NO-JIRA: Revert "MON-3697: use maximumStartupDurationSeconds instead of container patch"

[machine424]

This reverts the changes from PR #2251.

With maximumStartupDurationSeconds=3600, prometheus-operator sets PeriodSeconds=60s (instead of the previous 15s), which significantly slows down Prometheus pod restarts, especially in e2e tests where restarts are numerous.

Additionally, UWM Prometheus still uses the container patch approach, so reverting makes the two consistent.

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e2e-agnostic-operator runs, revert #2982 vs last 5 PRs merged to main

PR	Title	Merged	Total	vs Revert
#2981	OU-1389: config path fix	Jul 08	82m55s	-5m02s
#2979	OCPBUGS-93756: update prometheus	Jul 02	82m11s	-4m18s
#2972	OCPBUGS-92085: set Prom shards	Jun 26	83m07s	-5m14s
#2919	MON-4527: NodeExporter config	Jun 25	78m42s	-0m49s
#2971	NO-JIRA: sync component versions	Jun 25	86m26s	-8m33s
	AVG BASELINE (5 runs)		82m40s
	REVERT #2982		77m53s	-4m47s (5.8%)

Revert is faster than every single baseline run.

Per-test breakdown

Test	#2981	#2979	#2972	#2919	#2971	AVG	REVERT	Δ avg
TestAlertmanagerUWMSecrets	349s	201s	350s	211s	201s	262s	191s	-71s
TestClusterMonitoringStatus	164s	163s	161s	151s	164s	161s	111s	-50s
TestClusterMonitorAlertMgrCfg	84s	101s	99s	30s	98s	83s	31s	-52s
TestAlertingRule	46s	38s	21s	51s	62s	44s	7s	-37s
TestUserWorkloadPromOperCfg	149s	139s	141s	110s	140s	136s	108s	-28s
TestAlertmanagerDisabling	160s	145s	136s	140s	155s	147s	129s	-18s

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@machine424: This pull request references MON-3697 which is a valid jira issue.

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In response to this:

This reverts the changes from PR #2251.

With maximumStartupDurationSeconds=3600, prometheus-operator sets PeriodSeconds=60s (instead of the previous 15s), which significantly slows down Prometheus pod restarts, especially in e2e tests where restarts are numerous.

Additionally, UWM Prometheus still uses the container patch approach, so reverting makes the two consistent.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change removes the maximumStartupDurationSeconds: 3600 override from the Prometheus Jsonnet component and generated YAML asset. It explicitly configures the Prometheus container startup probe with a 15-second period and 240-failure threshold, while preserving the user-workload timing assignment and removing related workaround comments.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: jan--f, marioferh

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes a revert of the maximumStartupDurationSeconds change and matches the main code changes.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the revert and its impact, and includes the required Telemetry report section, though the code block is empty.
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 only changes manifest generation files; the touched Go file has no Ginkgo title calls, so no unstable test names were introduced.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	No Ginkgo test code was changed in this PR; only manifests/YAML were touched, so this check is not applicable.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No Ginkgo/e2e tests were added; the diff only touches manifest/config files and contains no new test constructs.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added; the PR only changes Prometheus manifest/config generation, so there are no SNO multi-node assumptions to flag.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	The PR only removes maximumStartupDurationSeconds and adjusts startupProbe timing; no new nodeSelector, affinity, spread, toleration, or replica logic was added.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	Diff only changes Prometheus startup probe/manifest config; the touched Go file is package code, with no main/init/suite code or stdout writes.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added; the diff only changes Prometheus manifests/config and startup-probe settings, with no IPv4-only or external-connectivity test code.
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR only removes startup-duration settings and tweaks startup probes; touched files show no MD5/SHA1/DES/RC4/3DES/Blowfish/ECB, custom crypto, or secret/token comparisons.
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR only removes maximumStartupDurationSeconds and adds startupProbe settings; no privileged, hostPID/Network/IPC, SYS_ADMIN, root, or allowPrivilegeEscalation:true changes were found.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	Patch only removes startup-duration config and adjusts startupProbe; no new logging or sensitive-data exposure appears in the changed lines.

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Details

In response to this:

This reverts the changes from PR #2251.

With maximumStartupDurationSeconds=3600, prometheus-operator sets PeriodSeconds=60s (instead of the previous 15s), which significantly slows down Prometheus pod restarts, especially in e2e tests where restarts are numerous.

Additionally, UWM Prometheus still uses the container patch approach, so reverting makes the two consistent.

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e2e-agnostic-operator runs, revert #2982 vs last 5 PRs merged to main

PR	Title	Merged	Total	vs Revert
#2981	OU-1389: config path fix	Jul 08	82m55s	-5m02s
#2979	OCPBUGS-93756: update prometheus	Jul 02	82m11s	-4m18s
#2972	OCPBUGS-92085: set Prom shards	Jun 26	83m07s	-5m14s
#2919	MON-4527: NodeExporter config	Jun 25	78m42s	-0m49s
#2971	NO-JIRA: sync component versions	Jun 25	86m26s	-8m33s
	AVG BASELINE (5 runs)		82m40s
	REVERT #2982		77m53s	-4m47s (5.8%)

Revert is faster than every single baseline run.

Per-test breakdown

Test	#2981	#2979	#2972	#2919	#2971	AVG	REVERT	Δ avg
TestAlertmanagerUWMSecrets	349s	201s	350s	211s	201s	262s	191s	-71s
TestClusterMonitoringStatus	164s	163s	161s	151s	164s	161s	111s	-50s
TestClusterMonitorAlertMgrCfg	84s	101s	99s	30s	98s	83s	31s	-52s
TestAlertingRule	46s	38s	21s	51s	62s	44s	7s	-37s
TestUserWorkloadPromOperCfg	149s	139s	141s	110s	140s	136s	108s	-28s
TestAlertmanagerDisabling	160s	145s	136s	140s	155s	147s	129s	-18s

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[simonpasquier]

No strong feeling against it but I wonder if we shouldn't address this upstream (with a new field capping the PeriodSeconds).

[simonpasquier]

The comment is outdated.

[machine424]

/hold
I'll clean up the PR.

[machine424]

I wonder if we shouldn't address this upstream (with a new field capping the PeriodSeconds).

Yes, we can always switch back to that once it's available. In the meantime, I'd like to get this revert merged. Even during recent manual test rollouts, I've found it slow to wait over two minutes for a rollout.

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/lgtm

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