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Description

What changed?

  • Bumped build and dev tool versions: operator-sdk v1.42.0, Helm v4.2.4, yq v4.53.3, envtest Kubernetes 1.36.0
  • Upgraded Go dependencies across the workspace to Kubernetes 1.36.3 / controller-runtime v0.24.1 and cert-manager v1.21.1 (including vendor/)
  • Released operator v1.3.0: updated IMG_VERSION, OLM bundle (skipRange, replaces, CSV version), operand bindata version labels, and regenerated CRDs/manifests/docs with controller-tools v0.21.0
  • Fixed make bundle for operator-sdk v1.42 by correcting default OLM channel flag formatting in BUNDLE_METADATA_OPTS
  • Adapted cert-manager API usage (IssuerReference replaces removed ObjectReference) and stabilized API integration test error matching across Kubernetes/envtest versions
  • Updated CI builder image to rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 and operator base image to ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest

Why?

Keep the operator aligned with current OpenShift/Kubernetes platform dependencies, unblock bundle generation with newer operator-sdk, and ship v1.3.0 with updated OLM metadata and regenerated artifacts.

How?

  • Upgraded the Kubernetes module set and controller-runtime together, then bumped k8s.io/kubernetes to v1.36.3
  • Regenerated vendor via make update-vendor
  • Ran make update targets for manifests, bundle, bindata, and docs
  • Fixed bundle Makefile channel defaults to pass --channels= / --default-channel= flags correctly to operator-sdk generate bundle
  • Added validation error normalization in test/apis/generator.go so API tests remain stable across envtest/Kubernetes error formatting changes

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • CRD / API change
  • Refactoring (no functional change)
  • Documentation
  • CI / build

Checklist

  • make verify passes (vet, fmt, deps, bindata, generated files, govulncheck, git diff)
  • make test passes (unit + API integration tests)
  • make lint passes
  • New/changed CRD fields have appropriate CEL validation; add .testsuite.yaml tests for new CEL rules
  • New managed resources added to controllerManagedResources, buildCacheObjectList(), HasObjectChanged, and the ordered install sequence
  • No hand-edits to generated files (bindata.go, zz_generated.deepcopy.go, CRD YAML, fakes)
  • Error paths use the correct error type (IrrecoverableError / RetryRequiredError / UserConfigurationError)

Testing

  • make build
  • make test-unit
  • make test-apis (133 specs passed with envtest 1.36.0)
  • make verify-deps
  • E2E_GINKGO_LABEL_FILTER="!(Feature: containsAny {Proxy, Upgrade})" make test-e2e

Additional Context

  • OLM bundle moves from v1.2.0v1.3.0 (replaces: external-secrets-operator.v1.2.0, skipRange: '>=1.2.0 <1.3.0')
  • Default bundle channels: stable-v1,stable-v1.3 (default channel: stable-v1)
  • Large vendor/ diff is expected from the dependency upgrade
  • cert-manager v1.21.1 requires cmmeta.IssuerReference instead of the removed ObjectReference type in certificate reconciliation code

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Released version 1.3.0 with stable-v1 and stable-v1.3 update channels.
    • Updated upgrade metadata to support migration from version 1.2.0.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified API reference validation details, including required and optional fields.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved consistency of validation error matching across Kubernetes environments.
  • Chores

    • Updated container images, build tooling, and supported Kubernetes test versions.
    • Refreshed dependency versions and certificate issuer compatibility.

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Description

What changed?

  • Bumped build and dev tool versions: operator-sdk v1.42.0, Helm v4.2.4, yq v4.53.3, envtest Kubernetes 1.36.0
  • Upgraded Go dependencies across the workspace to Kubernetes 1.36.3 / controller-runtime v0.24.1 and cert-manager v1.21.1 (including vendor/)
  • Released operator v1.3.0: updated IMG_VERSION, OLM bundle (skipRange, replaces, CSV version), operand bindata version labels, and regenerated CRDs/manifests/docs with controller-tools v0.21.0
  • Fixed make bundle for operator-sdk v1.42 by correcting default OLM channel flag formatting in BUNDLE_METADATA_OPTS
  • Adapted cert-manager API usage (IssuerReference replaces removed ObjectReference) and stabilized API integration test error matching across Kubernetes/envtest versions
  • Updated CI builder image to rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 and operator base image to ubi9/ubi-minimal:latest

Why?

Keep the operator aligned with current OpenShift/Kubernetes platform dependencies, unblock bundle generation with newer operator-sdk, and ship v1.3.0 with updated OLM metadata and regenerated artifacts.

How?

  • Upgraded the Kubernetes module set and controller-runtime together, then bumped k8s.io/kubernetes to v1.36.3
  • Regenerated vendor via make update-vendor
  • Ran make update targets for manifests, bundle, bindata, and docs
  • Fixed bundle Makefile channel defaults to pass --channels= / --default-channel= flags correctly to operator-sdk generate bundle
  • Added validation error normalization in test/apis/generator.go so API tests remain stable across envtest/Kubernetes error formatting changes

Type of Change

  • Bug fix
  • New feature
  • CRD / API change
  • Refactoring (no functional change)
  • Documentation
  • CI / build

Checklist

  • make verify passes (vet, fmt, deps, bindata, generated files, govulncheck, git diff)
  • make test passes (unit + API integration tests)
  • make lint passes
  • New/changed CRD fields have appropriate CEL validation; add .testsuite.yaml tests for new CEL rules
  • New managed resources added to controllerManagedResources, buildCacheObjectList(), HasObjectChanged, and the ordered install sequence
  • No hand-edits to generated files (bindata.go, zz_generated.deepcopy.go, CRD YAML, fakes)
  • Error paths use the correct error type (IrrecoverableError / RetryRequiredError / UserConfigurationError)

