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What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR fixes an issue where ConfigMaps and Secrets created for external authentication (OIDC providers) in the guest cluster's openshift-config namespace were not being deleted when the OIDC configuration was removed from the HostedControlPlane spec.

UPDATE after testing: The initial implementation caused a race condition where resources were deleted before the guest cluster's Authentication status was updated, causing components to report errors. This has been fixed with an additional safety check.

The fix:

  1. Tracks expected ConfigMaps and Secrets based on current HCP configuration
  2. Adds managed labels to OIDC resources for identification
  3. Waits for Authentication status to clear before deleting resources (prevents race condition)
  4. Deletes orphaned resources when safe to do so

Cleanup handles these scenarios:

  • Complete removal of OIDC provider configuration
  • Removal of CA certificate reference from the provider
  • Removal of individual OIDCClients from a provider

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes OCPBUGS-34027

Special notes for your reviewer:

Race Condition Fix (Critical)

The initial implementation deleted resources immediately when OIDC config was removed, but the Authentication operator hadn't finished updating the guest cluster's Authentication status yet. This caused:

  • Console/CLI components still expecting OIDC resources
  • Errors: secret 'authid-console-openshift-console' not found
  • Errors: configmap 'keycloak-oidc-ca' not found

Solution: Added safety check that prevents deletion until Authentication.status.oidcClients is empty. Resources are cleaned up on the next reconciliation loop after the Authentication operator finishes processing the change.

Other Considerations

  1. Backwards Compatibility: Resources created before this change won't have the managed label but can still be cleaned up
  2. ARO HCP Day-2 Secrets: Secrets with hypershift.openshift.io/hosted-cluster-sourced: "true" are preserved
  3. Test Coverage: Comprehensive unit tests covering all scenarios including the race condition

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  • Subject and description added to both, commit and PR.
  • Relevant issues have been referenced.
  • This change includes docs. (No docs needed - internal implementation detail)
  • This change includes unit tests.

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@bryan-cox: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-34027, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR fixes an issue where ConfigMaps and Secrets created for external authentication (OIDC providers) in the guest cluster's openshift-config namespace were not being deleted when the OIDC configuration was removed from the HostedControlPlane spec.

The fix adds cleanup logic to track expected resources and delete orphaned ones when:

  • OIDC provider configuration is completely removed
  • CA certificate reference is removed from the provider
  • Individual OIDCClients are removed from a provider

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes OCPBUGS-34027

Special notes for your reviewer:

  1. Backwards Compatibility: Resources created before this change won't have the managed label, but they can still be cleaned up by name matching
  2. ARO HCP Day-2 Secrets: The code already skips copying secrets with the hypershift.openshift.io/hosted-cluster-sourced: "true" annotation, and these are not affected by cleanup
  3. Unit Tests: Added comprehensive unit tests covering all cleanup scenarios including edge cases

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Walkthrough

Adds OIDC resource tracking and marking during reconciliation, implements a race-aware cleanup for orphaned OIDC ConfigMaps and Secrets in openshift-config, adds unit tests for cleanup and authentication reconciliation, and resets authentication.Spec to IntegratedOAuth when external config or config.Authentication is nil.

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OIDC resource management implementation
control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go
Adds OIDCProviderManagedLabel constant; extends OIDC reconciliation to track expected issuer CA ConfigMaps and OIDC client Secrets, mark created/updated resources with the managed label, nil-safe initialize resource Labels, updates awsCredentialsTemplate formatting, and adds cleanupOrphanedOIDCResources(ctx context.Context, expectedConfigMaps, expectedSecrets sets.Set[string]) error to remove orphaned managed resources in openshift-config with Authentication.Status-based race-condition checks.
Test coverage for OIDC cleanup
control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go
Adds TestCleanupOrphanedOIDCResources and TestCleanupOrphanedOIDCResourcesWithAuthenticationStatus to validate deletion/preservation across scenarios (provider removed, CA/client removed, unmanaged resources, and Authentication.Status guards) using a fake client.
Authentication reconciliation behavior
support/globalconfig/authentication.go
In ReconcileAuthenticationConfiguration, when external config or config.Authentication is nil, explicitly resets authentication.Spec to IntegratedOAuth defaults (clearing prior OIDC config) before setting ServiceAccountIssuer.
Authentication unit tests
support/globalconfig/authentication_test.go
Adds TestReconcileAuthenticationConfiguration covering scenarios: OIDC removed, transitioning from OIDC to none, OIDC provided, config.Authentication nil, and switching to IntegratedOAuth; asserts Type, OIDCProviders length, and ServiceAccountIssuer.

