do not error during bootstrap if license signature is valid but fields have changed in the wrapper (#354)

instead log the error, and continue startup using the signed contents

Author: laverya

go.mod

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pact-foundation/pact-go v1.10.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
-	github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251125171126-af5844407f2a
+	github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251202215158-294aceff2380
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10

go.sum

@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251125152515-acc84923a4f5 h1:NaLh1hQb
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251125152515-acc84923a4f5/go.mod h1:+k4PHo2wukoU9kdiKrqqgi89Wmj+9AiwppYGVK11zig=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251125171126-af5844407f2a h1:E+Zv8NjHUvPprNyLuAUKoXApE7u/LmzeGAPAC4cA/XU=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251125171126-af5844407f2a/go.mod h1:hpR1pZ3mEtbMrl/tmuqNjK+cSBcmb8F7A1EPhXwssfI=
+github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251202180751-4690bab843ec h1:GwZCFCu3Vkjx9SKRybZ3RAYHhOIYQuDwEyeJl7fe/2Y=
+github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251202180751-4690bab843ec/go.mod h1:hpR1pZ3mEtbMrl/tmuqNjK+cSBcmb8F7A1EPhXwssfI=
+github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251202215158-294aceff2380 h1:c5hnM6zpxVYZk/wCzGKsbABiBVpFHqQ08T5RXP7wLHQ=
+github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20251202215158-294aceff2380/go.mod h1:hpR1pZ3mEtbMrl/tmuqNjK+cSBcmb8F7A1EPhXwssfI=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=

pkg/apiserver/bootstrap.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	licensewrapper "github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds/pkg/licensewrapper"
+	licensewrappertypes "github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds/pkg/licensewrapper/types"
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/replicated-sdk/pkg/appstate"
 	appstatetypes "github.com/replicatedhq/replicated-sdk/pkg/appstate/types"
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/replicated-sdk/pkg/heartbeat"
@@ -74,10 +75,17 @@ func bootstrap(params APIServerParams) error {
 		unverifiedWrapper = wrapper
 	}
 
-	verifiedWrapper, err := sdklicense.VerifySignature(unverifiedWrapper)
+	err = unverifiedWrapper.VerifySignature()
 	if err != nil {
-		return backoff.Permanent(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to verify license signature"))
+		if licensewrappertypes.IsLicenseDataValidationError(err) {
+			// this is not a fatal error, it means that the license data outside of the signature was changed
+			// however, the data inside the signature was still valid, and so the license has been updated to use that data instead
+			log.Println(err.Error())
+		} else {
+			return backoff.Permanent(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to verify license signature"))
+		}
 	}
+	verifiedWrapper := unverifiedWrapper
 
 	if !util.IsAirgap() {
 		// sync license