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Summary

  • Harden the console plugin nginx TLS configuration by deriving ssl_protocols
    and ssl_ciphers dynamically from the cluster's APIServer TLS security profile
  • Supports all profile types: Old, Intermediate, Modern, and Custom
  • Falls back to Intermediate defaults when the APIServer resource is unavailable
  • Adds ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on and server_tokens off to the nginx config

Details

The console plugin nginx ConfigMap now reads the cluster-wide TLS policy
(apiserver.config.openshift.io/cluster) at apply time and renders the
appropriate ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers directives. This keeps the
console plugin consistent with other components that honor the APIServer
TLS security profile.

TLS 1.3 ciphers (TLS_*) are filtered from ssl_ciphers since nginx
handles them automatically when TLS 1.3 is negotiated.

Test plan

  • Unit tests pass (make test)
  • Build succeeds (make build)
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with default (Intermediate) profile
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with Modern profile (TLS 1.3 only)
  • Verify fallback behavior when APIServer resource is not readable

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Security Enhancements
    • Configured the console plugin’s web server with cluster-selected TLS protocols and cipher suites.
    • Enabled preference for secure server ciphers and concealed server version details.
    • Applied the cluster API server’s TLS security profile, with secure defaults when the profile is unavailable or unsupported.

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@jrangelramos: This pull request references OTA-2109 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the weakness to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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Summary

  • Add explicit ssl_protocols, ssl_ciphers, ssl_prefer_server_ciphers, and server_tokens off to the console plugin nginx server block
  • The config previously relied on UBI 9 compile-time defaults which are safe, but making them explicit improves auditability and guards against future default changes
  • Security headers (X-Frame-Options, CSP, etc.) intentionally omitted — this nginx serves JS/CSS bundles fetched by the console proxy, not HTML documents

JIRA

https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OTA-2109

Test plan

  • Verify make build succeeds
  • Verify make verify passes
  • Deploy on a test cluster with agentic updates enabled and confirm the console plugin pod starts and serves assets over TLS

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Walkthrough

The console plugin now derives nginx TLS protocols and ciphers from the cluster APIServer TLS profile. The controller passes this profile during manifest application. The ConfigMap applies the generated TLS directives.

Changes

Console plugin TLS configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve the TLS profile and generate nginx directives
pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin_test.go
The code resolves nil, predefined, custom, and unknown TLS profiles. It maps minimum TLS versions to nginx protocols, filters TLS 1.3 ciphers, and applies fallback values. Tests cover these cases.
Wire APIServer configuration into the controller
pkg/agenticrun/controller.go, pkg/cvo/cvo.go, pkg/start/start.go, pkg/agenticrun/controller_test.go, pkg/cvo/*_test.go
The constructors accept an APIServer lister. ensureConsolePlugin reads the APIServer configuration and passes the resolved TLS profile to manifest application.
Apply TLS settings to nginx manifests
pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go, pkg/agenticrun/bindata/assets/configmap.yaml
Manifest application substitutes ${SSL_PROTOCOLS} and ${SSL_CIPHERS}. The nginx server block applies these values, prefers server ciphers, and disables server_tokens.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ed531

The change can leave the console plugin using stale nginx TLS settings after a cluster profile change and may apply the cluster profile when component defaults should be retained. This creates a concrete configuration correctness risk that should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ensureConsolePlugin
  participant APIServerLister
  participant applyConsolePluginManifests
  participant nginxConfigMap
  ensureConsolePlugin->>APIServerLister: Fetch cluster APIServer TLS profile
  APIServerLister-->>ensureConsolePlugin: Return APIServer configuration
  ensureConsolePlugin->>applyConsolePluginManifests: Pass TLS profile and image
  applyConsolePluginManifests->>nginxConfigMap: Substitute SSL protocols and ciphers
  nginxConfigMap-->>applyConsolePluginManifests: Apply nginx directives
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❌ Failed checks (1 error, 1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
No-Weak-Crypto ❌ Error The new TLS conversion enables weak ciphers for the Old profile. nginxTLSDirectives removes only names starting with TLS_ and passes all other profile ciphers to the new ssl_ciphers directive. T… Filter weak ciphers before generating ssl_ciphers. Use an explicit allowlist of approved non-weak suites, or reject/remove MD5, SHA-1, DES/3DES, RC4, Blowfish, and ECB suites from both built-in and Custom profiles. Keep a strong placehold…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 27.27% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 8 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (13 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: hardening the console plugin's NGINX TLS configuration.
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 PASS. The pull request does not add or modify Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, When, Specify, or Entry declarations. The new tests use Go testing with static t.Run(tt.name) values. Reposi…
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds and updates standard Go testing tests, not Ginkgo tests. The new tests cover pure TLS conversion functions, create no cluster resources, and use no waits or Eventually/…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added. The only new test file, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin_test.go, contains standard Go testing tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives). The…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds only standard Go unit tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives) and updates existing testing.T tests. The changed test files contain no Ginkgo It
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed The pull request adds TLS configuration to the ConfigMap and API server profile lookup to the controller. It does not add scheduling constraints. The deployment asset is unchanged and contains no anti…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed No changed stdout write occurs in covered process-level code. The four added klog.Warningf calls are inside runtime functions (resolveTLSProfileSpec, nginxTLSDirectives, and ensureConsolePlugin), not …
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds only standard Go unit tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives) and updates existing unit-test setup. It adds no Ginkgo e2e tests, no It/Describe
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed The PR adds only nginx TLS directives and TLS-profile resolution. No added line sets privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, root execution, or allowPrivilegeEscalation: true. The consol…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds only four warnings. They log TLS profile type, minimum TLS version, a fixed TLS 1.3 filtering message, and the APIServer lister error. They do not log passwords, tokens, AP…
Full details: Stable And Deterministic Test Names

