feat: allow replica=0 on jumpstarter components - #1026
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe operator now accepts ChangesScale-to-zero suspension
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new replica=0 behavior is mergeable, but nil router replica values can still be treated as an intentional suspension in some paths, potentially scaling routers to zero unexpectedly for older or programmatically created configurations; the default handling should be centralized as a bounded follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant JumpstarterReconciler
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JumpstarterReconciler->>KubernetesAPI: Scale router Deployments to zero
JumpstarterReconciler->>KubernetesAPI: Preserve router Services
JumpstarterReconciler->>ControllerConfig: Omit suspended telemetry endpoint
JumpstarterReconciler->>ReadinessStatus: Report suspended components as ready
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In `@controller/deploy/operator/api/v1alpha1/jumpstarter_types.go`:
- Around line 398-401: In
controller/deploy/operator/api/v1alpha1/jumpstarter_types.go lines 398-401,
change the controller Replicas field to a pointer and treat nil as the default
in reconcileControllerDeployment, buildConfig, and status checks; in lines
358-362, make the router Replicas field a pointer and apply the default for nil
in reconcileRouterDeployment, reconcileServices, buildRouter,
cleanupExcessRouterDeployments, cleanupExcessRouterServices, and status checks.
Regenerate the CRD YAML and DeepCopy code after updating the types.
Apply the same fix in
`@controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/jumpstarter_controller_test.go`
around lines 840 - 907.
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Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
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In
`@controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/jumpstarter_controller.go`:
- Around line 381-390: Add one shared helper that resolves nil Routers.Replicas
to the documented default of 3, then reuse it in jumpstarter_controller.go
(lines 381-390) and throughout reconcileServices, buildRouter,
cleanupExcessRouterDeployments, cleanupExcessRouterServices, and
SetupWithManager’s secret index; use it for certReplicas in certificates.go
(lines 111-115) and routerReplicas plus checkRouterCertificatesReady in
status.go (lines 381-398), so nil is never treated as suspension or passed
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| // When replicas is 0, suspend all existing router Deployments in-place | ||
| // (scale to 0 pods) without deleting them or their associated resources. | ||
| routerReplicas := int32(0) | ||
| if jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { | ||
| routerReplicas = *jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas | ||
| } | ||
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| if routerReplicas == 0 { | ||
| return r.suspendAllRouterDeployments(ctx, jumpstarter) | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
A nil spec.routers.replicas is converted to 0 in three places and reads as an explicit suspension. The CRD default of 3 covers objects that pass through the API server, but a stored object written before the default existed, or an in-process caller that builds RoutersConfig directly, reaches the nil branch. The controller path resolves nil differently: it forwards the nil pointer and Kubernetes runs one pod. Add one helper that resolves nil to the documented default and use it at each site.
controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/jumpstarter_controller.go#L381-L390: replace the inline nil-to-zero block with the shared helper so a nil value does not suspend every router Deployment, and apply the same helper inreconcileServices,buildRouter,cleanupExcessRouterDeployments,cleanupExcessRouterServices, and theSetupWithManagersecret index.controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/certificates.go#L111-L115: use the shared helper forcertReplicasso router Certificates are still reconciled when the field is nil.controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/status.go#L381-L398: use the shared helper forrouterReplicasso a nil value does not reportRouterDeploymentsReady=Truewith a suspended message, and apply it incheckRouterCertificatesReady.
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controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/jumpstarter_controller.go#L381-L390(this comment)controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/certificates.go#L111-L115controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/status.go#L381-L398
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In
`@controller/deploy/operator/internal/controller/jumpstarter/jumpstarter_controller.go`
around lines 381 - 390, Add one shared helper that resolves nil Routers.Replicas
to the documented default of 3, then reuse it in jumpstarter_controller.go
(lines 381-390) and throughout reconcileServices, buildRouter,
cleanupExcessRouterDeployments, cleanupExcessRouterServices, and
SetupWithManager’s secret index; use it for certReplicas in certificates.go
(lines 111-115) and routerReplicas plus checkRouterCertificatesReady in
status.go (lines 381-398), so nil is never treated as suspension or passed
through unresolved.
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I havent' fully reviewed the comments, but at least the first part is good.
| routerReplicas := int32(0) | ||
| if jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { | ||
| routerReplicas = *jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas | ||
| } | ||
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| if routerReplicas == 0 { | ||
| return r.suspendAllRouterDeployments(ctx, jumpstarter) | ||
| } |
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The nil-to-zero fallback pattern is repeated in ~8 places throughout this file (and in certificates.go and status.go). When Replicas is nil, the code treats it as 0 — i.e. suspended — but the CRD default for routers is 3. While objects that pass through the API server will always have the default applied, a defensive helper would make the intent explicit and protect against in-process callers or pre-existing stored objects.
