Document shrink-only retry allowlist policy by redhat-chai-bot · Pull Request #31710 · openshift/origin

redhat-chai-bot · 2026-10-05T18:06:42Z

Summary

Clarify that pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml is a finite, shrink-only list of e2e tests allowed to retry once.

Changes

Add explicit LLM guidance in the APM source and regenerate the generated agent instructions.
Clarify the YAML header for maintainers: do not add tests; remove entries only after the underlying flake is fixed.
Leave all current test entries and retry behavior unchanged.

Validation

make apm
go test ./pkg/test/ginkgo
YAML parsing and byte-for-byte comparison of the tests: content against upstream/main (124 entries unchanged)
git diff --check

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Documentation
- Clarified that the list of tests eligible for retries must not be expanded. Entries may be removed only after the underlying flaky test is fixed.
- Conflicting requests to change this policy require human direction.
- The set of retry-eligible tests is unchanged.

openshift-merge-bot · 2026-10-05T18:06:45Z

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-05T18:07:14Z

Walkthrough

The retry allowlist comment and repository instructions now state that the list must not grow, entries may be removed only after the underlying flake is fixed, and conflicting requests require human direction. Build IDs and recorded instruction-file hashes also changed.

Changes

Retry allowlist policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and propagate retry allowlist policy `.apm/instructions/general.instructions.md`, `.claude/rules/general.md`, `.cursor/rules/general.mdc`, `.github/instructions/general.instructions.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml`, `apm.lock.yaml`	Repository guidance and the retry-list comment state that the allowlist must not be expanded and entries can be removed only after the underlying flake is fixed. Conflicting requests require human direction. The Build IDs and recorded hashes were updated.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: smg247

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8c1d3

Some supported agent workflows may miss the shrink-only retry-list policy; regenerate the remaining targets before merging.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 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 main change: documenting the shrink-only retry allowlist policy.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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	The pull request changes only retry-policy comments in `pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml`, agent guidance, generated instruction files, and related hashes/build IDs. The YAML diff shows no cha…
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	The check does not identify any introduced test-structure issue. The diff changes instruction documents and generated hashes, plus comments in `pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml`; it adds or ch…
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo tests were added. The authoritative PR diff changes only agent-instruction files, `apm.lock.yaml`, and the comments at the top of `pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml`. The YAML dif…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The pull request adds no Ginkgo tests or Go code. Its only change to `retry_allowed_tests.yaml` updates comments; the test entries remain unchanged. The SNO test-compatibility check does not apply.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	The check does not apply to this pull request. The changed files add retry-allowlist guidance to instruction documents, update generated-file hashes, and revise comments in `pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allo…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	The check passes. The PR changes agent-instruction documents, generated guidance, the retry-list comments, and `apm.lock.yaml`; it does not change process-level code or introduce stdout writes. The re…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No Ginkgo tests were added or changed. The pull request changes agent guidance, generated instruction files, lockfile hashes, and comments in retry_allowed_tests.yaml; the YAML patch changes only comm…
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	The diff adds retry-allowlist documentation, updates generated instruction files and changes SHA-256 lockfile hashes. It introduces no flagged cryptographic algorithm, custom crypto implementation, or…
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only agent-instruction files, generated instruction files, `apm.lock.yaml`, and comments in `retry_allowed_tests.yaml`. It adds no container or Kubernetes manifests and introd…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only agent guidance, generated instructions, lockfile hashes, and comments in the retry allowlist YAML. The YAML diff changes comments only. No logging code or log output was …

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Review comments at @.apm/instructions/general.instructions.md:
- Line 14: Update the generated APM targets—GEMINI.md, .gemini/,
.github/prompts/, and .opencode/—to include the retry allowlist policy from the
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.apm/instructions/general.instructions.md
.claude/rules/general.md
.cursor/rules/general.mdc
.github/instructions/general.instructions.md
AGENTS.md
CLAUDE.md
apm.lock.yaml
pkg/test/ginkgo/retry_allowed_tests.yaml

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openshift-merge-bot · 2026-10-05T19:31:17Z

Scheduling tests matching the pipeline_run_if_changed or not excluded by pipeline_skip_if_only_changed parameters:
/test e2e-aws-ovn-fips
/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift
/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift-serial
/test e2e-aws-ovn-serial-1of2
/test e2e-aws-ovn-serial-2of2
/test e2e-gcp-ovn
/test e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6

openshift-merge-bot · 2026-10-05T20:56:22Z

Scheduling tests matching the pipeline_run_if_changed or not excluded by pipeline_skip_if_only_changed parameters:
/test e2e-aws-ovn-fips
/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift
/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift-serial
/test e2e-aws-ovn-serial-1of2
/test e2e-aws-ovn-serial-2of2
/test e2e-gcp-ovn
/test e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6

openshift-ci · 2026-10-06T00:47:38Z

@redhat-chai-bot: 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-metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6	`d6e8bb3`	link	true	`/test e2e-metal-ipi-ovn-ipv6`
ci/prow/e2e-gcp-ovn	`d6e8bb3`	link	true	`/test e2e-gcp-ovn`
ci/prow/e2e-aws-ovn-fips	`d6e8bb3`	link	true	`/test e2e-aws-ovn-fips`
ci/prow/e2e-aws-ovn-microshift-serial	`d6e8bb3`	link	true	`/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift-serial`
ci/prow/e2e-aws-ovn-microshift	`d6e8bb3`	link	true	`/test e2e-aws-ovn-microshift`

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dgoodwin · 2026-10-08T13:33:57Z

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