Explanation

PASS. The pull request does not add or modify Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, When, Specify, or Entry declarations. The new tests use Go testing with static t.Run(tt.name) values. Repository-wide Ginkgo declarations are in unchanged integration test files, so this check finds no introduced unstable Ginkgo test name.

Full details: Test Structure And Quality

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PASS: The pull request adds and updates standard Go testing tests, not Ginkgo tests. The new tests cover pure TLS conversion functions, create no cluster resources, and use no waits or Eventually/Consistently calls. Their t.Fatal, t.Errorf, and t.Error messages include diagnostic details. The other test changes only update constructor arguments.

Full details: Microshift Test Compatibility

Explanation

No new Ginkgo e2e tests were added. The only new test file, pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin_test.go, contains standard Go testing tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives). The other changed test files only update constructor calls. Therefore, the MicroShift API and feature compatibility rules do not apply.

Full details: Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility

Explanation

PASS: The pull request adds only standard Go unit tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives) and updates existing testing.T tests. The changed test files contain no Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When declarations. Therefore, the SNO multi-node compatibility check is not applicable.

Full details: Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility

Explanation

The pull request adds TLS configuration to the ConfigMap and API server profile lookup to the controller. It does not add scheduling constraints. The deployment asset is unchanged and contains no anti-affinity or topology spread constraints; its existing maxUnavailable: 1, nodeSelector: kubernetes.io/os: linux, and explicit infra toleration do not match the stated failure conditions.

Full details: Ote Binary Stdout Contract

Explanation

No changed stdout write occurs in covered process-level code. The four added klog.Warningf calls are inside runtime functions (resolveTLSProfileSpec, nginxTLSDirectives, and ensureConsolePlugin), not main, init, TestMain, suite setup, or top-level initializers. The OTE main and Ginkgo suite setup are unchanged. The new tests call the logging paths from individual test functions, which the contract excludes.

Full details: Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request adds only standard Go unit tests (TestResolveTLSProfileSpec and TestNginxTLSDirectives) and updates existing unit-test setup. It adds no Ginkgo e2e tests, no It/Describe/Context/When blocks, and no IPv4 or external-connectivity assumptions in added test code. The compatibility check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: No-Weak-Crypto

Explanation

The new TLS conversion enables weak ciphers for the Old profile. nginxTLSDirectives removes only names starting with TLS_ and passes all other profile ciphers to the new ssl_ciphers directive. The vendored Old profile contains DES-CBC3-SHA, which is 3DES with SHA-1, plus other -SHA SHA-1 suites. The base ConfigMap had no ssl_ciphers directive, so this behavior is introduced by the pull request.

Resolution

Filter weak ciphers before generating ssl_ciphers. Use an explicit allowlist of approved non-weak suites, or reject/remove MD5, SHA-1, DES/3DES, RC4, Blowfish, and ECB suites from both built-in and Custom profiles. Keep a strong placeholder only when filtering removes every configurable cipher. Add tests for the Old profile and weak Custom ciphers.

