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What this PR does

Fixes Kafka application deletion when a release-owned KafkaTopic still has Strimzi's strimzi.io/topic-operator finalizer. Without ordering, Helm removes the topic operator with the release, the KafkaTopic cannot finish deleting, and reinstalling the same release name times out on the leftover object (#3793).

A namespace-scoped pre-delete hook deletes only KafkaTopics carrying the current release label while the operator is still running. It never removes finalizers directly. The hook uses a digest-pinned kubectl image, restricted RBAC, a 270-second job deadline, a 180-second deletion timeout, and a 20-second request timeout. The E2E absence checks allow five minutes, matching the hook's Helm budget.

Validation:

  • helm unittest packages/apps/kafka: 36/36 passed, including hook resources, RBAC wiring, image digest, selector, and timeout assertions.
  • The raw template parses with yq; all leading Helm-expression scalars are quoted.
  • Chainsaw asserts both release topics are absent after deletion, but the full E2E suite was not run locally because it requires a disposable cluster.

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Walked the trigger map against the chart hook and E2E test. No values/schema/API/default or downstream hardcoded contract changes.

Release note

fix(kafka): delete release-owned KafkaTopics before removing the Strimzi topic operator

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Kafka deletions now automatically clean up associated Kafka topics before dependent storage is reclaimed.
    • Improved deletion verification to confirm topics are removed before ZooKeeper storage cleanup.
    • Cleanup operations now use bounded execution and controlled lifecycle handling.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for cleanup permissions, execution settings, topic selection, hook configuration, and deletion lifecycle behavior.
    • Deletion tests now verify Kafka topics exist before removal and are fully deleted afterward.

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The Kafka Helm chart adds a pre-delete cleanup hook that removes release-owned KafkaTopic resources. Helm tests validate the rendered resources, and the end-to-end test confirms topic existence before deletion and removal afterward.

Changes

Kafka topic cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pre-delete cleanup hook
packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml, packages/apps/kafka/tests/delete_test.yaml
The chart adds a bounded cleanup Job with restricted security settings and RBAC permissions. Helm tests validate the Job, hook metadata, arguments, image, and supporting resources.
End-to-end deletion validation
hack/e2e-chainsaw/kafka/chainsaw-test.yaml
The test confirms that both KafkaTopic resources exist before Kafka deletion and are absent afterward.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 26192

The release cleanup hook is bounded and targeted, but its deletion and verification time limits still require owner awareness because misaligned timeouts could make release removal fail intermittently. The PR is otherwise mergeable with follow-up on timeout alignment.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Helm
  participant CleanupJob
  participant KubernetesAPI
  participant KafkaDeletionTest
  Helm->>CleanupJob: Run pre-delete hook
  CleanupJob->>KubernetesAPI: Delete release-labeled KafkaTopics
  KubernetesAPI-->>CleanupJob: Complete deletion
  KafkaDeletionTest->>KubernetesAPI: Verify KafkaTopics before and after deletion
  KubernetesAPI-->>KafkaDeletionTest: Return resource existence
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packages/apps/kafka/tests/delete_test.yaml (1)

42-57: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add assertions for RoleBinding wiring.

The test checks isKind for ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding (documents 1-3), and checks Role's rules content. It does not assert that RoleBinding.roleRef.name and RoleBinding.subjects[0].name match the ServiceAccount and Role names. Add these assertions to catch a future naming drift between the four resources before it reaches production.

♻️ Proposed additional assertions
       - isKind:
           of: RoleBinding
         documentIndex: 3
+      - equal:
+          path: roleRef.name
+          value: kafka-test-pre-delete
+        documentIndex: 3
+      - equal:
+          path: subjects[0].name
+          value: kafka-test-pre-delete
+        documentIndex: 3
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In `@packages/apps/kafka/tests/delete_test.yaml` around lines 42 - 57, Add
assertions in the delete test’s RoleBinding checks to verify roleRef.name
matches the expected Role name and subjects[0].name matches the expected
ServiceAccount name, preserving the existing documentIndex wiring for the four
resources.
packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml (1)

32-32: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider pinning the cleanup image by digest.

docker.io/clastix/kubectl:v1.32 is a legitimate, minimal, purpose-built kubectl CLI image. For supply-chain reproducibility, consider pinning it by digest instead of a floating tag, consistent with good practice for hook images that run with cluster-scoped credentials.

