OCPBUGS-100179: fix forward controller FilterFunc and finalizer removal

[emmahone]

Summary

Two related defects in legacyImagePullSecretController leave dockercfg
secrets permanently stuck with an openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer after
namespace deletion, causing namespaces to hang in Terminating forever.

This is distinct from OCPBUGS-52193 / PR #380 (which fixed the
managementState: Removed scenario): the customer's cluster has
managementState: Managed so the rollback controller added by #380 never
activates, and the forward controller's own FilterFunc is the defect.

Defect 1 — FilterFunc silently drops transitioning secrets (new fix)

The informer FilterFunc required openshift.io/token-secret.name to be
present. Secrets that transitioned to the "bound" auth type have this
annotation removed (they carry openshift.io/internal-registry-auth-token.binding: bound
instead), so they are silently dropped before ever reaching the workqueue.
Once namespace deletion sets deletionTimestamp on these secrets, sync() is
never called, the finalizer is never cleared, and the namespace hangs.

Fix: extend the FilterFunc to also pass secrets whose deletionTimestamp
is set and that still carry the openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer,
regardless of the annotation. The existing deletion path in sync() already
handles the absent-annotation case correctly — it skips token-secret deletion
(len(t)==0) and proceeds straight to finalizer removal.

Defect 2 — Apply with nil finalizers does not clear the field (cleanup fix)

The deletion path built a filtered finalizers slice and called Apply with
it. When openshift.io/legacy-token was the only finalizer, the slice was
nil; the applyconfigurations field is tagged omitempty, so nil serialises
as absent from the patch body. SSA therefore does not touch the finalizers
field and the finalizer persists.

Fix: use a JSON Patch (identical to the rollback controller's approach)
which directly removes the specific finalizer by index and is not subject to
omitempty serialisation. The "test" op before the "remove" ensures safe
concurrent writes by failing fast if the cache is stale.

Fixes: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-100179

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved cleanup of legacy image-pull secrets during deletion.
  • Secrets are now properly removed even when their legacy token annotation has already been removed.
  • Prevented deletion from becoming stuck when cleanup metadata is already absent, changed, or no longer matches the current secret state.
  • Improved handling of cleanup during deletion, including resources observed through temporarily stale state.

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Summary

Two related defects in legacyImagePullSecretController leave dockercfg
secrets permanently stuck with an openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer after
namespace deletion, causing namespaces to hang in Terminating forever.

This is distinct from OCPBUGS-52193 / PR #380 (which fixed the
managementState: Removed scenario): the customer's cluster has
managementState: Managed so the rollback controller added by #380 never
activates, and the forward controller's own FilterFunc is the defect.

Defect 1 — FilterFunc silently drops transitioning secrets (new fix)

The informer FilterFunc required openshift.io/token-secret.name to be
present. Secrets that transitioned to the "bound" auth type have this
annotation removed (they carry openshift.io/internal-registry-auth-token.binding: bound
instead), so they are silently dropped before ever reaching the workqueue.
Once namespace deletion sets deletionTimestamp on these secrets, sync() is
never called, the finalizer is never cleared, and the namespace hangs.

Fix: extend the FilterFunc to also pass secrets whose deletionTimestamp
is set and that still carry the openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer,
regardless of the annotation. The existing deletion path in sync() already
handles the absent-annotation case correctly — it skips token-secret deletion
(len(t)==0) and proceeds straight to finalizer removal.

Defect 2 — Apply with nil finalizers does not clear the field (cleanup fix)

The deletion path built a filtered finalizers slice and called Apply with
it. When openshift.io/legacy-token was the only finalizer, the slice was
nil; the applyconfigurations field is tagged omitempty, so nil serialises
as absent from the patch body. SSA therefore does not touch the finalizers
field and the finalizer persists.

Fix: use a JSON Patch (identical to the rollback controller's approach)
which directly removes the specific finalizer by index and is not subject to
omitempty serialisation. The "test" op before the "remove" ensures safe
concurrent writes by failing fast if the cache is stale.