Full details: Container-Privileges

Explanation

The PR adds only nginx TLS directives and TLS-profile resolution. No added line sets privileged, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, root execution, or allowPrivilegeEscalation: true. The console Deployment manifest is unchanged and specifies allowPrivilegeEscalation: false and runAsNonRoot: true.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

Explanation

PASS: The pull request adds only four warnings. They log TLS profile type, minimum TLS version, a fixed TLS 1.3 filtering message, and the APIServer lister error. They do not log passwords, tokens, API keys, PII, session IDs, customer data, or hostnames. The generated lister uses the fixed resource name cluster; its normal not-found error contains only the APIServer resource and name.

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In `@pkg/agenticrun/consoleplugin.go`:
- Around line 52-69: Update the cipher handling around the ciphers loop to
convert supported IANA TLS 1.2 names, including
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, into nginx/OpenSSL syntax before
filtering. Filter only TLS 1.3 suites, preserve converted custom TLS 1.2 suites,
and use the Intermediate fallback only when no supported non-TLS-1.3 cipher
remains.

In `@pkg/agenticrun/controller.go`:
- Line 196: Update ensureConsolePlugin so it checks ShouldHonorClusterTLSProfile
before calling resolveTLSProfileSpec; apply the cluster
APIServer.Spec.TLSSecurityProfile only when honoring is enabled, otherwise
retain the component default for NGINX TLS settings.
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In `@pkg/agenticrun/controller.go`:
- Line 194: Update the APIServer configuration read error handling near the
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Using the tls sec profile Modern

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}'
{"modern":{},"type":"Modern"}
$ oc get configmap cluster-update-console-plugin -n openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml
apiVersion: v1
data:
  nginx.conf: |
    error_log /dev/stderr;
    events {}
    http {
      access_log         /dev/stdout;
      include            /etc/nginx/mime.types;
      default_type       application/octet-stream;
      keepalive_timeout  65;
      server {
        listen              9001 ssl;
        listen              [::]:9001 ssl;
        ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
        ssl_protocols       TLSv1.3;
        ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
        server_tokens       off;
        root                /usr/share/nginx/html;
      }
    }
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/description: Nginx configuration for the cluster-update console
      plugin.
  creationTimestamp: "2026-08-31T12:55:06Z"
  name: cluster-update-console-plugin
  namespace: openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin
  resourceVersion: "2140442"
  uid: 0d2be704-1282-42c8-b794-fdb9edcb3096

Using tls sec Profile Intermediate

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}'
{"intermediate":{},"type":"Intermediate"}
$ oc get configmap cluster-update-console-plugin -n openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml | grep ssl_
        ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
        ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
        ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

No profile set fall back to Intermediate as default

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}' | wc -l
0
$ oc get cm cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml | grep ssl_                                           
        ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
        ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
        ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

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Using the tls sec profile Modern

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}'
{"modern":{},"type":"Modern"}
$ oc get configmap cluster-update-console-plugin -n openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml
apiVersion: v1
data:
 nginx.conf: |
   error_log /dev/stderr;
   events {}
   http {
     access_log         /dev/stdout;
     include            /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     default_type       application/octet-stream;
     keepalive_timeout  65;
     server {
       listen              9001 ssl;
       listen              [::]:9001 ssl;
       ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
       ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
       ssl_protocols       TLSv1.3;
       ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
       server_tokens       off;
       root                /usr/share/nginx/html;
     }
   }
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
 annotations:
   kubernetes.io/description: Nginx configuration for the cluster-update console
     plugin.
 creationTimestamp: "2026-08-31T12:55:06Z"
 name: cluster-update-console-plugin
 namespace: openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin
 resourceVersion: "2140442"
 uid: 0d2be704-1282-42c8-b794-fdb9edcb3096

Using tls sec Profile Intermediate

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}'
{"intermediate":{},"type":"Intermediate"}
$ oc get configmap cluster-update-console-plugin -n openshift-cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml | grep ssl_
       ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
       ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
       ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
       ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

No profile set fall back to Intermediate as default

$ oc get apiserver cluster -o jsonpath='{.spec.tlsSecurityProfile}' | wc -l
0
$ oc get cm cluster-update-console-plugin -o yaml | grep ssl_                                           
       ssl_certificate     /var/cert/tls.crt;
       ssl_certificate_key /var/cert/tls.key;
       ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
       ssl_ciphers         ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305;
       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

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// they are always enabled when TLS 1.3 is negotiated.
var ciphers []string
for _, c := range profile.Ciphers {
if !strings.HasPrefix(c, "TLS_") {

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silently ignoring config seems like it could surprise users. Can we log warnings if we see any TLS_* entries? Or is the not-configurable-ness an Nginx-specific limitation, while other consumers can process that configuration, even when they're using TLS 1.3?