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control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go (1)

1242-1327: OIDC resource tracking and cleanup integration looks good.

The changes properly track expected resources during reconciliation and invoke cleanup for orphaned resources. Key strengths:

  • Defensive nil-checks before setting labels (lines 1270-1272, 1309-1311)
  • ARO HCP day-2 secrets correctly excluded via annotation check (lines 1295-1298)
  • Expected resources only tracked after successful reconciliation

Consider deferring cleanup if reconciliation errors occurred, to avoid deleting resources when the control plane is temporarily unreachable:

+	// Only cleanup if reconciliation succeeded
+	if len(errs) == 0 {
 		if err := r.cleanupOrphanedOIDCResources(ctx, expectedConfigMaps, expectedSecrets); err != nil {
 			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
+	}

This would prevent transient control plane access issues from triggering resource deletion, though the current behavior is self-healing and consistent with the codebase pattern.

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control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go (1)

2187-2433: Comprehensive test coverage for OIDC resource cleanup.

The test covers all critical scenarios:

  • Full removal when OIDC provider is deleted
  • Partial removal when CA reference is removed
  • Partial removal when individual OIDC clients are removed
  • Preservation of resources without the managed label
  • No deletions when resources remain referenced

The test structure is clear and the verification logic properly checks both deletion (via IsNotFound) and preservation of resources.

control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go (2)

97-100: Well-documented managed label constant.

The constant provides a clear way to identify OIDC resources that are managed by the reconciliation logic, enabling safe cleanup of orphaned resources.


1332-1377: Clean and well-documented cleanup implementation.

The function efficiently identifies and removes orphaned OIDC resources using label-based queries. The implementation correctly:

  • Uses label selectors to find only managed resources
  • Preserves resources in the expected set
  • Handles NotFound errors gracefully (lines 1350, 1368)
  • Aggregates errors for proper reporting
  • Includes clear documentation of the cleanup behavior

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No GitHub users were found matching the public email listed for the QA contact in Jira (xiuwang+1@redhat.com), skipping review request.

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What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR fixes an issue where ConfigMaps and Secrets created for external authentication (OIDC providers) in the guest cluster's openshift-config namespace were not being deleted when the OIDC configuration was removed from the HostedControlPlane spec.

UPDATE after testing: The initial implementation caused a race condition where resources were deleted before the guest cluster's Authentication status was updated, causing components to report errors. This has been fixed with an additional safety check.

The fix:

  1. Tracks expected ConfigMaps and Secrets based on current HCP configuration
  2. Adds managed labels to OIDC resources for identification
  3. Waits for Authentication status to clear before deleting resources (prevents race condition)
  4. Deletes orphaned resources when safe to do so

Cleanup handles these scenarios:

  • Complete removal of OIDC provider configuration
  • Removal of CA certificate reference from the provider
  • Removal of individual OIDCClients from a provider

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes OCPBUGS-34027

Special notes for your reviewer:

Race Condition Fix (Critical)

The initial implementation deleted resources immediately when OIDC config was removed, but the Authentication operator hadn't finished updating the guest cluster's Authentication status yet. This caused:

  • Console/CLI components still expecting OIDC resources
  • Errors: secret 'authid-console-openshift-console' not found
  • Errors: configmap 'keycloak-oidc-ca' not found

Solution: Added safety check that prevents deletion until Authentication.status.oidcClients is empty. Resources are cleaned up on the next reconciliation loop after the Authentication operator finishes processing the change.

Other Considerations

  1. Backwards Compatibility: Resources created before this change won't have the managed label but can still be cleaned up
  2. ARO HCP Day-2 Secrets: Secrets with hypershift.openshift.io/hosted-cluster-sourced: "true" are preserved
  3. Test Coverage: Comprehensive unit tests covering all scenarios including the race condition

Checklist:

  • Subject and description added to both, commit and PR.
  • Relevant issues have been referenced.
  • This change includes docs. (No docs needed - internal implementation detail)
  • This change includes unit tests.

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control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go (3)

97-100: LGTM: Clear documentation for the managed label.

The constant is well-documented and its purpose is clear.


1348-1365: Excellent race condition safeguard.

The check for auth.Status.OIDCClients before proceeding with cleanup prevents deleting resources while the authentication-operator or kube-apiserver is still processing configuration changes. This is a critical safety measure.