Testing

  • make build
  • make test-unit
  • make test-apis (133 specs passed with envtest 1.36.0)
  • make verify-deps
  • E2E_GINKGO_LABEL_FILTER="!(Feature: containsAny {Proxy, Upgrade})" make test-e2e

Additional Context

  • OLM bundle moves from v1.2.0v1.3.0 (replaces: external-secrets-operator.v1.2.0, skipRange: '>=1.2.0 <1.3.0')
  • Default bundle channels: stable-v1,stable-v1.3 (default channel: stable-v1)
  • Large vendor/ diff is expected from the dependency upgrade
  • cert-manager v1.21.1 requires cmmeta.IssuerReference instead of the removed ObjectReference type in certificate reconciliation code

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Walkthrough

The PR prepares the operator v1.3.0 release. It updates build images, dependencies, bundle metadata, NetworkPolicy labels, certificate issuer references, API documentation, and validation test matching.

Changes

Operator v1.3.0 release

Layer / File(s) Summary
Release configuration and images
.ci-operator.yaml, Dockerfile, images/ci/*, Makefile, bundle.Dockerfile, bundle/metadata/*
Build and runtime images, tool versions, bundle channels, and release defaults are updated for v1.3.0.
Operator manifests and generated assets
bundle/manifests/*, config/manager/*, config/manifests/*, config/crd/bases/*, bindata/external-secrets/*, pkg/operator/assets/bindata.go
CSV metadata, upgrade ranges, manager image versions, CRD annotations, and NetworkPolicy labels are updated.
Dependency graph refresh
go.mod, cmd/external-secrets-operator/go.mod, test/go.mod, tools/go.mod
Application, operator, test, and tooling dependencies are upgraded and reorganized.
API contracts and validation tests
pkg/controller/external_secrets/certificate.go, docs/api_reference.md, test/apis/generator.go
Certificate helpers use IssuerReference. API documentation marks fields as required or optional. Validation tests normalize Kubernetes error formatting before matching.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 74bcd

This PR updates Kubernetes and build dependencies, release metadata, and generated artifacts; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Makefile
  participant BuildImages
  participant BundleMetadata
  participant OperatorManifests
  Makefile->>BuildImages: configure v1.3.0 image and tool versions
  Makefile->>BundleMetadata: generate stable channel metadata
  BundleMetadata->>OperatorManifests: package updated CSV and CRDs
  OperatorManifests->>BuildImages: embed v1.3.0 asset labels
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Test Structure And Quality ⚠️ Warning New matchExpectedAPIError assertions at test/apis/generator.go:607-608 omit failure messages, violating the required diagnostic-message rule. Add context-specific messages to both Expect calls, including the operation and expected API error text.
Container-Privileges ❓ Inconclusive The repository provides no usable git diff, so I cannot establish whether any security setting was introduced by this pull request. Provide the pull-request diff or base revision to verify causality for any privilege-related settings.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary dependency upgrade to Kubernetes 1.36.3 and the operator v1.3.0 release.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed The PR changes API-error matching only; no Ginkgo title expressions or test-spec names changed. Generated titles use stable suite/file/spec data, not run-time values.
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR diff adds no test/e2e files or new Ginkgo e2e declarations; it only updates existing API test error matching, so this MicroShift check is inapplicable.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR adds no non-vendored e2e test files or Ginkgo declarations; its only test change is validation-error handling in test/apis/generator.go.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR diff adds no scheduling constraints. The manager manifest changes only OPERATOR_IMAGE_VERSION; existing arch/OS affinity is unchanged and does not target control-plane or worker roles.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed HEAD^..HEAD changes only CI and container image metadata; no OTE entry point, suite setup, or process-level stdout write changed.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added; test/e2e has zero changed files. The only test change normalizes envtest API errors and adds no IPv4 or external connectivity assumptions.
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed The PR adds no weak-crypto calls or secret comparisons in owned runtime code; SHA1/Blowfish hits are pre-existing or tool-only vendored dependencies.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed The PR adds no application logging. Added vendored logs emit Kubernetes diagnostics such as IPs, interface names, stream IDs, and CA file paths, not passwords, tokens, keys, PII, or customer data.
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config/manifests/bases/openshift-external-secrets-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml (1)

243-244: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Align the source CSV name with version 1.3.0.

Bundle generation rewrites this field, so the checked-in bundle is correct. Update the source CSV to keep its identity consistent when config/manifests is consumed directly.

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In
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around lines 243 - 244, Update the source CSV’s replaces field to reference the
external-secrets-operator version 1.3.0 predecessor, keeping the CSV identity
consistent with its version and leaving the checked-in bundle unchanged.
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In `@Makefile`:
- Line 146: Update OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION to v1.42.3, replace all
operator-sdk-v1.42.0 markers in the bundle with the new version, and regenerate
and validate the bundle using the existing bundle target.

In `@test/apis/generator.go`:
- Line 602: Update invalidValuePrefixRE to normalize only known formatting-only
representations such as “object”, “array”, and “string”; do not match arbitrary
quoted values, so meaningful values including empty strings and keys containing
spaces remain available for test verification.

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In
`@config/manifests/bases/openshift-external-secrets-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml`:
- Around line 243-244: Update the source CSV’s replaces field to reference the
external-secrets-operator version 1.3.0 predecessor, keeping the CSV identity
consistent with its version and leaving the checked-in bundle unchanged.
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