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What type of PR is this?
/kind enhancement

What does this PR do / why we need it:

  • I was curious if there were any cases where clusted-scoped resources (e.g. ClusterRole/Binding) could be created when reconciling non-cluster-scoped ArgoCD CR.
  • I asked Claude to scan the codebase, and it identified the image-updater logic as correct, BUT suggested it could be hardened by adding additional verification checks (similar to what we do with other components)
  • I've added those checks as part of this PR.

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

Test acceptance criteria:

  • Unit Test
  • E2E Test

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Signed-off-by: Jonathan West <jgwest@gmail.com>
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Cluster-scoped Image Updater and GitOps Promoter resources are no longer created outside eligible cluster-configuration namespaces.
    • Existing cluster-scoped resources owned by the Argo CD instance are removed when the namespace is ineligible; unowned RBAC resources are left untouched.
    • Logs now clarify when cluster-scoped resources are unavailable because of namespace eligibility or because Image Updater is disabled.

Walkthrough

ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding reconciliation now checks cluster-config namespace eligibility. When the namespace is not allowed, reconciliation skips creation and removes existing resources only when they are owned by the Argo CD resource. The eligibility log and test setup also change.

Changes

Image Updater cluster RBAC

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cluster-scoped RBAC eligibility and reconciliation
argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater.go, argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater_test.go, argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/util.go
ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding creation and deletion now use the enabled state and cluster-config namespace eligibility. Existing cluster-scoped resources are deleted only when owned by the Argo CD resource. Tests allow the namespace before exercising cluster RBAC, and the eligibility log describes the reconciliation behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: olivergondza

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 34b38

Revoking a namespace’s cluster-config eligibility can leave Image Updater’s owned cluster-wide permissions in place. Fix that cleanup path and test the disallowed-namespace behavior before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: hardening Image Updater checks for cluster-scoped Argo CD resources.
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🟠 Major · Allow cleanup when cluster-config eligibility is revoked. · image_updater.go:156-157

argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater.go:156-157
🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Allow cleanup when cluster-config eligibility is revoked.

If a namespace previously created Image Updater cluster RBAC and later loses cluster-config eligibility, reconcileImageUpdaterRBAC returns here in "*" mode. The new helper deletion paths never run, so the owned ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding retain cluster-wide permissions. Remove the owned cluster RBAC before returning the configuration error, and cover this transition in a test.

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In `@argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater.go` around lines 156 - 157,
In reconcileImageUpdaterRBAC, remove the Image Updater-owned ClusterRole and
ClusterRoleBinding before returning the configuration error when wildcard watch
mode is no longer cluster-config eligible. Preserve the error for invalid
configuration and add a test covering cleanup after eligibility is revoked.
🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater_test.go (1)

95-101: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for the non-cluster-config helper branch.

The "*" test returns after reconcileImageUpdaterRBAC rejects the namespace, before either cluster-RBAC helper runs. The direct helper tests configure the namespace as allowed. Therefore, a regression that creates or fails to delete owned cluster RBAC for a non-eligible namespace can pass.

Add a direct test that asserts both helpers skip creation and delete previously owned resources when ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CONFIG_NAMESPACES excludes the Argo CD namespace.

Suggested fix
+func TestReconcileImageUpdaterClusterRBAC_NonClusterConfigNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	a := makeTestArgoCD(func(a *argoproj.ArgoCD) {
+		a.Spec.ImageUpdater.Enabled = true
+	})
+	allowClusterConfigNamespaces(t, a.Namespace)
+
+	resObjs := []client.Object{a}
+	subresObjs := []client.Object{a}
+	sch := makeTestReconcilerScheme(argoproj.AddToScheme, promoter.AddToScheme, apiregistrationv1.AddToScheme)
+	r := makeTestReconciler(makeTestReconcilerClient(sch, resObjs, subresObjs, nil), sch, testclient.NewSimpleClientset())
+	name := GenerateUniqueResourceName(common.ArgoCDImageUpdaterControllerComponent, a)
+	sa := &v1.ServiceAccount{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "sa", Namespace: a.Namespace}}
+
+	t.Setenv("ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CONFIG_NAMESPACES", "")
+	clusterRole, err := r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRole(a)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, clusterRole)
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(r.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: name}, &rbacv1.ClusterRole{})))
+	assert.NoError(t, r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRoleBinding(a, &rbacv1.ClusterRole{}, sa))
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(r.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: name}, &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{})))
+
+	allowClusterConfigNamespaces(t, a.Namespace)
+	clusterRole, err = r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRole(a)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, clusterRole)
+	assert.NoError(t, r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRoleBinding(a, clusterRole, sa))
+
+	t.Setenv("ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CONFIG_NAMESPACES", "")
+	_, err = r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRole(a)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, r.reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRoleBinding(a, clusterRole, sa))
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(r.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: name}, &rbacv1.ClusterRole{})))
+	assert.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(r.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: name}, &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{})))
+}
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In `@argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater_test.go` around lines 95 -
101, Add a direct test for reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRole and
reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRoleBinding with ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CONFIG_NAMESPACES
excluding the Argo CD namespace. Assert both helpers skip creating cluster RBAC,
then allow the namespace and create the resources, exclude it again, and verify
both helpers delete the previously owned resources.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater.go`:
- Around line 156-157: In reconcileImageUpdaterRBAC, remove the Image
Updater-owned ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding before returning the
configuration error when wildcard watch mode is no longer cluster-config
eligible. Preserve the error for invalid configuration and add a test covering
cleanup after eligibility is revoked.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@argocd-operator/controllers/argocd/image_updater_test.go`:
- Around line 95-101: Add a direct test for reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRole and
reconcileImageUpdaterClusterRoleBinding with ARGOCD_CLUSTER_CONFIG_NAMESPACES
excluding the Argo CD namespace. Assert both helpers skip creating cluster RBAC,
then allow the namespace and create the resources, exclude it again, and verify
both helpers delete the previously owned resources.

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