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What does this PR do?

What issues does this PR fix or reference?

Is it tested? How?

To test this PR, I used this catalog source to install DWO on an OCP 5.0 cluster:

apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: CatalogSource
metadata:
  name: dwo-tls-adherence
  namespace: openshift-marketplace
spec:
  sourceType: grpc
  image: quay.io/dkwon17/devworkspace-operator-index:tls-adherence
  displayName: "DWO TLS Adherence"
  publisher: "Test"
  updateStrategy:
    registryPoll:
      interval: 15m

For verification, I followed these testing steps: https://gist.github.com/dkwon17/92211bd5cf6a7a101d1e27c3179acb7a

PR Checklist

  • E2E tests pass (when PR is ready, comment /test v8-devworkspace-operator-e2e, v8-che-happy-path to trigger)
    • v8-devworkspace-operator-e2e: DevWorkspace e2e test
    • v8-che-happy-path: Happy path for verification integration with Che

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added OpenShift-aware TLS configuration for metrics and webhook servers.
    • Servers now respond to TLS security-profile changes by restarting gracefully when needed.
    • Added support for applying cluster TLS profiles while preserving safe defaults elsewhere.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Updated OpenShift permissions to allow appropriate cluster-wide discovery of API server settings.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for TLS profiles, adherence policies, platform differences, and configuration edge cases.

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Walkthrough

The operator now configures server TLS from OpenShift security profiles, watches for profile changes, and restarts through context cancellation. RBAC grants unrestricted list/watch and cluster-named get access to apiservers. Tests cover supported adherence policies and fallback behavior.

Changes

Cluster TLS adherence

Layer / File(s) Summary
TLS configuration and change watcher
pkg/tlssetup/server_tls.go, pkg/tlssetup/server_tls_test.go, go.mod
Adds OpenShift-aware TLS option construction, adherence-policy evaluation, profile watching, restart cancellation, and tests for OpenShift and non-OpenShift cases.
Server TLS wiring and restart lifecycle
main.go, webhook/main.go
Applies shared TLS options to metrics and webhook servers. Registers the OpenShift scheme when required and starts managers with cancellable contexts.
OpenShift API server access
controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go, deploy/bundle/manifests/..., deploy/deployment/{kubernetes,openshift}/..., deploy/templates/components/rbac/role.yaml
Splits apiservers permissions into unrestricted list/watch access and cluster-named get access across controller RBAC declarations and manifests.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 1cb3b

The PR adds OpenShift TLS configuration retrieval, but the current deployment permissions can prevent the watcher from initializing, while startup may wait indefinitely during an API-server stall. These concrete correctness and availability risks should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Controller
  participant TLSSetup
  participant OpenShiftAPIServer
  participant MetricsServer
  participant WebhookServer
  Controller->>TLSSetup: BuildServerTLSOptions
  TLSSetup->>OpenShiftAPIServer: fetch profile and adherence policy
  OpenShiftAPIServer-->>TLSSetup: return security settings
  TLSSetup-->>Controller: return TLS options and initial state
  Controller->>MetricsServer: apply TLS options
  Controller->>WebhookServer: apply TLS options
  Controller->>TLSSetup: RegisterSecurityProfileWatcher
  OpenShiftAPIServer-->>TLSSetup: report profile or policy change
  TLSSetup-->>Controller: cancel manager context
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dkwon17 force-pushed the tls-adherence branch 5 times, most recently from e4a4ced to ae38f2b Compare August 25, 2026 20:01
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dkwon17 marked this pull request as ready for review August 25, 2026 21:13
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Signed-off-by: David Kwon <dakwon@redhat.com>
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Inline comments:
In `@controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go`:
- Line 99: The APIServer RBAC rule restricts list/watch to resourceNames=cluster
while SecurityProfileWatcher.SetupWithManager watches without a matching field
selector. Remove resourceNames=cluster from the list/watch rule, then regenerate
the affected manifests in
controllers/workspace/devworkspace_controller.go:99-99,
deploy/deployment/openshift/combined.yaml:27927-27936,
deploy/deployment/openshift/objects/devworkspace-controller-role.ClusterRole.yaml:138-147,
and deploy/templates/components/rbac/role.yaml:136-145; no selector change is
needed.

In `@main.go`:
- Around line 120-122: Replace the unbounded context.Background() passed to
BuildServerTLSOptions in main.go lines 120-122 and webhook/main.go lines 96-98
with a finite startup context, ensuring both TLS profile bootstrap entry points
time out and can reach the documented fallback.

In `@TLS_ADHERENCE_TEST_PLAN.md`:
- Around line 13-19: Update Test 1 and the corresponding sections around the
later referenced ranges to consistently expect LegacyAdheringComponentsOnly
after removing spec.tlsAdherence. Define that default value explicitly, then
align the verification command, expected logs, and results table with it.
- Around line 90-98: Update the TLS adherence test steps around the restart
checks to capture the current pod name before each profile patch, then wait for
a different ready pod after the restart. Inspect the pre-patch pod’s logs for
the watcher message “TLS security profile changed; initiating graceful restart,”
and inspect the replacement pod’s logs separately for the applied minTLSVersion
value.
- Around line 30-31: Update the legacy-path watcher expectations in
TLS_ADHERENCE_TEST_PLAN.md: after successful API server value retrieval sets
profileFetched=true, RegisterSecurityProfileWatcher registers the watcher even
when TLS options are not required. Remove or replace the “Skipping TLS profile
watcher (profile not applied)” examples and revise Test 5 and the referenced
notes to state that the watcher is running; retain skipping behavior only for
failed profile fetching.
- Line 63: Update the fenced code block in TLS_ADHERENCE_TEST_PLAN.md around the
referenced log fragment to specify the text language, resolving the Markdownlint
MD040 warning without changing the block contents.

