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Crystal Specs (cnf_installation2) fails now and then, on main (c45a930, run 40860524717) and on unrelated PRs (#2856, #2858), always the same way:

cnf_install --cnf-config sample-cnfs/sample_oci_repo/ failed (exit 1):
  ensure_exists: namespaces cnti-default, cnti-testsuite, default, ...
  Label namespace/cnti-default with pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged
  helm install nginx-oci ... -n cnti-default
  Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: create: failed to create: namespaces "cnti-default" not found

The previous example's cnf_uninstall deletes the namespace the suite created with --wait --timeout=60s. When the deletion takes longer, the namespace is still Terminating when the next install runs: SuiteNamespaces.ensure_exists finds it, labels it and goes on, and helm install meets the namespace as it disappears. create_missing, used for the namespaces that manifests reference, skips it the same way.

Change

• ensure_exists waits for a terminating namespace (status.phase Terminating, or a deletionTimestamp) to be gone, up to GENERIC_OPERATION_TIMEOUT, then creates it as for a missing one. create_missing treats a terminating namespace as missing.
• A namespace still there after the wait raises SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError, naming the namespace and the conditions that hold it (remaining content or finalizers). The Helm and manifest deployment managers report it like an install error: cnf_install ends with exit code 1 and that message, not a crash.

Spec (cnf_installation1)

A namespace held in Terminating by a finalizer on a ConfigMap, released after five seconds: ensure_exists returns an active namespace the suite owns, at Pod Security level privileged.

Note

Rebased onto #2838: the wait for a terminating namespace comes before its shortcut for a namespace that already enforces privileged, so a namespace being deleted is never left alone as if it were usable.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Suite namespaces marked for deletion are now given time to finish deleting before recreation, reducing namespace conflicts during installation.
  • If a namespace remains in deletion too long, installation reports an error instead of proceeding as though setup succeeded.
  • Recreated namespaces retain suite ownership and the required privileged enforcement label.
  • Installation status now records that the cluster was touched even if namespace creation fails.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for recreating a namespace that is still terminating and verifying its ownership and enforcement label.

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Walkthrough

SuiteNamespaces waits for terminating namespaces to be deleted before creating them. If deletion exceeds the timeout, the setup task and deployment managers handle the error. Deployment managers mark the cluster as touched before namespace creation when applicable.

Changes: Namespace Recreation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect and recreate terminating namespaces src/tasks/utils/suite_namespaces.cr, spec/setup_spec.cr	SuiteNamespaces detects namespaces with a terminating phase or deletion timestamp. It waits for deletion, then creates the namespace. If the namespace remains terminating past the timeout, it raises StillTerminatingError. The spec checks recreation, ownership, the enforce label, and cleanup.
Handle namespace timeout errors src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/helm_deployment_manager.cr, src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/manifest_deployment_manager.cr, src/tasks/setup/setup.cr	The setup task reports StillTerminatingError and exits with status 1. Both deployment managers report the error and return false. They mark the cluster as touched before namespace creation when applicable.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• Results: record the conditions around a failed test, and report a test that could not judge the CNF as an error #2806: This change reports conditions associated with a namespace that remains terminating, but does not address the broader results and diagnostics requirements.

Possibly related PRs

• lfn-cnti/testsuite#2838: Both changes modify SuiteNamespaces.ensure_exists and the setup and installation error-handling paths.
• lfn-cnti/testsuite#2845: This PR includes the same namespace setup and deployment-manager changes as PR #2838, which this change extends.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 6d547

The namespace recreation and timeout-handling changes are mergeable with no established blocking regression.

Architecture risk: Low · up to 6d547

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: src, spec

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• observed — src (service) was modified; 4 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — spec (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in spec/setup_spec.cr: Adds a namespace lifecycle spec that holds deletion with a ConfigMap finalizer, releases it after five seconds, and checks that ensure_exists returns a non-terminating, suite-owned namespace with the privileged enforce label. Cleanup removes the finalizer and requests deletion even if the spec fails.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/helm_deployment_manager.cr: install_from_folder sets @cluster_touched before namespace creation and value resolution; previously it set the flag afterward. It now also rescues SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError, prints its message, and returns false.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/helm_deployment_manager.cr: Added handling for SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError: print the error message and return false.
• observed — Modified behavior in src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/manifest_deployment_manager.cr: Before namespace creation, install now sets @cluster_touched when referenced_namespaces is nonempty; previously this flag was only set after namespace creation completed.

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Major · Handle namespace client failures and preserve… · helm_deployment_manager.cr:22-43

src/tasks/utils/cnf_installation/deployment_management/helm_deployment_manager.cr:22-43
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle namespace client failures and preserve partial-operation state.

