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Summary

  • Restart openvswitch service after OVN cleanup in microshift-cleanup-data.sh. The script was stopping ovsdb-server without restarting the openvswitch service, leaving ovs-vswitchd running without its database. This stale OVS state prevented OVN from reinitializing on the next MicroShift start, causing all pods to get stuck in FailedCreatePodSandBox.
  • Change hostname test from .local to .example. The .local TLD is reserved for mDNS (RFC 6762) and can cause DNS interference with OVN initialization, especially on systems with Avahi/systemd-resolved.

Root Cause

Found during RC.0 release testing (PR #7284). The hostname RF test (suites/standard1/hostname.robot) was failing in all release scenarios that use optional images (*-lrel-optional). The failure chain:

  1. Test changes hostname to microshift.local and calls microshift-cleanup-data --all --keep-images
  2. Cleanup script stops ovsdb-server.service (line 106) but never restarts openvswitch.service
  3. ovs-vswitchd continues running without its database
  4. MicroShift starts, microshift.service has Wants=openvswitch.service — if systemd considers it still "active", it won't restart it
  5. OVN-Kubernetes fails: on RPM (error clearing stale ovs flow targets), on bootc (readiness probe returns empty)
  6. CNI conf /etc/cni/net.d/10-ovn-kubernetes.conf is never created → all pods stuck in FailedCreatePodSandBox
  7. With optional components installed (~20 workloads), the 600s healthcheck timeout is exceeded

This was masked in non-release scenarios because those use images without optional components — fewer workloads meant the system could recover in time despite the stale OVS state.

Test plan

  • Verify hostname RF test passes in standard1 scenarios with optional images
  • Verify microshift-cleanup-data --all followed by systemctl start microshift results in healthy OVN
  • Verify no regression in non-release standard1 scenarios

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved MicroShift restart reliability by clearing stale networking state before startup.
    • Cleanup now continues safely when the networking service cannot be restarted.
  • Tests

    • Updated hostname validation coverage to use microshift-test.example.
    • Revised hostname-related verification to confirm MicroShift restart behavior after a system hostname change.

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Summary

  • Restart openvswitch service after OVN cleanup in microshift-cleanup-data.sh. The script was stopping ovsdb-server without restarting the openvswitch service, leaving ovs-vswitchd running without its database. This stale OVS state prevented OVN from reinitializing on the next MicroShift start, causing all pods to get stuck in FailedCreatePodSandBox.
  • Change hostname test from .local to .example. The .local TLD is reserved for mDNS (RFC 6762) and can cause DNS interference with OVN initialization, especially on systems with Avahi/systemd-resolved.

Root Cause

Found during RC.0 release testing (PR #7284). The hostname RF test (suites/standard1/hostname.robot) was failing in all release scenarios that use optional images (*-lrel-optional). The failure chain:

  1. Test changes hostname to microshift.local and calls microshift-cleanup-data --all --keep-images
  2. Cleanup script stops ovsdb-server.service (line 106) but never restarts openvswitch.service
  3. ovs-vswitchd continues running without its database
  4. MicroShift starts, microshift.service has Wants=openvswitch.service — if systemd considers it still "active", it won't restart it
  5. OVN-Kubernetes fails: on RPM (error clearing stale ovs flow targets), on bootc (readiness probe returns empty)
  6. CNI conf /etc/cni/net.d/10-ovn-kubernetes.conf is never created → all pods stuck in FailedCreatePodSandBox
  7. With optional components installed (~20 workloads), the 600s healthcheck timeout is exceeded

This was masked in non-release scenarios because those use images without optional components — fewer workloads meant the system could recover in time despite the stale OVS state.

Test plan

  • Verify hostname RF test passes in standard1 scenarios with optional images
  • Verify microshift-cleanup-data --all followed by systemctl start microshift results in healthy OVN
  • Verify no regression in non-release standard1 scenarios

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Walkthrough

The cleanup script restarts openvswitch.service after stopping OVN processes. The hostname test uses microshift-test.example and documents MicroShift restart validation.

Changes

Cleanup and hostname validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Open vSwitch cleanup
scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh
The cleanup script restarts openvswitch.service and ignores restart failures.
Hostname restart validation
test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot
The hostname test uses microshift-test.example and documents MicroShift restart validation.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8af9a

This localized change updates cleanup behavior and the hostname test; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing OVN failures after a hostname change through the cleanup script. It is concise and related to the pull request.
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Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. It introduces no Ginkgo It(), Describe(), Context(), or When() titles. The Robot test…
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and the Robot Framework file test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The complete diff from origin/main contains no Ginkgo te…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The base-to-HEAD diff contains no Go files and no added Ginkgo declarations such as…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The diff contains only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot; the latter is a Robot Framework test. Therefore…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The code diff adds an openvswitch.service restart and changes a test hostname/doc…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed The pull request changes only a Bash cleanup script and a Robot Framework test. It changes no Go or OTE binary code. The added echo is in scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh, not in an OTE process-…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The full diff contains no changed Go files and adds no Ginkgo declarations. The Rob…
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and the hostname Robot suite. The added code restarts openvswitch.service, and the other changes replace the test hostname and document…
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes only a shell cleanup script and a Robot test. The added code calls systemctl restart openvswitch.service; it adds no container or Kubernetes privilege settings. The changed line…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed PASS. The PR adds only a generic echo Restarting openvswitch service message and a synthetic .example test hostname. Neither exposes passwords, tokens, API keys, PII, session IDs, customer data, o…
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PASS: The PR changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. It introduces no Ginkgo It(), Describe(), Context(), or When() titles. The Robot test title remains the static Verify Local Host Name Resolution; microshift-test.example is a suite variable used as test input, not a title.