In `@webhook/main.go`:
- Around line 35-40: Reorder the imports in the webhook package so configv1
appears in the third-party/Kubernetes group before the project-local tlssetup,
version, server, and workspace imports, preserving the three groups separated by
blank lines.
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Comment thread main.go
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serverTLS := tlssetup.BuildServerTLSOptions(
context.Background(), ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), scheme, setupLog, nil)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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🌐 Web query:

For Kubernetes client-go v0.36.0, what is the behavior of rest.Config.Timeout == 0 for requests made by a controller-runtime v0.24.1 client? Does Client.Get honor a caller-provided context deadline?

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In Kubernetes client-go v0.36.0, setting rest.Config.Timeout to 0 means "no timeout," which instructs the client not to apply a global, client-side timeout to requests [1][2][3]. Regarding the behavior of controller-runtime v0.24.1: 1. Honoring Context Deadlines: Yes, the controller-runtime client's Get method honors the context provided by the caller [4][5]. When you pass a context with a deadline or cancellation (e.g., via context.WithTimeout), the underlying client-go REST client respects this context [6][7]. 2. Interaction with Timeout == 0: If rest.Config.Timeout is 0, the client does not impose an automatic, global timeout on the request [1][6][7]. Consequently, the request's lifetime is effectively controlled by the provided context [6][7]. If the context expires, the request will be canceled regardless of the rest.Config.Timeout setting [6][7]. In summary, controller-runtime v0.24.1 properly propagates the context, allowing callers to manage request lifecycles through context-based deadlines even when a global client-side timeout is disabled [6][4][5].

Citations:


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git diff -- main.go webhook/main.go
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🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/openshift/controller-runtime-common FetchAPIServerTLSProfile FetchAPIServerTLSAdherencePolicy context client.Get

💡 Result:

FetchAPIServerTLSProfile and FetchAPIServerTLSAdherencePolicy are utility functions found in the openshift/controller-runtime-common library, which provides shared components for OpenShift controller-runtime implementations [1][2][3]. These functions facilitate the integration of cluster-wide TLS security policies into operators and controllers [3]. FetchAPIServerTLSProfile is used to retrieve the TLS security profile from the APIServer custom resource (apiservers.config.openshift.io/cluster) [2][3]. If the resource is not configured, it typically returns the default Intermediate profile [2][4]. Developers commonly use it in a pattern similar to the following: tlsProfileSpec, err:= openshifttls.FetchAPIServerTLSProfile(ctx, client) if err!= nil { return err } FetchAPIServerTLSAdherencePolicy is a related function used to retrieve the TLS adherence policy from the APIServer configuration [5]. Key implementation details for these functions include: - Context and Client: Both functions require a context.Context and a client.Client (from the controller-runtime library) to perform the lookups against the cluster API [2][4][5]. - Fallback Behavior: On non-OpenShift clusters or when the APIServer custom resource is absent, these functions may return an error [5]. Implementations frequently handle this by logging an informational message and falling back to a default configuration [5]. - Usage Pattern: Operators typically call these during the initialization or startup phase to ensure TLS compliance, often in conjunction with other utilities like NewTLSConfigFromProfile, which converts the retrieved profile into a configuration suitable for webhooks or metrics servers [2][3]. - RBAC Requirements: Utilizing these functions requires the controller to have RBAC permissions to get, list, and watch the apiservers resource in the config.openshift.io API group [3].

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Bound the TLS profile bootstrap context.

BuildServerTLSOptions passes ctx to the controller-runtime client for both API-server fetches. With context.Background() and rest.Config.Timeout == 0, a stalled request can block startup and prevent the documented fallback. Pass a finite startup context from both entry points.

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In `@main.go` around lines 120 - 122, Replace the unbounded context.Background()
passed to BuildServerTLSOptions in main.go lines 120-122 and webhook/main.go
lines 96-98 with a finite startup context, ensuring both TLS profile bootstrap
entry points time out and can reach the documented fallback.

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In `@deploy/bundle/manifests/devworkspace-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml`:
- Around line 218-227: Update the OLM CSV RBAC rule for apiservers used by
SecurityProfileWatcher.SetupWithManager: keep get restricted with resourceNames
cluster, but split list and watch into a separate config.openshift.io apiservers
rule without resourceNames so the unfiltered cache can start.
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…resourceNames restriction blocks list/watch verbs but works correctly for get

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}
}

func TestRegisterSecurityProfileWatcher_NoTLSOpts(t *testing.T) {

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func TestRegisterSecurityProfileWatcher_NoTLSOpts(t *testing.T) {
func TestRegisterSecurityProfileWatcher_ProfileNotFetched(t *testing.T) {

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I tested provided test plan and can confirm it works as expected ✅

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