feat(operator)!: Support dynamic product image selection (#1199)

* feat(operator)!: Support dynamic product image selection

* chore(operator): Add changelog entries

* refactor(operator): Align code with decision

This implements the decision taken in stackabletech/decisions#85

* chore(operator): Adjust changelog

* fix: Bump rustls-webpki to 0.103.13 to negate RUSTSEC-2026-0104

* feat(operator): Also trim whitespace in image_name

Author: Techassi

crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- BREAKING: Add CLI argument and env var to set the image repository used to construct final product
+  image names: `IMAGE_REPOSITORY` (`--image-repository`), eg. `oci.example.org/my/namespace` ([#1199]).
+
+### Changed
+
+- BREAKING: The product image selection mechanism via `ProductImage::resolve` now takes three
+  parameters instead of two. The new parameters are: `image_name`, `image_repository`, and
+  `operator_version` ([#1199]).
+
+[#1199]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/1199
+
 ## [0.110.1] - 2026-04-16
 
 ### Added

crates/stackable-operator/crds/DummyCluster.yaml

@@ -1781,8 +1781,9 @@ spec:
                 properties:
                   custom:
                     description: |-
-                      Overwrite the docker image.
-                      Specify the full docker image name, e.g. `oci.stackable.tech/sdp/superset:1.4.1-stackable2.1.0`
+                      Provide a custom container image.
+
+                      Specify the full container image name, e.g. `oci.example.tech/namespace/superset:1.4.1-my-tag`
                     type: string
                   productVersion:
                     description: Version of the product, e.g. `1.4.1`.
@@ -1809,14 +1810,20 @@ spec:
                     nullable: true
                     type: array
                   repo:
-                    description: Name of the docker repo, e.g. `oci.stackable.tech/sdp`
+                    description: |-
+                      The repository on the container image registry where the container image is located, e.g.
+                      `oci.example.com/namespace`.
+
+                      If not specified, the operator will use the image registry provided via the operator
+                      environment options.
                     nullable: true
                     type: string
                   stackableVersion:
                     description: |-
                       Stackable version of the product, e.g. `23.4`, `23.4.1` or `0.0.0-dev`.
-                      If not specified, the operator will use its own version, e.g. `23.4.1`.
-                      When using a nightly operator or a pr version, it will use the nightly `0.0.0-dev` image.
+
+                      If not specified, the operator will use its own version, e.g. `23.4.1`. When using a nightly
+                      operator or a PR version, it will use the nightly `0.0.0-dev` image.
                     nullable: true
                     type: string
                 type: object

crates/stackable-operator/src/cli/environment.rs

@@ -13,4 +13,14 @@ pub struct OperatorEnvironmentOptions {
     /// something like `<product>-operator`.
     #[arg(long, env)]
     pub operator_service_name: String,
+
+    /// The image repository which should be used when resolving images provisioned by the operator.
+    ///
+    /// This argument expects a valid registry host and path. Valid values include:
+    /// `oci.example.org/my/namespace` or `quay.io/organization`
+    ///
+    /// Note that when running the operator on Kubernetes we recommend to provide this value via
+    /// the deployment mechanism, like Helm.
+    #[arg(long, env)]
+    pub image_repository: String,
 }