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Add enhancement proposal for spec.gatewayAPI.customGatewayClasses[] on the operator.openshift.io/v1alpha1 Ingress singleton, enabling flexible GatewayClass-level customization of service type, endpoint publishing strategy, and resource requirements. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rameters CRD Switch from spec.gatewayAPI.customGatewayClasses[] on the Ingress singleton to a new cluster-scoped GatewayParameters CRD referenced via GatewayClass.spec.parametersRef. CIO reconciles it into the OSSM defaults ConfigMap. Focus EP on ClusterIP and ETP:Local; enumerate resources and nodePlacement as future extensions. Add explicit non-goals for the Istio ClusterIP alpha annotation and direct ConfigMap use. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rameters EP Expand the summary and motivation to establish that there is currently no supported OpenShift configuration layer for Gateway API infrastructure customization, and that this EP is the first step in building one that abstracts the implementation while maintaining support and compatibility. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…3 context Add generic upstream/downstream framing to Motivation. Add two new alternatives: "Wait for upstream GEP-5093" (rejected due to timeline) and "Istio ClusterIP annotation as interim" (rejected as implementation- private API that doesn't compose with the broader configuration layer). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the IngressController-style EndpointPublishingStrategy abstraction with spec.service fields that mirror Kubernetes Service API directly (type: ClusterIP/NodePort/LoadBalancer, externalTrafficPolicy: Local/Cluster). Drop the scope (Internal/External) field — users set cloud LB annotations on GatewayClass/Gateway directly. Only OVN local-with-fallback is auto-derived. Add Alternatives entry explaining the abstraction vs mirroring decision. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@enhancements/ingress/gateway-api-gateway-customization.md`:
- Around line 539-542: Make the GatewayClass controller-name match normative in
the proposal: CIO must reconcile a referenced GatewayParameters only when the
GatewayClass uses the OpenShift controllerName, and must not create OSSM
defaults for GatewayClasses owned by other implementations. Remove the
unresolved alternative that permits reconciliation for any GatewayClass
referencing GatewayParameters.
- Around line 535-537: Update the open question and E2E test-plan references
from the rejected endpointPublishingStrategy/endpointTrafficPolicy abstraction
to the current spec.service.type and spec.service.externalTrafficPolicy fields,
preserving the intended defaulting and validation requirements.
- Around line 300-304: Update the NodePort documentation near the
externalTrafficPolicy guidance to remove the requirement to use
Service.spec.healthCheckNodePort. State instead that administrators must
configure the external load balancer to health-check an appropriate node
endpoint, and reserve healthCheckNodePort guidance for LoadBalancer Services
with externalTrafficPolicy set to Local.
- Around line 274-275: Define GatewayParametersStatus before publishing the API,
including the required Accepted and Degraded condition fields and generation
semantics, then ensure the GatewayParameters.Status reference uses this declared
type consistently with the CRD requirements.
- Around line 162-166: Define the GatewayParameters update policy for existing
and newly created Gateways, explicitly stating whether ConfigMap changes
propagate to existing Services and Deployments. Document the resulting status
conditions, including behavior when a service-type change removes an external
address or DNS, and add tests covering both existing and newly created Gateways.
- Around line 248-251: Define a class-level annotation field and its
merge/precedence behavior in GatewayParametersSpec, covering how GatewayClass
defaults combine with Gateway.spec.infrastructure.annotations and which value
wins. Ensure the Story 3 internal LoadBalancer path propagates the resolved
annotations to the provisioned Service, or remove the GatewayClass annotation
option if class-level propagation is not supported.
- Around line 406-410: Update the GatewayParameters deletion behavior
documentation to either require a deletion finalizer that allows CIO to set the
promised status before removal, or remove that status promise. Also specify how
existing Gateways, Services, and DNS are handled when CIO removes the defaults
ConfigMap.
- Around line 372-376: Update the Gateway-level reuse statement for
GatewayParameters to remove the promise of reuse through
Gateway.spec.infrastructure.parametersRef and the claim that it avoids a new
CRD. Clarify that GatewayParameters is cluster-scoped while
LocalParametersReference resolves in the Gateway namespace, so any future
per-Gateway design requires a namespaced parameter type or explicit
controller-specific cross-scope reference.
