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What does this PR do / why we need it:
This PR prevents the openshift-gitops namespace from being created when DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true is set. Previously, the flag only prevented the ArgoCD instance creation but still created the namespace.

Have you updated the necessary documentation?

  • Documentation update is required by this PR.
  • Documentation has been updated.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #?
https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/GITOPS-10435

Test acceptance criteria:

  • Unit Test
  • E2E Test

How to test changes / Special notes to the reviewer:
Fresh install with flag enabled
Set environment variable in operator Subscription
DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true

verify
oc get namespace openshift-gitops
Expected: Error from server (NotFound)

test with make

make install
export DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true
make run

verify
oc get namespace openshift-gitops
Expected: Error from server (NotFound)

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📝 Summary

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Disabling the default installation prevents creation of the openshift-gitops namespace, the default Argo CD instance, and its backend resources.
    • If the default installation already exists, disabling it removes only resources created by the operator. The namespace and other contents remain; clean them up separately if needed.
    • Re-enabling the default installation allows its namespace, Argo CD instance, and backend resources to be recreated.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified what disabling the default installation removes and what remains.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for disabling and restoring the default installation.

Walkthrough

When default installation is disabled, reconciliation skips creation of the openshift-gitops namespace and backend resources. It removes the default Argo CD instance and operator-created backend resources if they exist, but leaves the namespace in place. The console plugin continues to be reconciled.

Changes

Default installation lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Conditional reconciliation and backend cleanup
controllers/gitopsservice_controller.go
Namespace setup and backend reconciliation run only when default installation is enabled. Otherwise, reconciliation removes the default Argo CD instance and the backend Deployment, Service, ClusterRoleBinding, ClusterRole, and ServiceAccount. It leaves the namespace in place and continues to reconcile the console plugin.
Lifecycle validation and documentation
controllers/gitopsservice_controller_test.go, test/nondefaulte2e/gitops_service_nondefault_test.go, test/openshift/e2e/ginkgo/sequential/1-018_validate_disable_default_instance_test.go, docs/Migration_Guide.md, docs/OpenShift GitOps Usage Guide.md, hack/non-olm-install/README.md
Tests check that backend resources are absent when default installation is disabled, that the namespace remains, and that resources return after installation is restored. Documentation describes the same behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Reconcile
  participant KubernetesAPI
  Reconcile->>KubernetesAPI: Delete default Argo CD instance
  Reconcile->>KubernetesAPI: Delete operator-created backend resources
  Note over Reconcile,KubernetesAPI: Leave namespace in place
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2600c

The change appears mergeable after normal checks: disabling the default installation is described as leaving the namespace and console plugin in place while removing default-install resources.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly states the primary change: preventing creation of the openshift-gitops namespace when DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the namespace-creation change, documents the related updates, identifies the issue, and provides unit and end-to-end test steps.
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68-68: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update the DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE description at line 68 for consistency

Line 9 was updated to mention namespace deletion, but line 68 still reads "Disables the installation of default instance in openshift-gitops namespace" without mentioning that the namespace itself is also deleted. This is inconsistent with the updated docs in the Usage Guide (line 225) and the non-olm README (line 84).