Fixes: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-100179

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Walkthrough

The controller now enqueues deleting Dockercfg secrets that retain the legacy-token finalizer and removes that finalizer with a JSON Patch. Tests cover deletion states, informer filtering, and stale-cache conflicts.

Changes

Legacy finalizer cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Deletion filtering and finalizer patching pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller.go	The filter accepts deleting Dockercfg secrets with the legacy-token finalizer without requiring the token annotation. Finalizer removal uses a JSON Patch test/remove operation.
Deletion and filter validation pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go	Tests cover deletion states, stale cached finalizers, and informer queue behavior for eligible and excluded secrets.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 493b3

The production behavior change is localized, but the new tests should use the supported fake client and fail clearly when informer synchronization does not complete; otherwise test reliability and maintenance are mildly reduced. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness or follow-up.

Suggested reviewers: p0lyn0mial, prabhapa

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (14 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the FilterFunc and finalizer removal fixes addressed by the pull request.
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 changed tests use static function names and literal table-case names passed to t.Run; no Ginkgo titles or dynamic values appear in the diff.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	The added tests use standard testing.T with fake clients, not Ginkgo; each t.Run covers one case, no cluster resources or Eventually waits are used, and informer contexts are canceled.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The PR adds ordinary Go unit tests with func Test(... *testing.T); no Ginkgo e2e constructs or MicroShift-incompatible API references are present.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The PR adds standard Go unit tests with testing.T and fake clients, not Ginkgo e2e tests; they contain no multi-node, HA, or SNO-sensitive assumptions.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	The diff only changes Secret filtering and finalizer JSON patch logic, plus tests. It adds no deployments, replicas, affinity, topology spread, node selectors, tolerations, or PDBs.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	The PR adds only fmt.Sprintf for an in-memory JSON patch and regular Go tests; it adds no stdout writes or OTE suite setup. Existing klog calls are unchanged.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The added tests use standard Go testing.T with fake clients and informers, not Ginkgo e2e constructs. They contain no IPv4 assumptions or external connectivity.
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	The commit changes only informer filtering, JSON Patch finalizer removal, and tests; scans found no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, Blowfish, ECB, crypto API, or secret-token comparison.
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	The PR changes only two Go files. The diff adds no manifests or container security settings such as privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, root, or allowPrivilegeEscalation.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	The diff adds no logging. Existing logs only record controller names and the workqueue key; the new JSON patch and filter do not log tokens, credentials, or secret contents.

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• expected the bug to target only the "5.0.0" version, but multiple target versions were set

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Summary

Two related defects in legacyImagePullSecretController leave dockercfg
secrets permanently stuck with an openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer after
namespace deletion, causing namespaces to hang in Terminating forever.

This is distinct from OCPBUGS-52193 / PR #380 (which fixed the
managementState: Removed scenario): the customer's cluster has
managementState: Managed so the rollback controller added by #380 never
activates, and the forward controller's own FilterFunc is the defect.

Defect 1 — FilterFunc silently drops transitioning secrets (new fix)

The informer FilterFunc required openshift.io/token-secret.name to be
present. Secrets that transitioned to the "bound" auth type have this
annotation removed (they carry openshift.io/internal-registry-auth-token.binding: bound
instead), so they are silently dropped before ever reaching the workqueue.
Once namespace deletion sets deletionTimestamp on these secrets, sync() is
never called, the finalizer is never cleared, and the namespace hangs.

Fix: extend the FilterFunc to also pass secrets whose deletionTimestamp
is set and that still carry the openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer,
regardless of the annotation. The existing deletion path in sync() already
handles the absent-annotation case correctly — it skips token-secret deletion
(len(t)==0) and proceeds straight to finalizer removal.

Defect 2 — Apply with nil finalizers does not clear the field (cleanup fix)

The deletion path built a filtered finalizers slice and called Apply with
it. When openshift.io/legacy-token was the only finalizer, the slice was
nil; the applyconfigurations field is tagged omitempty, so nil serialises
as absent from the patch body. SSA therefore does not touch the finalizers
field and the finalizer persists.

