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Summary

Resolves https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/COO-1261

The app.kubernetes.io/part-of label value is set from the owner resource's .metadata.name via util.AddCommonLabels. Kubernetes enforces a hard 63-character limit on label values, so CR names exceeding that length caused repeated reconciliation failures with no path to recovery.

This PR fixes the issue with a defence in depth approach across three layers:

Layer 1 — CRD admission validation (primary guard)

Added two CEL x-kubernetes-validations rules at the root openAPIV3Schema level for all three affected CRDs (ObservabilityInstaller, MonitoringStack, ThanosQuerier):

  • size(self.metadata.name) <= 63 — enforces the Kubernetes label-value length limit
  • self.metadata.name.matches('^[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?$') — enforces RFC 1123 DNS label format

Rules are applied to both bundle/manifests/ and deploy/crds/common/ CRD YAMLs and backed by +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation markers in the Go types so they survive future generate-crds runs.

Validation ratcheting note: On OCP 4.16+ (K8s 1.29+), CRD validation ratcheting (GA) ensures that existing resources with names that predate these rules can still receive status and finalizer updates, since metadata.name is immutable and therefore unchanged across updates. OCP 4.12 and 4.14 (K8s 1.25/1.27) are past end-of-life.

Layer 2 — Runtime guard in AddCommonLabels (secondary / defensive)

Changed util.AddCommonLabels signature from (client.Object, string) client.Object to (client.Object, string) (client.Object, error). The function now returns a hard error for owner names > 63 characters instead of silently producing invalid label values.

Layer 3 — Label value truncation for derived child names

When a CR name is close to the 63-character limit, derived child resource names (e.g., thanos-querier-{name}-http-conf = 89 chars for a 63-char CR) exceed the 63-character Kubernetes label value limit. AddCommonLabels writes obj.GetName() to the app.kubernetes.io/name label — which is the derived child name, not the CR name.

Added a truncateLabelValue helper that caps the app.kubernetes.io/name label value at 63 characters and strips any trailing dashes to maintain a valid label value. This label is purely informational (no selector depends on it), so truncation is safe.

Error propagation (all controllers)

To surface the new error cleanly, introduced a ReconcilerBuilder accumulator in pkg/reconciler/reconciler.go. It short-circuits on the first error so component builder functions (stackComponentReconcilers, thanosComponentReconcilers, pluginComponentReconcilers, operatorComponentReconcilers, observability reconcilers) can call b.Add(reconciler.NewUpdater(...)) without per-call error handling. All reconciler constructors that call AddCommonLabels now return (Reconciler, error).

Pre-existing bug fix (CodeRabbit)

Fixed a missing hyphen in the UIPlugin ClusterRoleBinding name:
plugin.Name+"cluster-monitoring-view"plugin.Name+"-cluster-monitoring-view"

Test plan

  • pkg/controllers/util/common_test.go: covers valid names (≤ 63 chars), boundary (exactly 63), over-length (64, 108), label preservation, nil-label initialisation, label truncation for long child names, and trailing dash stripping after truncation
  • pkg/apis/monitoring/v1alpha1/types_test.go: extracts CEL rules from source annotations via regex and evaluates them with cel-go for both MonitoringStack and ThanosQuerier (length and format)
  • pkg/apis/observability/v1alpha1/types_test.go: same for ObservabilityInstaller
  • All unit tests pass: go test ./pkg/... and cd pkg/apis && go test ./...
  • go build and go vet clean across the module

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The PR adds Kubernetes name validation rules for MonitoringStack, ThanosQuerier, and ObservabilityInstaller, with matching CEL-based tests. It also makes common-label application and reconciler constructors error-aware, introduces ReconcilerBuilder, and propagates construction errors through component assembly and controller reconciliation paths.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 46415

The change adds name validation and defensive labeling, but valid resource names in the 49–63 character range can still generate component names over Kubernetes’s 63-character limit, causing resource creation and reconciliation failures; truncation can also leave an invalid label when the boundary ends in a dot. These current correctness and availability risks should be fixed before merge.

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I'm surprised that you can create the ObservabilityInstaller custom resource in the first place since its name breaks the Kubernetes limits already.