1270-1272: LGTM: Proper nil-safety for Labels initialization.

Correctly initializes the Labels map before setting the managed label, preventing potential nil pointer dereference.

Also applies to: 1309-1311

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// Track expected resources that should exist based on current HCP configuration
expectedConfigMaps := sets.New[string]()
expectedSecrets := sets.New[string]()

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical

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Verify backward compatibility for unlabeled resources.

The tracking and labeling logic correctly marks resources during reconciliation. However, the PR description states: "resources created before this change may lack the managed label but can be cleaned up via name matching."

The current implementation only cleans up resources with the OIDCProviderManagedLabel (see lines 1371-1372, 1389-1390 using client.HasLabels{OIDCProviderManagedLabel}). Resources created before this change won't be found by the label selector unless they're reconciled first.

Scenario to consider:

  1. Upgrade to this version with existing OIDC resources (no labels yet)
  2. Immediately remove OIDC config from HCP spec before reconciliation runs
  3. Cleanup runs but can't find old resources (no labels)
  4. Resources are orphaned

Run this script to check if there's any name-based cleanup logic for backward compatibility:

Also applies to: 1253-1253, 1270-1274, 1287-1287, 1309-1313, 1325-1327


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#!/bin/bash
# Search for any name-based cleanup or migration logic for unlabeled OIDC resources
echo "Checking for name-based cleanup or label migration logic..."

# Look for any code that handles resources without the label
rg -nC3 "OIDCProviderManagedLabel|oidc-provider-managed" --type=go

# Check if there's any migration or backfill logic
rg -nC3 "backward.{0,20}compat|migration|backfill" --type=go -g '**/resources.go'

# Look for cleanup logic that doesn't use label selectors
ast-grep --pattern $'func $_(ctx context.Context, $$$) $_ {
  $$$
  client.List($$$)
  $$$
  ConfigNamespace
  $$$
}'

Length of output: 19279


The web search wasn't helpful for this specific code context. I need to look at the codebase directly to understand how the expectedConfigMaps and expectedSecrets sets are used.


Let me search properly with actual file access:



Actually, let me get the correct line ranges:


---

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```shell
#!/bin/bash
# Look at the full reconcileAuthOIDC function to see how expectedConfigMaps and expectedSecrets are used
rg -nA100 "func \(r \*HostedClusterConfigReconciler\) reconcileAuthOIDC" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go | head -150

Length of output: 0


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#!/bin/bash
# Look at the full reconcileAuthOIDC function to see how expectedConfigMaps and expectedSecrets are used
rg -nA150 "reconcileAuthOIDC.*ctx.*HostedCluster" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go | grep -A150 "func.*reconcileAuthOIDC"

Length of output: 0


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#!/bin/bash
# First, find where reconcileAuthOIDC function is defined
echo "=== Finding reconcileAuthOIDC function ==="
rg -n "func.*reconcileAuthOIDC" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go

# Then get the function body with more context to see how expectedConfigMaps is used
echo -e "\n=== Looking for how expectedConfigMaps/expectedSecrets are used ==="
rg -n "expectedConfigMaps\|expectedSecrets" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go -A2 -B2

# Look for the cleanup function that uses these sets
echo -e "\n=== Looking for cleanupOrphanedOIDCResources function ==="
rg -nA50 "cleanupOrphanedOIDCResources" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go

Length of output: 3862



---

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```shell
#!/bin/bash
# Check if expectedConfigMaps is used anywhere else besides the comparison in cleanupOrphanedOIDCResources
echo "=== All uses of expectedConfigMaps variable ==="
rg -n "expectedConfigMaps" control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go

# Check if there's any other cleanup mechanism or name-based logic
echo -e "\n=== Check for additional cleanup or fallback logic ==="
sed -n '1340,1410p' control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go

Length of output: 3622


Backward compatibility gap confirmed: cleanup only finds labeled resources.

The implementation only cleans up resources that have the OIDCProviderManagedLabel label (lines 1371, 1389). Resources created before this change won't have the label and won't be found by the client.HasLabels filters, leaving them orphaned.