When a terminating namespace disappears, SuiteNamespaces.ensure_exists recreates it and then applies the enforcement label. A label-command failure raises KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException, which install_from_folder does not rescue. The exception can escape before install_deployments performs normal failure cleanup. The assignment to @cluster_touched also occurs after namespace setup, so a handled label failure would incorrectly report that no cluster operation occurred.

Rescue the Kubernetes client exception and record cluster_touched before the first namespace mutation. Do not set it before the entire ensure_namespace_exists! call, because StillTerminatingError can return before any mutation.

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In install_from_folder, rescue KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException
and handle it through the existing installation-failure path. Set
@cluster_touched immediately before the first namespace mutation performed by
CNFManager.ensure_namespace_exists!, not before the whole call, so
StillTerminatingError can still return without marking the cluster as touched.

Minor · Recheck the namespace before raising the timeout. · suite_namespaces.cr:79-88

src/tasks/utils/suite_namespaces.cr:79-88
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Recheck the namespace before raising the timeout.

repeat_with_timeout can return false after its last poll observes the namespace. If the namespace disappears before the diagnostic get(namespace), wait_until_deleted still raises StillTerminatingError. ensure_exists then does not recreate the namespace, and the Helm and manifest installation callers return an install failure.

Suggested fix

     return if gone
+    return if get(namespace).nil?

     conditions = get(namespace).try(&.dig?("status", "conditions")).try(&.as_a?) || [] of JSON::Any

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Review comment at @src/tasks/utils/suite_namespaces.cr around lines 79 - 88:
Update wait_until_deleted to recheck the namespace after repeat_with_timeout
reports a timeout and return if get(namespace) is nil before building
diagnostics or raising StillTerminatingError; preserve the existing error path
when the namespace still exists.

Minor · Rescue StillTerminatingError in setup:create_namespace, or the task exits 2… · setup.cr:15-20

src/tasks/setup/setup.cr:15-20
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Rescue StillTerminatingError in setup:create_namespace, or the task exits 2 with a backtrace.

SuiteNamespaces.ensure_exists can now raise SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError when a namespace is still Terminating after the wait. That class inherits from Exception, so the K8sClientCMDException rescue in this task does not catch it. The error then reaches the top-level handler, which prints a backtrace and exits with CRITICAL_FAILURE_CODE (2). The task's own message and exit(1) path are skipped. The repository's top-level handler comment says a missing prerequisite should give guidance and exit 1, not a backtrace and exit 2.

Suggested fix

-    rescue ex : KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException
+    rescue ex : KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException | SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError

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Update the rescue clause in setup:create_namespace to catch both
KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException and
SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError. Keep the existing failure message, error
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- Around line 27-31: In the referenced_namespaces loop, set @cluster_touched
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- Around line 15-20: Update the rescue clause in setup:create_namespace to catch
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existing installation-failure path. Set @cluster_touched immediately before the
first namespace mutation performed by CNFManager.ensure_namespace_exists!, not
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- Around line 79-88: Update wait_until_deleted to recheck the namespace after
repeat_with_timeout reports a timeout and return if get(namespace) is nil before
building diagnostics or raising StillTerminatingError; preserve the existing
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Minor · Handle Kubernetes errors during namespace preparation. · helm_deployment_manager.cr:42

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle Kubernetes errors during namespace preparation.

If Pod Security labeling fails during namespace preparation, KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException can escape install_from_folder. install_deployments then cannot classify cleanup or exit through its failed-install path. Rescue this exception and return false.

Suggested fix

       rescue e : Helm::ShellCMD::HelmCMDException
         stdout_failure "Helm installation failed with message:"
         stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
         return false
+      rescue e : KubectlClient::ShellCMD::K8sClientCMDException
+        stdout_failure "Helm installation failed with message:"
+        stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
+        return false
       rescue e : SuiteNamespaces::StillTerminatingError

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Update install_from_folder to rescue
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report the exception message, and return false so install_deployments can follow
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Minor · Treat a namespace that disappears during timeout handling as deleted. · suite_namespaces.cr:79-88

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Treat a namespace that disappears during timeout handling as deleted.

If the final timed poll observes the namespace, repeat_with_timeout returns false after the timeout. The namespace can then disappear before the follow-up get(namespace) at line 84. The code still raises StillTerminatingError, so the deployment manager returns false instead of recreating the namespace. This is separate from the Helm::ShellCMD::HelmCMDException handling because StillTerminatingError is raised before Helm.install.

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-    conditions = get(namespace).try(&.dig?("status", "conditions")).try(&.as_a?) || [] of JSON::Any
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+    return if current.nil?
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After repeat_with_timeout reports that the namespace is still present, re-fetch
it with get(namespace) and return if it has disappeared before reading status
conditions or raising StillTerminatingError. Use that fetched namespace value
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