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I'm surprised that you can create the ObservabilityInstaller custom resource in the first place since its name breaks the Kubernetes limits already.
Its created but the operator fails to reconcile it with errors in the operator logs as documented in the issue https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/COO-1261

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I think that's a more systemic issue than just the ObservabilityInstaller CRD which we need to address globally.

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@simonpasquier Yes, I added the fix currently for ObservabilityInstaller but this needs to be fixed globally as it affects CRD validation on all affected types. Do you want me to add the validation for all the affected types as well. ?

We could fix util.AddCommonLabels to truncate long names — cap the label value at 63 characters (e.g. truncate to 57 chars + ashort hash suffix to keep uniqueness). This fixes all callers in one place but means the label no longer directly reflects the resource name, which would cause confusion for anyone using label selectors like app.kubernetes.io/part-of=

Enforcing the limit at admission time with a clear error message seems like the right UX — users know immediately what to fix and why. The label always remains trustworthy.

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IshwarKanse force-pushed the fix/observabilityinstaller-name-length-validation branch from d508c13 to e1635c0 Compare June 5, 2026 10:35
@IshwarKanse IshwarKanse changed the title fix: add metadata.name length and format validation to ObservabilityInstaller CRD fix: add metadata.name length and format validation to all CRDs Jun 5, 2026
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@simonpasquier I updated the PR to fix this issue for all types.

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IshwarKanse force-pushed the fix/observabilityinstaller-name-length-validation branch from e1635c0 to a583d22 Compare July 24, 2026 09:06

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Inline comments:
In `@deploy/crds/common/monitoring.rhobs_monitoringstacks.yaml`:
- Around line 2000-2005: Legacy resources with immutable invalid metadata.name
values need a supported migration path before enforcing these validations.
Update the validation changes at
deploy/crds/common/monitoring.rhobs_monitoringstacks.yaml:2000-2005,
deploy/crds/common/monitoring.rhobs_thanosqueriers.yaml:197-202, and
deploy/crds/common/observability.openshift.io_observabilityinstallers.yaml:444-449
to preserve existing objects while providing remediation for invalid names;
apply the same approach consistently to MonitoringStack, ThanosQuerier, and
ObservabilityInstaller resources.

In `@pkg/apis/monitoring/v1alpha1/types.go`:
- Around line 20-21: Before enabling the restrictive metadata.name CEL rules,
verify oldSelf/validation-ratcheting behavior for status writes across all
supported Kubernetes versions and add a compatibility or migration path for
existing objects. Apply the required change at the MonitoringStack validation
block in pkg/apis/monitoring/v1alpha1/types.go (lines 20-21), the ThanosQuerier
validation block in pkg/apis/monitoring/v1alpha1/types.go (lines 339-340), and
the ObservabilityInstaller validation block in
pkg/apis/observability/v1alpha1/types.go (lines 21-22), preserving valid-object
enforcement for newly created resources.

In `@pkg/controllers/monitoring/monitoring-stack/components.go`:
- Around line 51-53: Ensure derived component names remain valid Kubernetes
label values when the owner name is 63 characters: update the naming logic
around prometheusName, alertmanagerName, and additionalScrapeConfigsSecretName
in pkg/controllers/monitoring/monitoring-stack/components.go, and the prefixed
Thanos Querier component name in
pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go, using a label-safe
truncation or reserved-suffix strategy. Add boundary tests covering
maximum-length owner names and all affected derived names.
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  • pkg/controllers/observability/reconcilers.go
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IshwarKanse force-pushed the fix/observabilityinstaller-name-length-validation branch from a583d22 to 102bc2c Compare July 24, 2026 09:48
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@IshwarKanse sorry for our lag here, do you want to rebase this to bring it back? Still worth having I think.

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@jan--f Rebased, the branch is now clean.

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In `@pkg/controllers/monitoring/thanos-querier/components.go`:
- Around line 21-29: Update the component-name derivation in the Thanos Querier
reconciler to stay within Kubernetes’ 63-character limit while preserving
uniqueness with a stable hash suffix. Reuse this bounded name consistently
across all generated resources, selectors, and labels, including the builders
called from the component assembly function. Add boundary tests covering owner
names of 48, 49, and 63 characters.

In `@pkg/controllers/util/common.go`:
- Line 20: Update the label truncation logic around the visible TrimRight call
to remove trailing dots as well as hyphens after truncating to maxLabelLen,
ensuring the result ends with an alphanumeric character. Add or extend the
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