- Line 171: Clarify and enforce a single owner for GatewayClass.status between
the OSSM controller and CIO, including ownership of the Accepted condition and
the ParametersNotFound behavior when GatewayParameters is deleted. Update the
documented reconciliation/deletion behavior so both controllers cannot overwrite
the same condition, or explicitly define how their conditions are merged.
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| // NodePort provisions a NodePort Service. No DNS is managed. | ||
| // The administrator is responsible for configuring an external | ||
| // load balancer. When externalTrafficPolicy is Local, the external | ||
| // load balancer MUST health-check nodes via | ||
| // Service.spec.healthCheckNodePort. |
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Yes, the Kubernetes official documentation confirms that the healthCheckNodePort field in a ServiceSpec only applies when the service type is set to LoadBalancer and the externalTrafficPolicy is set to Local [1][2]. According to the official Kubernetes API reference, healthCheckNodePort specifies the health check node port for the service. Its application is constrained by the following requirements: 1. Service Type must be LoadBalancer [1][2]. 2. externalTrafficPolicy must be set to Local [1][2]. If healthCheckNodePort is specified when a service does not meet these criteria, creation of the service will fail [1][2]. If the field is not specified but the requirements are met, the Kubernetes control plane will automatically allocate a port from the configured node port range [1][3][4]. The purpose of this port is to allow external systems, such as cloud provider load balancers, to determine whether a specific node contains healthy, local endpoints for the service [1][5]. Nodes that do not hold any endpoints for the service will fail the health check, signaling the load balancer to stop sending traffic to that node [1][4]. This is essential for the Local traffic policy, which routes traffic only to node-local endpoints to preserve the client source IP and avoid extra network hops [1][3].
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- 1: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/core/service-v1/
- 2: https://kubernetes.ltd/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/service-resources/service-v1/
- 3: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/create-external-load-balancer/
- 4: https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/service-load-balancer-parameters
- 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75835169/kubernetes-loadbalancer-how-does-healthchecknodeport-work
Scope healthCheckNodePort to LoadBalancer.
healthCheckNodePort applies only to a LoadBalancer Service with externalTrafficPolicy: Local. For NodePort, document the administrator-managed load-balancer health-check endpoint instead.
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In `@enhancements/ingress/gateway-api-gateway-customization.md` around lines 300 -
304, Update the NodePort documentation near the externalTrafficPolicy guidance
to remove the requirement to use Service.spec.healthCheckNodePort. State instead
that administrators must configure the external load balancer to health-check an
appropriate node endpoint, and reserve healthCheckNodePort guidance for
LoadBalancer Services with externalTrafficPolicy set to Local.
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| 3. **GatewayClass ownership**: Should CIO require the GatewayClass to | ||
| use the OpenShift controllerName before reconciling a referenced | ||
| `GatewayParameters`, or reconcile for any GatewayClass that points | ||
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Resolve the controller ownership rule before implementation.
The proposal says in Lines 158-160 that CIO reconciles only GatewayClasses with the OpenShift controllerName. This open question also allows CIO to reconcile any GatewayClass that references GatewayParameters. These behaviors are not equivalent.
Make the controller-name match normative. Otherwise CIO can create OSSM defaults for a GatewayClass owned by another implementation.
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In `@enhancements/ingress/gateway-api-gateway-customization.md` around lines 539 -
542, Make the GatewayClass controller-name match normative in the proposal: CIO
must reconcile a referenced GatewayParameters only when the GatewayClass uses
the OpenShift controllerName, and must not create OSSM defaults for
GatewayClasses owned by other implementations. Remove the unresolved alternative
that permits reconciliation for any GatewayClass referencing GatewayParameters.
