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fix(aisix): stop rendering env names twice when extraEnvVars overrides them - #398

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When extraEnvVars sets an env name the chart also renders, the gateway container ends up with that name twice. Kubernetes lets the later entry win, and extraEnvVars comes last, so the user's value is the one that takes effect. The duplicate still causes trouble, though. Server-side apply refuses repeated names, so a Helm 4 install with such an override fails (duplicate entries for key [name="…"]), and a strategic-merge upgrade after a rollback can fail with "order in patch list".

The obvious fix, dropping the chart's own entry, breaks upgrades. A 1.5.0 release that overrides a name 1.5.0 rendered already has that name twice in its live Deployment. A Helm 3 upgrade to a manifest that has the name once then deletes both entries, the override included. This was measured on kind. #397 already runs into this for the names it moved into the ConfigMap (AISIX_MANAGED__CP_BASE_URL, AISIX_MANAGED__HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECS, AISIX_PROXY__ADDR, AISIX_OBSERVABILITY__METRICS__PROMETHEUS__ADDR, …). A 1.5.0 → main upgrade silently lost those overrides, and the gateway fell back to the chart values until a second upgrade restored them. This PR fixes that regression too.

The env list is now built in one helper, aisix.env, which applies these rules:

  • A name chart 1.5.0 rendered for the same values (listed in aisix.env150) keeps the chart's entry ahead of the user's when extraEnvVars overrides it. If the chart no longer renders the entry itself, it uses the value 1.5.0 gave it. Upgrading a 1.5.0 release therefore keeps the override.
  • Any other name, such as the configSecrets-generated ones, is deduplicated. The chart leaves its entry out when extraEnvVars sets the same name.
  • The effective value is always the extraEnvVars one, as before.

When extraEnvVars sets none of the chart's own names, the rendered manifests are identical to main. That includes the #397 PEM wiring.

aisix-render-checks.sh gains four checks covering both behaviours. Against main, three of them fail: the new-name duplicate in both modes, and the missing 1.5.0 pair. The fourth guards standalone mode against over-rendering and passes on both. The extraEnvVars value comment and the README now spell out three things: overriding a chart-managed name through extraEnvVars is only a compatibility path for existing deployments; for a 1.5.0 name the container then lists it twice, which Helm 4 server-side apply rejects; and new installs set the value in its own key or under config.

One limit remains: a 1.5.0 name overridden through extraEnvVars still appears twice, so a Helm 4 server-side-apply install with such an override still fails. Removing that duplicate would drop the override on upgrade from 1.5.0.

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When extraEnvVars set a name the chart also rendered, the container carried
the name twice. Kubernetes lets the later (user's) entry win, but a repeated
name makes a later upgrade fail after a rollback and is refused outright by
server-side apply, so a Helm 4 install with such an override fails.

The chart now drops its own entry for a name extraEnvVars also sets, except
for the names chart 1.5.0 rendered. A 1.5.0 release that overrides one of
those already carries it twice, and a Helm 3 upgrade whose manifest carries
it once deletes both entries, the override included. For those names the
chart keeps rendering its entry (with 1.5.0's value where the chart no longer
sets it) ahead of the user's, which also restores the overrides #397 dropped
on upgrade for the names it moved into the ConfigMap.

The effective value is unchanged: always the extraEnvVars one.
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The AISIX chart now builds container environment variables through shared Helm helpers. It preserves selected version 1.5.0 entries when users override them, appends extraEnvVars, and adds render checks and documentation for override precedence.

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AISIX environment overrides

Layer / File(s) Summary
Environment assembly and deployment wiring
charts/aisix/templates/_helpers.tpl, charts/aisix/templates/deployment.yaml
The new helpers assemble chart-managed environment entries with extraEnvVars and reconstruct version 1.5.0 entries. The deployment renders its container environment through aisix.env.
Override checks and guidance
.github/scripts/aisix-render-checks.sh, charts/aisix/README.md, charts/aisix/README.md.gotmpl, charts/aisix/values.yaml
Render checks cover overrides of environment-variable names present or absent in version 1.5.0. Documentation describes compatibility overrides and directs settings to dedicated values.

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Change: Bug fix

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Redis installations that override AISIX_RATELIMIT__BACKEND may encounter an upgrade patch failure. Remove the synthetic legacy entry before merging.

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E2e Test Quality Review ⚠️ Warning Blocking E2E gap: the new checks only run helm template and evaluate rendered YAML in .github/scripts/aisix-render-checks.sh. They do not install or upgrade a release, exercise Kubernetes merge be… Add a kind-based E2E test that installs the chart with the relevant extraEnvVars, upgrades from a 1.5.0-style manifest to the PR manifest, and verifies the resulting Deployment and running pod. Cover both control-plane and standalone mode…
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Blocking E2E gap: the new checks only run helm template and evaluate rendered YAML in .github/scripts/aisix-render-checks.sh. They do not install or upgrade a release, exercise Kubernetes merge behavior, or verify a running gateway. The existing standalone and listener CI installs do not use the new AISIX_* override scenarios. Therefore, the PR does not test the full install/upgrade flow that it claims to fix.

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Add a kind-based E2E test that installs the chart with the relevant extraEnvVars, upgrades from a 1.5.0-style manifest to the PR manifest, and verifies the resulting Deployment and running pod. Cover both control-plane and standalone modes, including a new-name override and a 1.5.0 legacy-name override. Keep the render assertions as fast preflight checks.

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Review comments at @charts/aisix/templates/_helpers.tpl:
- Around line 338-366: Remove the append of AISIX_RATELIMIT__BACKEND from the
Redis block in aisix.env150, while retaining the Redis URL entry; the backend
variable should come from aisix.env so extraEnvVars overrides do not create
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