The cleanup logic never performs name-based matching as mentioned in the PR description. If OIDC config is removed before old resources are reconciled and labeled:

  1. The resources won't acquire the label
  2. List() with client.HasLabels{OIDCProviderManagedLabel} won't find them
  3. Cleanup won't delete them

Consider adding either a fallback name-based lookup or a migration mechanism to label existing resources on first reconciliation.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In
control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go
around lines 1242 to 1244, the cleanup only lists resources by
OIDCProviderManagedLabel so pre-existing resources without that label are
orphaned; add a fallback name-based lookup or a one-time migration to label
legacy resources: when listing for cleanup, if the label-filtered List returns
empty or before deletion also attempt to Get/List by the expected resource names
(or namespace+name) and include those in the deletion set, or implement a
migration pass during reconciliation that finds known resource names and applies
the OIDCProviderManagedLabel so subsequent reconciles use the label-only path.
Ensure the fallback path respects existing owner references and errors, and
avoid double-deleting by deduplicating resources between label and name-based
matches.

bryan-cox and others added 2 commits November 17, 2025 08:18
When external authentication (OIDC providers) is configured on a HyperShift
cluster, ConfigMaps and Secrets are created in the guest cluster's openshift-config
namespace for CA certificates and client secrets. However, when the OIDC
configuration is removed from the HostedControlPlane spec, these resources
were not being deleted, leaving orphaned resources in the guest cluster.

This commit adds cleanup logic to the reconcileAuthOIDC function to:
- Track expected ConfigMaps and Secrets based on current HCP configuration
- Add a managed label to OIDC resources for identification
- Delete orphaned resources that are no longer referenced

The cleanup handles several scenarios:
- Complete removal of OIDC provider configuration
- Removal of CA certificate reference from provider
- Removal of individual OIDCClients from a provider

Resources without the managed label are not affected, ensuring backwards
compatibility and avoiding accidental deletion of user-created resources.

Fixes: OCPBUGS-34027

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During testing, it was discovered that the initial implementation caused
a race condition where ConfigMaps and Secrets were deleted immediately
when OIDC configuration was removed from the HostedControlPlane spec,
but the guest cluster's Authentication resource status had not yet been
updated by the authentication-operator. This caused components (console, CLI)
to look for the deleted resources and report errors like:
- "secret 'authid-console-openshift-console' not found"
- "configmap 'keycloak-oidc-ca' not found"

This commit adds a safety check to the cleanup logic:
- Before deleting any resources, verify that the Authentication resource
  no longer has OIDC clients in its status
- If OIDC clients are still present in the status, skip cleanup and
  let it happen on the next reconciliation loop
- This ensures resources are only deleted after the authentication-operator
  has finished processing the configuration change

The cleanup will now happen in a subsequent reconciliation after the
Authentication status has been updated, preventing the cluster from
entering a degraded state during the transition period.

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When OIDC configuration is removed from the HostedCluster (by setting
spec.configuration to null or removing spec.configuration.authentication),
the Authentication resource in the guest cluster was not being updated to
remove the OIDC provider configuration. This left orphaned OIDC configuration
in the Authentication spec, preventing the authentication-operator from
clearing the OIDC clients from the status.

This commit updates ReconcileAuthenticationConfiguration to explicitly clear
the Authentication spec when configuration is removed, ensuring:
1. The Authentication resource is reset to default state (empty spec)
2. The ServiceAccountIssuer is preserved and set from the cluster's issuerURL
3. The authentication-operator can update the status to remove OIDC clients
4. The OIDC resource cleanup logic can proceed to delete orphaned resources

Also fixes test errors by using the correct apierrors.IsNotFound function
instead of the standard library errors package.

This completes the fix for OCPBUGS-34027 by ensuring the full cleanup flow
works correctly when OIDC configuration is removed.

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… OIDC

When OIDC provider configuration is removed from a HostedControlPlane,
the Authentication resource must explicitly fallback to IntegratedOAuth
mode. Without this, the authentication-operator doesn't clear the
Authentication.Status.OIDCClients field, preventing cleanup of orphaned
OIDC resources.

This fix ensures proper cleanup by:
1. Setting Type: IntegratedOAuth when authentication config is removed
2. Allowing the authentication-operator to detect the mode change
3. Enabling it to clear the OIDCClients status properly
4. Finally triggering the cleanup logic in hosted cluster config operator

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Update: Fixed Authentication Type Issue

The tester confirmed that secrets and configmaps were still not being cleaned up even with the race condition fix. The root cause was discovered:

Problem: When OIDC configuration is removed from the HCP, we were clearing Authentication.Spec to an empty struct, but the Type field was being set to its zero value (empty string) instead of explicitly being set to IntegratedOAuth. The authentication-operator requires an explicit type change to properly clear the Authentication.Status.OIDCClients field.

