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fix(ci): prefix PR container tags to prevent overwriting release tags

Problem

PR-triggered branch builds were tagging container images using only the sanitised branch name (e.g. latest, development). A PR opened from a branch named after a production tag could silently overwrite that tag in GHCR.

Tracked in: linuxfoundation/lfx-self-serve-ops#75

Fix

Every PR image tag is now prefixed with pr-<number>- so it can never collide with a release or main-branch tag. The sanitised branch segment is trimmed to 120 chars to stay within the Docker tag length limit.

Why this replaces the Backstage PR

The original Fleetshift bot PR was force-pushed to add a missing DCO Signed-off-by trailer, which inadvertently caused Fleetshift to detect the branch tampering and auto-close the PR. This replacement PR contains the same workflow change with a proper DCO-signed commit.

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The PR workflow now prefixes the sanitized head ref with the pull request number when it generates a container tag. The sanitized ref is truncated to 120 characters.

Changes

PR Container Tag

Layer / File(s) Summary
Generate pull request tags
.github/workflows/ko-build-branch.yaml
The tag now uses the format pr-<number>-<sanitized-ref>. The sanitized head ref is truncated to 120 characters.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4f3cc

The build is mergeable, but a long branch name on a PR numbered 10000 or higher can produce an invalid tag and fail that PR’s image build. Shorten the ref based on the prefix length before this case occurs.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main CI change: prefixing pull-request container tags to prevent collisions with release tags.
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Five-digit PR numbers can make the generated tag exceed Docker’s 128-character limit.

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What changed in this PR

Prefixes PR container tags with PR numbers to avoid collisions with release tags.

Changes:

  • Adds PR numbers to image tags.
  • Sanitizes and truncates branch names.
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.github/​workflows/​ko-build-branch.yaml Generates PR-specific container tags.

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In @.github/workflows/ko-build-branch.yaml:
- Line 43: Update the `sanitized_ref` truncation before assigning
`container_tag` so its limit is calculated as 128 minus the length of the
`pr-${PR_NUMBER}-` prefix; preserve the complete prefix and ensure the assembled
tag never exceeds 128 characters.

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The pull_request-triggered branch build tagged images using only the
sanitised branch name (e.g. "latest", "development"), so a PR opened
from a branch named after a production tag could silently overwrite it
in GHCR. Prefix every PR image tag with pr-<number>- so it can never
collide with a release/main tag, and trim the sanitised branch segment
to 128 - len("pr-<number>-") chars so the total tag always fits within
the 128-character Docker/OCI tag length limit.

See linuxfoundation/lfx-self-serve-ops#75.

Signed-off-by: Andres Tobon <andrest2455@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Copilot review overview

🟢 Approval recommended

The workflow safely namespaces PR tags and keeps them within the 128-character limit.

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@andrest50 I'm starting review 1 of this pull request now (started 2026-09-25 20:12 UTC). This usually takes a few minutes — I'll update this comment with the summary when I'm done.

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@andrest50 I'm starting review 2 of this pull request now (started 2026-09-25 20:27 UTC). This usually takes a few minutes — I'll update this comment with the summary when I'm done.


Hi @andrest50 👋 thanks for re-opening this with a DCO-signed commit.

Overall impression: This is a tight, well-scoped fix for lfx-self-serve-ops#75. Every PR image tag is now namespaced as pr-<number>-<sanitised-ref>, so a branch named latest, development, or v1.2.3 can no longer overwrite a release or main tag in GHCR. The trim length is now derived from the PR number (124 - ${#PR_NUMBER}), so the full tag is capped at exactly 128 characters no matter how many digits the PR number has. The security posture is unchanged and still solid: untrusted head_ref reaches the shell only through env:, fork PRs are gated off, actions are SHA-pinned, and packages: write is job-scoped. We exercised the tag logic against edge-case branch names (empty, unicode, 200+ chars, a..b, v1.2.3) and PR numbers from 1 to 6 digits, and every result was a valid OCI tag of 128 characters or fewer with no cross-PR collisions.

Issues:

  • 🔴 Blocking: 0
  • 🟡 Minor: 0
  • ⚪ Nit: 1: the 124 - ${#PR_NUMBER} trim has no inline comment explaining the 128-char math (the PR description still says "trimmed to 120 chars", which no longer matches the code)
  • ❔ Question: 0

AI bot reconciliation: Copilot (comment) and CodeRabbit (comment) both flagged that a fixed 120-char trim would overflow 128 characters once the PR number reaches 5 digits. I agree, and the current head resolves it; both bots have since confirmed it resolved.

Final decision: ✅ Approved with minor comments

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✅ Approved with minor comments. The pr-<number>- prefix removes the release-tag overwrite path, and the dynamic trim keeps every tag at 128 characters or fewer. One optional nit is inline. See the review summary for details.

PR_NUMBER: "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
run: |
container_tag=$(echo "$HEAD_REF" | sed 's/[^_0-9a-zA-Z]/-/g' | cut -c -127)
sanitized_ref=$(echo "$HEAD_REF" | sed 's/[^_0-9a-zA-Z]/-/g' | cut -c -$((124 - ${#PR_NUMBER})))

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[nit] Document the 124 - ${#PR_NUMBER} trim

Issue: The trim length is a magic number with no comment tying it to Docker's 128-character tag limit.
Proof: cut -c -$((124 - ${#PR_NUMBER})) works because the prefix pr-${PR_NUMBER}- is 4 + len(PR_NUMBER) characters, so the tag tops out at exactly 128. But that arithmetic isn't visible here, and the PR description still says the segment is "trimmed to 120 chars".
Why it matters: A future maintainer reading the PR history could "simplify" this back to a fixed 120, which reintroduces tags longer than 128 characters (and failed ko build runs) once PR numbers reach 5 digits.
Fix: Add a one-line comment above the step's script, e.g.

          # Docker tags max out at 128 chars; "pr-" + PR_NUMBER + "-" uses 4 + len(PR_NUMBER).
          sanitized_ref=$(echo "$HEAD_REF" | sed 's/[^_0-9a-zA-Z]/-/g' | cut -c -$((124 - ${#PR_NUMBER})))

Optionally update the PR description to match.

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