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Yea. I added a log entry for that as well. It just log it as skipped but don't log which TLS_* entry was actually skipped. Let me know if you see value on logging the entry actually so I can change it 👍

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Read the cluster's APIServer TLS security profile and render the nginx
ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers directives dynamically. This ensures the
console plugin respects cluster-wide TLS policy (Old/Intermediate/
Modern/Custom) and any admin overrides.

Falls back to the Intermediate profile when the APIServer resource
cannot be read.

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@jrangelramos: This pull request references OTA-2109 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the weakness to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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Summary

  • Harden the console plugin nginx TLS configuration by deriving ssl_protocols
    and ssl_ciphers dynamically from the cluster's APIServer TLS security profile
  • Supports all profile types: Old, Intermediate, Modern, and Custom
  • Falls back to Intermediate defaults when the APIServer resource is unavailable
  • Adds ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on and server_tokens off to the nginx config

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The console plugin nginx ConfigMap now reads the cluster-wide TLS policy
(apiserver.config.openshift.io/cluster) at apply time and renders the
appropriate ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers directives. This keeps the
console plugin consistent with other components that honor the APIServer
TLS security profile.

TLS 1.3 ciphers (TLS_*) are filtered from ssl_ciphers since nginx
handles them automatically when TLS 1.3 is negotiated.

Test plan

  • Unit tests pass (make test)
  • Build succeeds (make build)
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with default (Intermediate) profile
  • Verify nginx config renders correctly with Modern profile (TLS 1.3 only)
  • Verify fallback behavior when APIServer resource is not readable

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  • Security Enhancements
  • Configured the console plugin’s web server with cluster-selected TLS protocols and cipher suites.
  • Enabled preference for secure server ciphers and concealed server version details.
  • Applied the cluster API server’s TLS security profile, with secure defaults when the profile is unavailable or unsupported.

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In `@pkg/agenticrun/controller.go`:
- Line 203: Update the console plugin reconciliation around ensureConsolePlugin
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tlsProfile = resolveTLSProfileSpec(apiServer.Spec.TLSSecurityProfile)
}

return applyConsolePluginManifests(ctx, c.client, c.consolePluginImage, tlsProfile)

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reconcile the ConfigMap when the APIServer TLS profile changes.

This applies the derived nginx directives only during the initial ensure. Sync skips ensureConsolePlugin after c.consolePluginEnsured becomes true. If the APIServer changes from Intermediate to Modern or Custom, the ConfigMap keeps the old ssl_protocols and ssl_ciphers.

Track the applied profile and reapply when it changes, or enqueue reconciliation from APIServer updates.

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In `@pkg/agenticrun/controller.go` at line 203, Update the console plugin
reconciliation around ensureConsolePlugin and applyConsolePluginManifests to
track the applied APIServer TLS profile and reapply the ConfigMap whenever the
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Good catch - the TLS profile change not propagating is a valid observation. However, the fix is more involved than just tracking the profile: the Deployment mounts the ConfigMap via subPath: nginx.conf, and
Kubernetes does not propagate ConfigMap updates to subPath mounts. So even if we re-applied the ConfigMap on profile change, the running nginx pod wouldn't pick it up without a rollout.

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@jrangelramos, agreed. The finding remains valid, but the required reconciliation includes both resources.

When the APIServer TLS profile changes, the controller must:

  1. Detect the profile change.
  2. Reapply the ConfigMap with the derived nginx directives.
  3. Trigger a Deployment rollout so nginx reads the updated nginx.conf.

A pod-template annotation that changes with the rendered ConfigMap content is one possible rollout mechanism. Reapplying only the ConfigMap is not sufficient because the subPath mount does not receive the update.


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/lgtm

I'm agnostic about whether you want to cover reconfig rollout in this pull or in follow-up work.

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Scheduling tests matching the pipeline_run_if_changed or not excluded by pipeline_skip_if_only_changed parameters:
/test e2e-agnostic-operator
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-1of3
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-2of3
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-3of3
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn-upgrade-into-change
/test e2e-agnostic-ovn-upgrade-out-of-change
/test e2e-aws-ovn-techpreview
/test e2e-hypershift
/test e2e-hypershift-conformance

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@jrangelramos: The following tests failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

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ci/prow/e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-2of3 ed531cd link true /test e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-2of3
ci/prow/e2e-agnostic-ovn ed531cd link true /test e2e-agnostic-ovn
ci/prow/e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-1of3 ed531cd link true /test e2e-agnostic-ovn-techpreview-serial-1of3
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