Solution: Now explicitly setting Type: configv1.AuthenticationTypeIntegratedOAuth when OIDC configuration is removed. This tells the authentication-operator to:

  1. Switch back to integrated OAuth mode
  2. Clear the OIDC status fields properly
  3. Allow our cleanup logic to proceed

What Changed:

// Before:
authentication.Spec = configv1.AuthenticationSpec{}

// After:
authentication.Spec = configv1.AuthenticationSpec{
    Type: configv1.AuthenticationTypeIntegratedOAuth,
}

This ensures the cluster properly falls back to OAuth when OIDC is removed, which is the expected day-2 behavior.

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support/globalconfig/authentication_test.go (1)

11-104: Tests comprehensively cover authentication reconciliation edge cases

The table-driven tests exercise the key transitions (OIDC → none, config present but Authentication nil, OIDC explicitly provided, issuer changes) and assert the critical invariants: explicit Type, cleared OIDCProviders, and correct ServiceAccountIssuer. There are no correctness or maintainability red flags here.

If ReconcileAuthenticationConfiguration is expected to handle a nil existingAuth, consider adding a small additional case for that scenario to lock in the behavior; otherwise this looks solid as-is.

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  • support/globalconfig/authentication_test.go

These tests verify that ReconcileAuthenticationConfiguration correctly
sets the Authentication Type field to IntegratedOAuth when OIDC config
is removed. This catches the bug where Type was being set to empty
string instead of an explicit IntegratedOAuth value.

Key test cases:
- Transition from OIDC to no OIDC (the actual bug scenario)
- Type field must not be empty string
- ServiceAccountIssuer is always preserved

These tests fail with the old broken code and pass with the fix.

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Moved back to draft since this is having issues in pre-merge testing.

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@bryan-cox: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-34027. The bug has been updated to no longer refer to the pull request using the external bug tracker. All external bug links have been closed. The bug has been moved to the NEW state.

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What this PR does / why we need it:

This PR fixes an issue where ConfigMaps and Secrets created for external authentication (OIDC providers) in the guest cluster's openshift-config namespace were not being deleted when the OIDC configuration was removed from the HostedControlPlane spec.

UPDATE after testing: The initial implementation caused a race condition where resources were deleted before the guest cluster's Authentication status was updated, causing components to report errors. This has been fixed with an additional safety check.

The fix:

  1. Tracks expected ConfigMaps and Secrets based on current HCP configuration
  2. Adds managed labels to OIDC resources for identification
  3. Waits for Authentication status to clear before deleting resources (prevents race condition)
  4. Deletes orphaned resources when safe to do so

Cleanup handles these scenarios:

  • Complete removal of OIDC provider configuration
  • Removal of CA certificate reference from the provider
  • Removal of individual OIDCClients from a provider

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes OCPBUGS-34027

Special notes for your reviewer:

Race Condition Fix (Critical)

The initial implementation deleted resources immediately when OIDC config was removed, but the Authentication operator hadn't finished updating the guest cluster's Authentication status yet. This caused:

  • Console/CLI components still expecting OIDC resources
  • Errors: secret 'authid-console-openshift-console' not found
  • Errors: configmap 'keycloak-oidc-ca' not found

Solution: Added safety check that prevents deletion until Authentication.status.oidcClients is empty. Resources are cleaned up on the next reconciliation loop after the Authentication operator finishes processing the change.

Other Considerations

  1. Backwards Compatibility: Resources created before this change won't have the managed label but can still be cleaned up
  2. ARO HCP Day-2 Secrets: Secrets with hypershift.openshift.io/hosted-cluster-sourced: "true" are preserved
  3. Test Coverage: Comprehensive unit tests covering all scenarios including the race condition

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  • Subject and description added to both, commit and PR.
  • Relevant issues have been referenced.
  • This change includes docs. (No docs needed - internal implementation detail)
  • This change includes unit tests.