Consider introducing a small helper:
func routerReplicas(spec *operatorv1alpha1.RoutersConfig) int32 {
if spec.Replicas != nil {
return *spec.Replicas
}
return 3 // CRD default
}This would replace the repeated if spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { ... } else { 0 } blocks and eliminate the risk of nil being silently treated as suspension. The same pattern applies to controllerReplicas (default 1).
This echoes the unresolved coderabbit comment, but I want to emphasize: the fallback to 0 rather than the documented default is the specific concern — a nil pointer should mean "no opinion, use default", not "suspend everything".
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| @@ -81,10 +83,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Jumpstarter Controller", func() { | |||
| }, | |||
| }, | |||
| }, | |||
| Routers: operatorv1alpha1.RoutersConfig{ | |||
| Image: "quay.io/jumpstarter/jumpstarter:latest", | |||
| ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent", | |||
| Replicas: 1, | |||
| Routers: operatorv1alpha1.RoutersConfig{ | |||
| Image: "quay.io/jumpstarter/jumpstarter:latest", | |||
| ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent", | |||
| Replicas: ptr.To(int32(1)), | |||
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The indentation here is broken — Controller: and Routers: field declarations were de-indented by one tab (they're now at the Spec: level rather than inside the JumpstarterSpec struct literal), while their nested fields like Resources and GRPC remain at the old deeper indentation. This compiles because Go struct literals allow mixed indentation, but it makes the code very hard to read and inconsistent with the rest of the test file.
Looks like this was an artifact of the int32 → *int32 replacement — the lines with Replicas: were touched but the surrounding context wasn't re-indented properly.
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| cleanupRouterReplicas := int32(0) | ||
| if jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { | ||
| cleanupRouterReplicas = *jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas | ||
| } |
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The cleanupRouterReplicas variable is recalculated inside the inner for i := range deploymentList.Items loop, meaning it's re-evaluated (with the same result) for every deployment in the list. This should be hoisted outside the loop — both for clarity and to avoid the repeated nil-check.
cleanupRouterReplicas := int32(0)
if jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil {
cleanupRouterReplicas = *jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas
}
for i := range deploymentList.Items {
deployment := &deploymentList.Items[i]
for idx := cleanupRouterReplicas; idx < 100; idx++ {
...
}
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| return r.suspendAllRouterDeployments(ctx, jumpstarter) | ||
| } | ||
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| // Cache hashes by secret name so a shared CertSecret is fetched once across replicas. |
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When routerReplicas == 0, suspendAllRouterDeployments returns early, which skips both the deployment creation loop and the cleanupExcessRouterDeployments call at line 482. This means suspended router deployments (from a previous higher replica count, e.g., 3 → 0) are preserved in-place — which is the stated intent.
However, when resuming from 0 to a smaller count (e.g., 3 → 0 → 1), the excess suspended deployments (router-1, router-2) are cleaned up by cleanupExcessRouterDeployments — which works correctly because the reconcile path now enters the loop for replicas=1, creates/updates router-0, then calls cleanup which deletes router-1 and router-2.
The test at line ~1134 ("resumes to 1 replica after 3->0 suspension") covers this path well. Just flagging that this interaction between the suspend path and the cleanup path is a bit subtle, and a code comment noting "cleanup of stale suspended deployments happens on the resume path, not the suspend path" would help future readers.
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| // When replicas==0 the telemetry Deployment is suspended (no ready endpoints), so omit | ||
| // the telemetry block from the config to avoid directing exporters to a dead endpoint. | ||
| if jumpstarter.Spec.Telemetry != nil && jumpstarter.Spec.Telemetry.Enabled { | ||
| t := jumpstarter.Spec.Telemetry | ||
| telemetryCfg := &config.Telemetry{ | ||
| Enabled: true, | ||
| Endpoint: telemetryEndpointFor(jumpstarter.Namespace), | ||
| } | ||
| if t.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity != "" { | ||
| telemetryCfg.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity = t.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity | ||
| if t.Replicas == nil || *t.Replicas > 0 { | ||
| telemetryCfg := &config.Telemetry{ | ||
| Enabled: true, | ||
| Endpoint: telemetryEndpointFor(jumpstarter.Namespace), | ||
| } | ||
| if t.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity != "" { | ||
| telemetryCfg.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity = t.Logging.Filter.MinSeverity | ||
| } | ||
| cfg.Telemetry = telemetryCfg | ||
| } | ||
| cfg.Telemetry = telemetryCfg | ||
| } | ||
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| // gRPC keepalive configuration |
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When telemetry is enabled and replicas == 0, the telemetry block is omitted from the ConfigMap entirely. This is a good choice since there are no ready endpoints to connect to, but it's worth considering: when the controller is resumed (replicas restored > 0), does the ConfigMap get reconciled again to re-add the telemetry block?