📝 Proposed fix
-`DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE`: Disables the installation of default instance in openshift-gitops namespace.
+`DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE`: Disables the installation of the default instance and deletes the `openshift-gitops` namespace if it exists.
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In `@docs/Migration_Guide.md` at line 68, Update the
DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE description in Migration_Guide.md to match the
other docs by stating that it disables installation of the default instance in
the openshift-gitops namespace and also deletes the namespace itself. Keep the
wording consistent with the updated Usage Guide and non-olm README entries, and
make the change in the documentation text that references this flag.
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Inline comments:
In `@controllers/gitopsservice_controller.go`:
- Around line 329-343: Skip backend reconciliation when the namespace is already
marked for deletion, because ensureDefaultArgoCDInstanceDoesntExist may leave it
in Terminating and the later Client.Get can still succeed. In the reconcile path
that calls ensureDefaultArgoCDInstanceDoesntExist, inspect the Namespace object
returned by Client.Get and only call reconcileBackend when it exists and has no
DeletionTimestamp; otherwise return without reconciling. Use the existing
symbols ensureDefaultArgoCDInstanceDoesntExist, Client.Get, and reconcileBackend
to keep the fix localized.
- Around line 309-319: Guard the version parsing in gitopsservice_controller.go
before indexing Segments() in the OCP version comparison logic. In the code
around realVersion/startVersion and the
version.NewVersion(dynamicPluginStartOCPVersion) path, check that each slice has
at least 2 elements before reading index 1, and handle shorter versions safely
by returning early or skipping the comparison. This prevents an
index-out-of-range panic when dynamicPluginStartOCPVersion is a single-segment
version like "4".

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Outside diff comments:
In `@docs/Migration_Guide.md`:
- Line 68: Update the DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE description in
Migration_Guide.md to match the other docs by stating that it disables
installation of the default instance in the openshift-gitops namespace and also
deletes the namespace itself. Keep the wording consistent with the updated Usage
Guide and non-olm README entries, and make the change in the documentation text
that references this flag.
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/retest

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This will also disable console-plugin deployment, is that expected ?

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This will also disable console-plugin deployment, is that expected ?

yes, this is expected because the console plugin resources (Service, Deployment, ConfigMap) are deployed into the openshift-gitops namespace. When DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true, the namespace does not exist and plugin resources have nowhere to be deployed, please correct me if I have understood this incorrectly.

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This will also disable console-plugin deployment, is that expected ?

yes, this is expected because the console plugin resources (Service, Deployment, ConfigMap) are deployed into the openshift-gitops namespace. When DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE=true, the namespace does not exist and plugin resources have nowhere to be deployed, please correct me if I have understood this incorrectly.

FYI - @anandf @keithchong

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@keithchong, any comments? Are you ok with such behavior?

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IMO, this should go in after #1231

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I agree with Oliver that this should go in after #1231.

I am unsure why the console plugin should be disabled if the flag is set to true. In 1231, the console plugin resources are created in the operator's namespace. So whether DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE is true or false, that should not impact that? eg. the plugin resources will still be created.

It's just that we won't have the default Argo CD instance. The console plugin should still exist/be enabled/work regardless.

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I agree with Oliver that this should go in after #1231.

I am unsure why the console plugin should be disabled if the flag is set to true. In 1231, the console plugin resources are created in the operator's namespace. So whether DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE is true or false, that should not impact that? eg. the plugin resources will still be created.

It's just that we won't have the default Argo CD instance. The console plugin should still exist/be enabled/work regardless.

@keithchong yes after #1231 gets merged the console plugin resources will be created in the operator's namespace. I will make necessary changes in this PR once #1231 gets merged

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#1231 got merged, now working on this

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In `@docs/OpenShift` GitOps Usage Guide.md:
- Line 124: Update the warning at docs/OpenShift GitOps Usage Guide.md lines
124-124 to state that deleting the openshift-gitops namespace removes all
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// Also delete the namespace when DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE is true
if err := r.Client.Delete(context.TODO(), argocdNS); err != nil {
if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete openshift-gitops namespace: %w", err)
}
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We probably don't want to delete the namespace itself when DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE is true, there might be other stuff in there that was created outside the operator.

We should only make sure to delete the resources that we created within the namespace, and it's up to the user to clean up any other resources in the namespace.

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// Also delete the namespace when DISABLE_DEFAULT_ARGOCD_INSTANCE is true

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Flagged by claude:
● 429 [correctness] ensureDefaultArgoCDInstanceDoesntExist deletes the ArgoCD CR and namespace but never removes the cluster-scoped ClusterRole/ClusterRoleBinding created for the backend ServiceAccount.

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