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In `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml` at line 32, Pin the cleanup hook’s
image in the delete manifest to an immutable digest instead of the floating
docker.io/clastix/kubectl:v1.32 tag, while preserving the existing kubectl image
and version.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml`:
- Around line 4-5: Quote every YAML scalar in this template that begins with a
Helm interpolation, including the metadata name and all other listed templated
fields, following the existing quoted-template convention used by topics.yaml;
preserve the rendered values and surrounding suffixes.
- Around line 13-59: Align the e2e absence-check timeout with the hook budget:
retain packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml lines 13-59 as the reference
without direct changes, and increase timeout from 2m to at least 4m for both
error checks in hack/e2e-chainsaw/kafka/chainsaw-test.yaml lines 102-115.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml` around lines 13
- 14.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml`:
- Line 32: Pin the cleanup hook’s image in the delete manifest to an immutable
digest instead of the floating docker.io/clastix/kubectl:v1.32 tag, while
preserving the existing kubectl image and version.

In `@packages/apps/kafka/tests/delete_test.yaml`:
- Around line 42-57: Add assertions in the delete test’s RoleBinding checks to
verify roleRef.name matches the expected Role name and subjects[0].name matches
the expected ServiceAccount name, preserving the existing documentIndex wiring
for the four resources.
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Comment on lines +13 to +59
activeDeadlineSeconds: 240
backoffLimit: 0
template:
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
policy.cozystack.io/allow-to-apiserver: "true"
spec:
serviceAccountName: {{ .Release.Name }}-pre-delete
restartPolicy: Never
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 65534
runAsGroup: 65534
seccompProfile:
type: RuntimeDefault
containers:
- name: cleanup
image: docker.io/clastix/kubectl:v1.32
securityContext:
allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
capabilities:
drop: ["ALL"]
resources:
requests:
cpu: 10m
memory: 64Mi
limits:
cpu: 200m
memory: 128Mi
env:
- name: HOME
value: /tmp
command:
- /bin/sh
- -c
- |
set -eu
echo "Deleting KafkaTopics for {{ .Release.Name }} before the topic-operator is removed"
kubectl -n {{ .Release.Namespace }} delete kafkatopics.kafka.strimzi.io \
-l 'strimzi.io/cluster={{ .Release.Name }}' \
--ignore-not-found=true \
--wait=true \
--timeout=180s \
--request-timeout=30s

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Align the cleanup and test timeout budgets, and leave more startup margin. The hook allows 240 seconds overall, while the kubectl deletion can consume up to 210 seconds (--timeout=180s plus --request-timeout=30s), leaving only about 30 seconds for scheduling, image pulls, and setup. On a slow or cold cluster, the Job may expire before deletion completes. The e2e topic-absence checks also use a shorter 2-minute window than the hook's allowed duration, so they can fail before a successful cleanup finishes. Increase the available startup margin and make the e2e timeout at least match the hook budget, such as 4 minutes.

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  • packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml#L13-L59 (this comment)
  • packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml#L13-L14
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In `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml` around lines 13 - 59, Align the
e2e absence-check timeout with the hook budget: retain
packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml lines 13-59 as the reference without
direct changes, and increase timeout from 2m to at least 4m for both error
checks in hack/e2e-chainsaw/kafka/chainsaw-test.yaml lines 102-115.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/apps/kafka/templates/delete.yaml` around lines 13
- 14.

Signed-off-by: Yan Bondarenko <202671653+yankawai@users.noreply.github.com>
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Addressed both review threads: every leading Helm-expression scalar in the hook template is quoted so the raw template parses as YAML, and the timeout budget is rebalanced — a 270s job deadline against a 180s+20s kubectl budget, with the e2e absence checks widened to five minutes to match. The kubectl image is additionally digest-pinned. helm unittest 36/36.

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Inline comments:
In `@hack/e2e-chainsaw/kafka/chainsaw-test.yaml`:
- Around line 102-115: Update the KafkaTopic checks in the pre-delete flow to
assert that both kafka-test-test-results and kafka-test-test-orders exist before
the delete operation. Replace the current error-only checks with explicit assert
checks so each topic’s creation is verified independently.
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Comment thread hack/e2e-chainsaw/kafka/chainsaw-test.yaml
The post-delete absence assertions could pass vacuously if the two
release topics were never created. Asserting both topics first makes
the E2E prove that the pre-delete cleanup actually removed them.

Signed-off-by: Yan Bondarenko <202671653+yankawai@users.noreply.github.com>
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