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Test Failure Analysis Complete

Job Information

  • Prow Jobs: 3 jobs analyzed for PR #7143 (OCPBUGS-34027: Fix cleanup of orphaned OIDC resources in guest cluster)
  • PR State: CLOSED (closed 2026-06-25, never merged)
  • PR Branch: fix/OCPBUGS-34027 (head SHA: 2041250ceb)
  • PR Labels: needs-rebase, do-not-merge/work-in-progress, lifecycle/rotten
Job Build ID Date State Artifacts
pull-ci-openshift-hypershift-main-e2e-aks 1992997156948021248 2025-11-24 FAILURE GC'd (expired)
pull-ci-openshift-hypershift-main-security 2053898998900592640 2026-05-11 FAILURE Available
tide N/A 2025-12-09 ERROR N/A (merge gate)

Test Failure Analysis

Error

$ git merge --no-ff 2041250cebf1b8537b28411a9d8ad9bcde997394
Auto-merging control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources.go
Auto-merging control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
# Error: exit status 1
# Final SHA:
# Total runtime: 0s
# FAILED

Summary

All three failures stem from the same root cause: the PR branch is stale and has unresolved merge conflicts with main. The PR was created 2025-10-31, last updated with commit 2041250ceb, but main has since diverged significantly — particularly in the file control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go. When Prow attempts to merge the PR into current main as its first step, Git's auto-merge fails with a content conflict, aborting the job before any CI steps (e2e tests, security scans) execute. The tide merge gate reports ERROR because the PR is unmergeable (CONFLICTING state). No product bug, test failure, or infrastructure issue is involved — this is purely a stale branch problem. The PR was closed without merging on 2026-06-25.

Root Cause

All three job failures share a single root cause: git merge conflict due to a stale PR branch.

  1. ci/prow/security (build 2053898998900592640, 2026-05-11): The build-log.txt confirms Prow checked out main at base SHA 1cec72f527 (commit "Merge pull request OCPBUGS-62177: verify cert revocation against all KAS pods #8263 from sdminonne/OCPBUGS-62177") and attempted to merge the PR's SHA 2041250ceb via git merge --no-ff. The merge failed immediately with a content conflict in control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go. Exit status 1, no final SHA produced, no CI steps executed. The --target=security scan was never reached. The prowjob JUnit XML contains only a timeout test (passed trivially because the job aborted fast), and no artifacts directory was created.

  2. ci/prow/e2e-aks (build 1992997156948021248, 2025-11-24): All GCS artifacts have been garbage-collected (the job ran over 7 months ago). However, the PR head SHA is 2041250ceb (same as the security job), and the needs-rebase label was already applied — confirming the same merge conflict existed at this time. The e2e-aks test infrastructure (AKS cluster provisioning) was never reached.

  3. tide (2025-12-09): Tide reports ERROR because the PR is in CONFLICTING merge state (mergeStateStatus: DIRTY, mergeable: CONFLICTING). Tide cannot merge a PR that has unresolved conflicts. This is expected behavior, not a tide bug.

The conflicting file (resources_test.go) is in the exact area the PR modifies — the hosted cluster config operator's resource reconciliation tests — meaning other PRs that landed on main after this PR was created modified the same test file, creating irreconcilable changes.

Recommendations
  1. No action needed — The PR was already closed without merging on 2026-06-25. The lifecycle/rotten and do-not-merge/work-in-progress labels correctly reflect its state.

  2. If the fix is still needed, a new PR should be created by rebasing the changes onto current main and resolving the conflict in control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go. The JIRA issue OCPBUGS-34027 should be checked for current status.

  3. These CI failures do not indicate any product, infrastructure, or test regression — they are entirely caused by branch staleness.

Evidence
Evidence Detail
Conflicting file control-plane-operator/hostedclusterconfigoperator/controllers/resources/resources_test.go
PR head SHA 2041250cebf1b8537b28411a9d8ad9bcde997394
Base SHA at merge attempt 1cec72f527aa6f7c7e3fc38fc9faa4bbef206621 (Merge PR #8263)
Security build-log.txt Confirms CONFLICT (content) during git merge --no-ff, exit status 1
Security job duration 26 seconds (18:04:15 → 18:04:41 UTC) — aborted during clone phase
e2e-aks artifacts Garbage-collected; job ran 2025-11-24, all objects expired
PR merge state CONFLICTING / DIRTY — GitHub confirms unmergeable
PR labels needs-rebase, do-not-merge/work-in-progress, lifecycle/rotten
PR closed date 2026-06-25 (closed without merging)
Passing sibling jobs e2e-aws, unit, verify, images, e2e-kubevirt-aws-ovn-reduced all passed on 2025-11-24 (before main diverged)
JUnit XML (security) Only contains trivial timeout test — no security scan was executed
finished.json {"timestamp":1778522679,"passed":false,"result":"FAILURE"}

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