsAdoptedPodInOtherWait(CrashLoopBackOff),_KeepsOperatorBuiltPod(no StatefulSet label) and_SkipsConfigErrorWithoutForeignEnvSource: each changes exactly one condition from a recreating case.TestForeignEnvSources:envFromandvalueFromrefs for ConfigMaps and Secrets, in both init and main containers.TestPodToRecreate_SkipsRestoreSeedOwnSecret: a restore seed whoserestore-agentis stuck only on its own S3 Secret is not recreated. The control case with a legacy source is recreated.TestPodToRecreate_KeepsPodWithRunningEtcdAndStuckSidecar,_KeepsPodWithRunningEtcdAndStuckNativeSidecar,_IgnoresStuckSidecarWhenEtcdDownOtherwise: stuck sidecars never trigger recreation.TestBuildPod_DropsLegacyStatefulSetLabel:additionalMetadatacannot make an operator-built Pod look adopted.Disabling any single condition makes at least one test fail. That covers the reason check, init statuses, init specs,
ConfigMapKeyRef,envFrom.SecretRef, the legacy label gate, the foreign-source check, the comparison againstbuildPod, the etcd-running guard, ignoring sidecars, and dropping the label inbuildPod.go vetandgolangci-lint --new-from-revare clean, and the fullgo test ./...is green.Verified on a live cluster
Built from the first commit of this branch and deployed in place of v0.5.5 on a dev environment. The test cluster was a 3-member, PVC-backed, TLS
EtcdClusteradopted throughetcd-migrate, and all of its nodes had just been power-cycled. Starting state: two members inCreateContainerConfigErroron the removed legacy ConfigMap, one memberSucceeded, and the cluster down for the full power-off period.Within about a minute of the operator rollout, with no manual action:
references env sources the operator does not manage: ConfigMap/etcd-cluster-state), and theSucceededmember through the fix(controllers): replace EtcdMember Pods that reach a terminal phase #370 path;buildPod, without the legacyenvFrom, on their original PVCs;EtcdClusterreturned toAvailable=Trueand everyEtcdMembertoReady=True;The adopted Pods in that run carried
statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name, so the label gate added later keeps the same outcome for this shape.Assisted-by: LLM