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…sions Internal LB requires a scope/annotation-derivation field not implemented in this EP. Remove Story 3 from User Stories and note it as a future extension alongside resources and nodePlacement. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reference the publicly documented ClusterIP Gateway with OpenShift Route pattern from Red Hat AI platform docs wherever the topology is described. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…posal Replace corev1.ServiceExternalTrafficPolicy passthrough with a new GatewayExternalTrafficPolicy enum (LocalWithFallback, Cluster). LocalWithFallback makes the OVN local-with-fallback behavior explicit rather than silently bundling it with a plain Local value. Link PR openshift#1990 in the hardcoded GatewayClasses alternative. Note the field-name-mirrors-K8s / values-are-OpenShift distinction in the Alternatives section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@enhancements/ingress/gateway-api-gateway-customization.md`:
- Line 232: Update the example heading associated with externalTrafficPolicy to
say “ETP LocalWithFallback” and clarify that the backing Kubernetes Service uses
“Local,” while preserving the existing example configuration.
- Around line 319-322: Define the unsupported-platform contract for
LocalWithFallback in the proposal: specify the platforms where CIO applies the
OVN annotation, describe behavior on unsupported platforms while
externalTrafficPolicy remains Local, and require either Accepted=False with
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| // cross-zone hops. On applicable platforms, CIO also sets the OVN | ||
| // local-with-fallback annotation so that traffic is not dropped on | ||
| // nodes without a local proxy pod during rolling updates or uneven | ||
| // pod scheduling. |
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Define the unsupported-platform contract for LocalWithFallback.
The proposal defines the OVN annotation key and value, but not the platforms where CIO applies it or the behavior on other platforms. Since CIO still provisions externalTrafficPolicy: Local, specify the platform matrix and require Accepted=False/Degraded or an explicit fallback when the annotation cannot be applied.
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322, Define the unsupported-platform contract for LocalWithFallback in the
proposal: specify the platforms where CIO applies the OVN annotation, describe
behavior on unsupported platforms while externalTrafficPolicy remains Local, and
require either Accepted=False with Degraded status or an explicit fallback when
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…t ETP to LocalWithFallback Add GatewayParametersStatus with an Accepted condition (reasons: Accepted, InvalidParameters, ImplementationNotReady, NoReferencingGatewayClass, Pending) following the condition style in CIO PR openshift#1547 and Gateway API conventions. Default externalTrafficPolicy to LocalWithFallback via +kubebuilder:default. Document that openshift-default also gets LocalWithFallback when the feature is enabled, with Cluster as an opt-out. Name the OVN annotation explicitly in Implementation Details (not in API docs). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…lWithFallback default The existing Sail values.gatewayClasses patch (already used by CIO) sets the global ETP default for all CIO-managed GatewayClasses. Per-class GatewayParameters ConfigMaps override it for individual classes. Document the interaction and flag the per-class precedence as needing confirmation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…assParameters The LocalWithFallback global default and the GatewayParameters opt-out are introduced atomically under the same feature gate. Resolve the open question about feature gate scope; keep only the OSSM precedence confirmation question open. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add Story 2 for users who already have an IngressController LoadBalancer and want to avoid a second cloud LB by routing Gateway traffic through existing OCP Route/HAProxy infrastructure. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Use "the ingress operator" / "the operator" in API doc comments. CIO is an internal team abbreviation, not appropriate for user-facing API docs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…onditions Remove conditions list from GatewayParametersStatus — CIO already sets conditions on GatewayClass.status, which is the natural per-class surfacing point and handles multiple GatewayClasses referencing the same CR cleanly. GatewayParametersStatus retains only observedGeneration. Remove stale endpointPublishingStrategy open question. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Introduces
GatewayParameters, a new cluster-scoped CRD inoperator.openshift.io/v1alpha1, establishing the first OpenShift-native configuration layer for Gateway API infrastructure customization. AGatewayClassreferences aGatewayParametersinstance viaspec.parametersRef, and the Cluster Ingress Operator reconciles it into the OSSM GatewayClass defaults ConfigMap.This EP implements two use cases: ClusterIP service type and
externalTrafficPolicy: Local. The API mirrors Kubernetes Service field names directly (passthrough style) and is designed to be extended with additional fields in follow-on EPs.Tracking: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/NE-2698
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ClusterIPservice type with OCP Route fronting on bare-metal/vSphereLoadBalancerwithexternalTrafficPolicy: Localon AWS, Azure, GCPopenshift-defaultGatewayClass unaffected🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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LocalWithFallbackas the default external traffic policy.openshift-defaultconfiguration.Documentation
LocalWithFallbackbehavior, including OVN fallback handling.