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PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and the Robot Framework file test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The complete diff from origin/main contains no Ginkgo test code, It blocks, or Ginkgo setup/wait/assertion changes. Therefore this Ginkgo-specific check is not applicable.

Full details: Microshift Test Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The base-to-HEAD diff contains no Go files and no added Ginkgo declarations such as It, Describe, Context, or When. Therefore, this MicroShift Ginkgo test compatibility check is not applicable.

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PASS: The pull request adds no Ginkgo e2e tests. The diff contains only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot; the latter is a Robot Framework test. Therefore, the SNO multi-node compatibility check is not applicable.

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PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The code diff adds an openvswitch.service restart and changes a test hostname/documentation. It adds or modifies no deployment manifests, operator code, controllers, pod scheduling constraints, replica settings, affinity, topology spread, node selectors, or PDBs. The topology-aware scheduling check is therefore not applicable.

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The pull request changes only a Bash cleanup script and a Robot Framework test. It changes no Go or OTE binary code. The added echo is in scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh, not in an OTE process-level entry point. The hostname change is test data and documentation only. No custom-check failure condition is introduced.

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PASS: The pull request changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot. The full diff contains no changed Go files and adds no Ginkgo declarations. The Robot test uses the cluster-local router-default deployment and does not add public network access, IPv4 literals, or IPv4-only parsing.

Full details: No-Weak-Crypto

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PASS: The PR changes only scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh and the hostname Robot suite. The added code restarts openvswitch.service, and the other changes replace the test hostname and documentation. The PR diff introduces no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom cryptography, or secret/token comparisons.

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PASS: The PR changes only a shell cleanup script and a Robot test. The added code calls systemctl restart openvswitch.service; it adds no container or Kubernetes privilege settings. The changed lines contain no privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, or allowPrivilegeEscalation declarations. The script's root requirement is pre-existing and is justified by its host cleanup operations, not introduced by this PR.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

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PASS. The PR adds only a generic echo Restarting openvswitch service message and a synthetic .example test hostname. Neither exposes passwords, tokens, API keys, PII, session IDs, customer data, or internal hostnames. The existing Robot log calls and resource files are unchanged.

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31-32: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename the test case to match its new behavior.

Verify Local Host Name Resolution still reports hostname-resolution coverage, but the test now validates MicroShift restart after a hostname change. Rename the case or restore an explicit resolution assertion.

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In `@test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot` around lines 31 - 32, Rename the test
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verifies MicroShift restart behavior after a hostname change, as described by
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In `@scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh`:
- Line 114: Update the Open vSwitch restart command in the cleanup script to
propagate restart failures instead of suppressing them with “|| true”; only
handle an explicitly identified unsupported-service case if required, while
preserving normal cleanup failure reporting.

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In `@test/suites/standard1/hostname.robot`:
- Around line 31-32: Rename the test case currently titled “Verify Local Host
Name Resolution” to reflect that it verifies MicroShift restart behavior after a
hostname change, as described by its documentation. Keep the existing test steps
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# stopped ovsdb-server, otherwise OVN cannot reinitialize on
# the next MicroShift start.
echo Restarting openvswitch service
systemctl restart openvswitch.service 2>/dev/null || true

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not ignore Open vSwitch restart failures.

This restart is the cleanup fix. With || true, cleanup can return success while stale flow state remains, and the following MicroShift start can fail. Propagate the failure, or handle only a known unsupported-service case explicitly.

Proposed fix
-        systemctl restart openvswitch.service 2>/dev/null || true
+        if ! systemctl restart openvswitch.service; then
+            echo "Failed to restart openvswitch.service" >&2
+            return 1
+        fi
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systemctl restart openvswitch.service 2>/dev/null || true
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echo "Failed to restart openvswitch.service" >&2
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In `@scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh` at line 114, Update the Open vSwitch
restart command in the cleanup script to propagate restart failures instead of
suppressing them with “|| true”; only handle an explicitly identified
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…-data

The cleanup script stops ovsdb-server but does not restart the
openvswitch service, leaving ovs-vswitchd running without its
database. This stale OVS state prevents OVN from reinitializing
when MicroShift is restarted, causing all pods to get stuck in
FailedCreatePodSandBox.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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The .local TLD is reserved for mDNS (RFC 6762) and can cause DNS
interference with OVN initialization on systems with Avahi or
systemd-resolved, contributing to healthcheck timeouts after
hostname changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Consolidated into #7326

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