feat(operator): stage immutable template revisions per server by Baylem · Pull Request #835 · GameplanePanel/Gameplane

Baylem · 2026-11-05T03:54:34Z

Supersedes #769 using the same reviewed commits on an upstream branch, enabling GitHub's native stacking. Prior review discussion remains on that PR. Current-head CI passed.

Native stack, bottom to top: #833 → #834 → #835 → #836.

Shared GameTemplate updates currently change every referencing server immediately. This adds per-server adoption of immutable template snapshots: Automatic remains the default, while OnRequest retains the admitted content until an administrator requests the exact installed revision digest.

The operator reports desired, effective and observed running revisions. Rendering, backup metadata, restore planning and capture filters use the effective snapshot. Adoption shares the existing lifecycle owner with backup/restore/wipe, gracefully stops using the old template, waits for the owned workload to drain, and then changes the pin. A later catalog update cannot replace an already admitted target. Existing PVC identities remain intact.

Existing servers initialize revision tracking without a provenance-only restart, preserving their Pod templates and leaving running revision unknown. Real configuration edits and security upgrades still apply. Restricted-incompatible targets are rejected before admission or drain. New servers pin before first rendering. Documentation covers Module version pinning, mutable image references, missing snapshots and the distinction between data backups and runtime rollback bundles.

Includes #760, #833, #767, #834, #762 and the #759 build prerequisite. These integrations preserve pod-bound backup preparation, effective-template volume classifications, Restricted validation and configurable resource changes. Failed/deleted restore startup and orphan recovery retain ownership until the previous game/PVC writers drain. The management-placement and Restricted workload buckets remain registered in upstream change-based test selection.

Validation: Linux operator/API/agent builds, controller/unit/envtest and E2E source compilation, canonical CRD generation/synchronization, actionlint and offline zizmor passed. Runtime tests run in CI under repository policy. Added regressions for exact admission, owner/drain races, baseline initialization, concurrent spec edits, effective-template consumption and incompatible security profiles, plus a real-cluster data-retention rollout scenario.

Closes #731

API password redaction and PUT preservation use the server's verified effective snapshot, with cache isolation by server identity and revision. Missing or invalid snapshots fail closed. Cloning rejects configurations whose copied passwords would become ordinary fields under the current template. Creation, cloning and edits before initial pinning atomically retain password-key classification in protected metadata, so a catalog change cannot expose values between validation and admission. Template adoption rejects populated password fields that become public or invalid types before value validation can quote them in status. Cleared protection retires only with a successful pin update.

Backup detail UI follows Pencil nodes zhLZN (achieved consistency and legacy volume coverage) and bHJy6 (recorded per-volume coverage). JSON and PNG exports are included under assets/design-export/, with screenshot coverage for both states. The design was saved in Pencil and manually checked against Chrome; application and screenshot TypeScript compilation passed.

The drawer explicitly resets inherited HeroUI margins and foreground color to match the Pencil references. Header/footer sizing and button labels are aligned in the saved design and exports. The remote SSE fixture now uses selected-cluster read permissions. CI uses the shared checksum-verified Trivy release installer with bounded retries; scans and gates remain intact.

Visual verification on e64c0757 passed all 115 design comparisons and expanded-text clipping checks without relaxing thresholds (visual run).

November 6 follow-up: The unpinned-password eligibility helper preserves malformed-input behavior while satisfying nilerr. The initial-pin cleanup regression initializes a config map omitted by Kubernetes serialization. All six affected standalone Go modules now select github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.2 to fix GO-2026-6865. Module and workspace checksums are included. The patch was independently reviewed; standalone Linux builds, affected feature builds and controller regression-source compilation passed. Runtime tests and security scans run in CI under repository policy.

Current validation: all 105 main CI jobs passed on 724aeb9a (CI run). All other applicable workflows passed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- GameServers can adopt shared template updates automatically or upon an exact revision request, with desired, effective, and running revisions reported.
- Backup details now show consistency outcomes and capture-time volume coverage, including included, uncovered, and unclassified volumes.
- GameServer storage volumes can be labeled as data or rebuildable for clearer backup coverage reporting.
Bug Fixes
- Configuration secrets remain protected across template changes, cloning, updates, and reads; uncertain schemas redact non-empty values.
Documentation
- Added guidance for template rollouts, backup coverage, consistency status, and required snapshot access.

Signed-off-by: Baylem <zelathis@gmail.com>

github-actions · 2026-11-05T06:33:49Z

CI Report - `724aeb9`

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0 failed - 33 passed - 0 skipped - 199m22s elapsed

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web	L95.95 S94.45 B89.33 F91.95	L92 S92 B82 F76	+2.45

Changed

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operator/	35	+3011/-64
api/	9	+984/-22
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api-agent, api-auth, api-mods, api-rbac, api-roles, bot-fast, management-placement, multicluster, operator, optional-components, ratelimit, restricted-workloads, telemetry, upgrade

Signed-off-by: Baylem <zelathis@gmail.com>

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @api/internal/handlers/config_redact.go:
- Around line 163-177: Update the first-pin protection flow around rulesFor and
setProtectedConfigKeys to provide recovery when a failed schema lookup has
protected ordinary required values that cannot be cleared or removed. Establish
a safe way to distinguish those values from values that may have been passwords
under an earlier schema; preserve protection for ambiguous values while allowing
valid ordinary values to be pinned and the server to start.

Review comments at @operator/internal/controller/backup_controller.go:
- Around line 363-375: The effectiveGameTemplate lookup currently returns an
error without resolving the quiesced Backup; update the reconciliation flow
after ownedBackupTarget so a lookup failure that prevents copy startup fails the
Backup and triggers cleanup. Preserve monitoring when a Job already exists, and
ensure cleanup does not unquiesce until its workers have drained.

Review comments at @operator/internal/controller/backup_manifest.go:
- Around line 29-36: Update the existing-worker branch in the backup
reconciliation flow to apply LegacyUnknown only when the worker is controlled by
the current Backup; if it is foreign, wait and requeue until it is gone rather
than recording legacy metadata or failing permanently. Preserve the existing
not-found path so a new worker can capture the replacement Backup’s
volume-coverage and consistency metadata.

Review comments at @operator/internal/controller/gameserver_controller.go:
- Around line 276-288: Update the restore flow around
prepareSnapshotRestoreTarget and copyRestoredTemplate to persist the target
identity and install the Restore cleanup finalizer before copying can fail. In
unsuccessful Restore cleanup, clear restoreTemplateAnnotation only when no
effective pin exists; ensure this cleanup also handles a target created
immediately before the Restore is deleted, so reconcileTemplateRevision can
proceed.

Review comments at
@operator/internal/controller/gameserver_template_revision.go:
- Around line 157-195: Add an operator-visible cancellation path for held
Rollouts in the reconciliation flow around `recoverLifecycleOperation` and
`loadTemplateSnapshot`. Define how operators request cancellation, then release
the held lifecycle owner only after required cleanup while preserving the
current effective template pin; do not assume the server is stopped, and
establish the appropriate safe cleanup behavior for either running or stopped
servers.

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