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add readinessGates to firmware upgrade

Fixes #240

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  • New Features
    • Firmware update templates now support readiness gates and completion condition settings.
    • Firmware updates report initialization, progress, and completion through conditions on the associated server.
    • Updates wait for required conditions before starting. Unmet requirements can defer work while awaiting maintenance or stop it during later checks.
    • Repository checks update the server’s completion condition as packages are found or updates finish.
    • Completed updates remain completed if readiness conditions later become unmet.

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Minor Preserve Status.ObservedGeneration in Completed-state readiness-gate updates.

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Review comments at @internal/controller/system/firmwareupdate_controller.go:
- Line 378: Update the Completed-state readiness-gate writes so they preserve
Status.ObservedGeneration instead of setting it to the current generation.
Adjust both patchFirmwareUpdateReadinessGatesNotSatisfied and
markFirmwareUpdateReadinessGatesSatisfied for the Completed state, leaving other
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Walkthrough

FirmwareUpdate now supports readiness gates and a configurable Server completion condition. The controller evaluates gates during reconciliation and updates the completion condition during firmware update work and repository checks.

Changes: Firmware update readiness and completion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Readiness-gating API contract
api/common_types.go, api/system/v1alpha1/firmwareupdate_types.go, api/system/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go, config/crd/bases/system.metal.ironcore.dev_firmwareupdates.yaml, config/crd/bases/system.metal.ironcore.dev_firmwareupdatesets.yaml, docs/api-reference/api.md
FirmwareUpdateTemplate embeds ReadinessGating. The FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateSet CRDs and API reference describe readinessGates and completionConditionType.
Controller readiness and condition lifecycle
internal/controller/system/firmwareupdate_controller.go
The controller checks readiness gates in Pending and Completed states, manages the Server completion condition, and requeues eligible FirmwareUpdates when Server conditions change.
Repository-check completion updates
internal/controller/system/firmware_dell.go
Repository checks update the Server completion condition when no packages are pending, when a check that began Completed finds pending packages, or when a periodic check fails.
Controller setup and readiness-chain validation
internal/controller/suite_test.go, internal/controller/readinessgateschain_test.go
Test setup registers the FirmwareUpdate reconciler and accepts mock-server options. The readiness-chain test adds a Dell FirmwareUpdate gated on the prior step and checks its completion condition.

Priority: Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FirmwareUpdateReconciler
  participant Server
  participant FirmwareUpdate
  FirmwareUpdateReconciler->>Server: Read conditions for readiness gates
  FirmwareUpdateReconciler->>FirmwareUpdate: Record readiness-gate status
  FirmwareUpdateReconciler->>Server: Initialize or update completion condition
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Suggested labels: enhancement, area/metal-automation

Suggested reviewers: xkonni

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 1ad72

Readiness gating can still permit a retry after gates regress, and completion signals can be stale or premature. Resolve these conditions before merging unless their behavior is explicitly accepted.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 5
Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title "Feat/firmware readiness gates" matches the main change. The changeset adds readinessGates and completionConditionType to FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateSet, and the controller enforces th…
Description check Passed The description does not follow the template fully. It has a "Proposed Changes" heading and a "Fixes #240" line, which matches the template's closing line. The Proposed Changes section has one line of…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #240 requires readiness gating for firmware upgrade resources. The PR adds readinessGates to FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateTemplate, updates both CRD schemas and documentation, implemen…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain connected to issue #240. completionConditionType handling, Server condition RBAC, Dell repository polling, generated deepcopy code, documentation, and test-harness changes support…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is inconclusive: files from earlier reviews still need to be rechecked within the check's analysis limits. Not blocking.
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The title "Feat/firmware readiness gates" matches the main change. The changeset adds readinessGates and completionConditionType to FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateSet, and the controller enforces the gates before firmware work starts. The title uses a branch-style prefix ("Feat/") and is brief, but it still names the primary change clearly.

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The description does not follow the template fully. It has a "Proposed Changes" heading and a "Fixes #240" line, which matches the template's closing line. The Proposed Changes section has one line of text, "add readinessGates to firmware upgrade", and the template's three bullet points are missing. That line also omits the completion condition type, the controller and CRD changes, and the readiness gate behavior for Pending, Completed, and Failed updates. The description is short, but it is on topic and links the issue. It is mostly complete.

Resolution

Expand the Proposed Changes section into bullet points, as the template shows. Suggested points: add readinessGates to FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateTemplate; add completionConditionType, which is patched to True on success and is immutable once set; update the controller to gate Pending, Completed, and Failed updates and to release maintenance when gates regress; regenerate the CRDs and API docs.