Looking at the reconcile loop, buildConfig is called as part of reconcileConfigMaps on every reconciliation, so the telemetry block will be automatically restored on the next reconcile after replicas are bumped back up. This looks correct.
One minor thought: exporters that are already connected when telemetry is suspended will lose their MetricsStream targets. That's inherent to the feature, but it might be worth documenting in the PR description or in the CRD field comment that suspending telemetry will disrupt existing exporter metric streams until it's resumed.
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| routerReplicas := int32(0) | ||
| if js.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { | ||
| routerReplicas = *js.Spec.Routers.Replicas | ||
| } |
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Same nil-to-zero fallback. If Replicas is nil here, routerReplicas becomes 0 and the function returns "Router deployments suspended (replicas: 0)" — reporting suspension when no suspension was actually requested.
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| Controller: operatorv1alpha1.ControllerConfig{ | ||
| Image: image, | ||
| ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent, | ||
| Replicas: ptr.To(int32(1)), | ||
| GRPC: operatorv1alpha1.GRPCConfig{ | ||
| Endpoints: []operatorv1alpha1.Endpoint{ | ||
| {Address: fmt.Sprintf("grpc.%s:8082", jwtCATestNamespace)}, | ||
| }, | ||
| }, | ||
| Routers: operatorv1alpha1.RoutersConfig{ | ||
| Image: image, | ||
| ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent, | ||
| Replicas: 1, | ||
| }, | ||
| Routers: operatorv1alpha1.RoutersConfig{ |
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Same broken indentation issue as in the unit test file — Controller: and Routers: were de-indented while their nested fields (GRPC:, etc.) remain at the old deeper indentation level.
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The E2E test changes here update existing tests for the int32 → *int32 type change, which is necessary. However, the scale-to-zero feature itself (the core of this PR) doesn't have dedicated E2E tests. The existing E2E tests cover replica scale-up/down (3 → 1), but not the 0-replica suspension behavior.
Consider adding E2E tests for:
- Setting
controller.replicas=0and verifying the Deployment exists with 0 pods - Setting
routers.replicas=0and verifying Deployments are suspended, Services preserved - Restoring from
replicas=0back toreplicas=1and verifying pods come back up - Verifying that status conditions show
Suspendedreason when at 0 replicas
These are core operator behavioral changes that would benefit from E2E coverage.
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| zero := int32(0) | ||
| for i := range deploymentList.Items { | ||
| dep := &deploymentList.Items[i] | ||
| if dep.Spec.Replicas != nil && *dep.Spec.Replicas == 0 { | ||
| continue | ||
| } | ||
| dep.Spec.Replicas = &zero |
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Nit: all deployments in the list end up pointing to the same &zero variable. This is safe in Go (the Kubernetes API serializes the value, and the Deployment spec stores its own copy on the server side), but it's slightly cleaner to use ptr.To(int32(0)) per iteration to match the style used elsewhere in this PR (e.g., the ptr.To(int32(1)) calls in test code). Not a correctness issue.
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| routerReplicaCount := int32(0) | ||
| if jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas != nil { | ||
| routerReplicaCount = *jumpstarter.Spec.Routers.Replicas | ||
| } |
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When routers are suspended (replicas == 0), buildRouter returns an empty map. This means the ConfigMap's router.yaml will contain {}. If the controller is running (not itself suspended) and reads this ConfigMap, it will see zero router entries.
This is probably fine — if only the routers are suspended but the controller is running, clients attempting to Dial would fail to find a router anyway. But it's worth noting the coupling: suspending routers effectively disables Dial/Listen routing at the controller level too, since the ConfigMap no longer has router endpoint information. This might be worth documenting — suspending routers doesn't just stop router pods, it also removes router entries from the controller's config.
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Summary
This PR adds support for setting replicas: 0 on Jumpstarter controller components. This allows workloads to be temporarily suspended without deleting their Deployments, Services, certificates, or other configuration, making it easy to resume them later.
Components that can now be scaled to zero:
spec.controller.replicas— keeps the controller Deployment and scales it to 0 pods.spec.routers.replicas— scales router Deployments to 0 while keeping their Services and TLS certificates.spec.telemetry.replicas— scales the telemetry Deployment to 0 and keeps its Service. The telemetry endpoint is removed from the controller ConfigMap while suspended.spec.exporterSets.provisioners[].replicas— scales individual provisioner Deployments to 0 while keeping their Deployment and RBAC configuration.Suspended components report Ready=True with the Suspended reason, since being scaled to zero is intentional and shouldn't be treated as a failure.
ExporterSetControllersReady is also updated when all provisioners are suspended or disabled, so a stale False condition doesn't block the overall resource readiness.
The CRD minimum replica validation for these fields is changed from 1 to 0. Existing configurations with one or more replicas are unaffected.
Examples
Suspend the controller
Suspend everything