Fix: use a JSON Patch (identical to the rollback controller's approach)
which directly removes the specific finalizer by index and is not subject to
omitempty serialisation. The "test" op before the "remove" ensures safe
concurrent writes by failing fast if the cache is stale.

Fixes: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-100179

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
• Improved cleanup of legacy image-pull secrets during deletion.
• Secrets are now properly removed even when their legacy token annotation has already been removed.
• Prevented deletion from becoming stuck when cleanup metadata is already absent or has changed.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go (1)

97-101: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test the informer filter path.

These cases call sync directly. They do not verify that the changed FilterFunc enqueues a deleting Dockercfg secret with the legacy finalizer and without openshift.io/token-secret.name.

Add a controller-level event test. Send that secret through the informer. Assert that the queue receives its namespace key.

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In `@pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go`
around lines 97 - 101, Extend the tests around legacyImagePullSecretController
with a controller-level informer event case that sends a deleting Dockercfg
secret carrying the legacy finalizer and no openshift.io/token-secret.name
through the informer, then assert the work queue receives its namespace/name
key. Keep the existing direct sync cases unchanged and exercise the changed
FilterFunc rather than invoking sync directly.

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Nitpick comments:
In
`@pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go`:
- Around line 97-101: Extend the tests around legacyImagePullSecretController
with a controller-level informer event case that sends a deleting Dockercfg
secret carrying the legacy finalizer and no openshift.io/token-secret.name
through the informer, then assert the work queue receives its namespace/name
key. Keep the existing direct sync cases unchanged and exercise the changed
FilterFunc rather than invoking sync directly.

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@emmahone: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-100179, which is invalid:

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Details

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Summary

Two related defects in legacyImagePullSecretController leave dockercfg
secrets permanently stuck with an openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer after
namespace deletion, causing namespaces to hang in Terminating forever.

This is distinct from OCPBUGS-52193 / PR #380 (which fixed the
managementState: Removed scenario): the customer's cluster has
managementState: Managed so the rollback controller added by #380 never
activates, and the forward controller's own FilterFunc is the defect.

Defect 1 — FilterFunc silently drops transitioning secrets (new fix)

The informer FilterFunc required openshift.io/token-secret.name to be
present. Secrets that transitioned to the "bound" auth type have this
annotation removed (they carry openshift.io/internal-registry-auth-token.binding: bound
instead), so they are silently dropped before ever reaching the workqueue.
Once namespace deletion sets deletionTimestamp on these secrets, sync() is
never called, the finalizer is never cleared, and the namespace hangs.

Fix: extend the FilterFunc to also pass secrets whose deletionTimestamp
is set and that still carry the openshift.io/legacy-token finalizer,
regardless of the annotation. The existing deletion path in sync() already
handles the absent-annotation case correctly — it skips token-secret deletion
(len(t)==0) and proceeds straight to finalizer removal.

Defect 2 — Apply with nil finalizers does not clear the field (cleanup fix)

The deletion path built a filtered finalizers slice and called Apply with
it. When openshift.io/legacy-token was the only finalizer, the slice was
nil; the applyconfigurations field is tagged omitempty, so nil serialises
as absent from the patch body. SSA therefore does not touch the finalizers
field and the finalizer persists.

Fix: use a JSON Patch (identical to the rollback controller's approach)
which directly removes the specific finalizer by index and is not subject to
omitempty serialisation. The "test" op before the "remove" ensures safe
concurrent writes by failing fast if the cache is stale.

Fixes: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-100179

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
• Improved cleanup of legacy image-pull secrets during deletion.
• Secrets are now properly removed even when their legacy token annotation has already been removed.
• Prevented deletion from becoming stuck when cleanup metadata is already absent, changed, or no longer matches the current secret state.
• Improved handling of cleanup during deletion, including resources observed through temporarily stale state.

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In
`@pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go`:
- Around line 192-196: Update the informer setup around factory.Start to use a
timeout context, check the boolean result from cache.WaitForCacheSync, and fail
the test if synchronization does not complete before the deadline. Also replace
fake.NewSimpleClientset with fake.NewClientset at both client-construction
sites.

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`@pkg/internalregistry/controllers/legacy_image_pull_secret_controller_test.go` at
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