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Issue #240 requires readiness gating for firmware upgrade resources. The PR adds readinessGates to FirmwareUpdate and FirmwareUpdateTemplate, updates both CRD schemas and documentation, implements gate checks across pending, waiting, retry, and completed paths, records gate status, and adds readiness-gate chain coverage. The linked coding requirement is satisfied.

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The changes remain connected to issue #240. completionConditionType handling, Server condition RBAC, Dell repository polling, generated deepcopy code, documentation, and test-harness changes support readiness-gate chaining or its verification. The ignored dist/** files do not establish missing or unrelated changes. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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- Line 62: Update the API definition for ReadinessGating.CompletionConditionType
to enforce immutability, then regenerate the CRD artifacts so the generated
schema includes the corresponding x-kubernetes-validations rule.

Review comments at @internal/controller/system/firmware_dell.go:
- Line 333: Update the drift-reset call to utils.PatchServerCondition in the
firmware update flow to use the shared utils.CompletionConditionReset reason
instead of ReasonFirmwareUpdateCompletionConditionReset, so readiness gates
recognize the reset and remain blocked while the update settles.
- Around line 298-300: Move the PatchServerCondition call that publishes
metav1.ConditionTrue until after maintenance cleanup and the FirmwareUpdate
status transition to Completed have succeeded. Add a retry path for a failed
condition write so the Server completion signal is eventually published without
reporting success before the FirmwareUpdate commits.

Review comments at @internal/controller/system/firmwareupdate_controller.go:
- Around line 968-969: Update the Completed FirmwareUpdate filter in the
Server-change handling path so it skips updates only when both ReadinessGates
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Adds a ReadinessGating type (ReadinessGates + CompletionConditionType) inlined
into FirmwareUpdateTemplate, allowing a FirmwareUpdate to require a set of
Server conditions to be satisfied before being marked ready, and to propagate
a completion condition back onto the Server once satisfied. Readiness gates
are re-checked on every resync while the FirmwareUpdate is Completed to catch
regressions in sibling resources.

Signed-off-by: Nagadeesh Nagaraja <nagadeesh.nagaraja@sap.com>
- cleanup completion condition on delete
- initialize/progress completion condition at the right phases
- revert to Pending if gates regress while waiting for maintenance

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Actionable comments posted: 2

Nitpick comments: 1
internal/controller/readinessgateschain_test.go: 1

467-513: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Create step 6 while step5Done is not True.

The test creates step 6 only after step5Done is already True. The t5 <= t6 assertion checks ordering, but it does not prove that step 6 stayed blocked. A controller that ignores the readiness gate can therefore pass this test.

Create step 6 before step 5 becomes ready, assert that it remains incomplete while step5Done is unsatisfied, then assert completion after step5Done becomes True.

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Update the readiness-gate test so step 6 is created while step5Done is not True;
assert step 6 remains incomplete until the gate is satisfied, then assert it
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- Around line 65-67: Move the removal check for completionConditionType to a
validation on its parent spec schema in the source API definition, so updates
cannot remove the field after it has been set; then regenerate the CRD. Preserve
the existing field-level validation for changes between present values.

Review comments at @internal/controller/system/firmware_dell.go:
- Around line 331-333: Update the failed-job handling in the firmware recheck
flow so a failed periodic check also clears the Server completion condition when
the update was previously completed; set it to Unknown because the failure does
not establish drift, before returning from the failure branch. Reuse the
existing PatchServerCondition pattern in the wasCompleted reset path.

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- Around line 467-513: Update the readiness-gate test so step 6 is created while
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Major · Check readiness gates before starting a Failed-state… · firmwareupdate_controller.go:719-720

internal/controller/system/firmwareupdate_controller.go:719-720
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Check readiness gates before starting a Failed-state retry.

If a readiness gate becomes unsatisfied after a FirmwareUpdate fails, ensureResetBeforeRetry can still request maintenance, reset the BMC, and power-cycle the Server. The Pending-state gate check occurs only after these operations. Check the current Server conditions before starting retry recovery, and wait without resetting hardware when a gate is unsatisfied. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Check the current Server readiness gates in the Failed-state retry flow before
calling ensureResetBeforeRetry or starting maintenance, BMC reset, or
power-cycle operations. If any gate is unsatisfied, wait without performing
hardware recovery; preserve the existing retry flow when all gates are
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- Around line 719-720: Check the current Server readiness gates in the
Failed-state retry flow before calling ensureResetBeforeRetry or starting
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wait without touching maintenance/BMC/power state when gates
are not satisfied, preserving the existing retry flow when they are.

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- Line 378: Update the Completed-state readiness-gate writes so they preserve
Status.ObservedGeneration instead of setting it to the current generation.
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