ironcore-dev/metal-operator

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Kubernetes operator for automating bare metal server discovery and provisioning

Stars: 33
Forks: 30
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 40
Avg merge: 1d 3h
Merged PRs (30d): 28

Dominant language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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40 open issues indexed

[Action Required] Upgrade the Scaffold: v4.15.0 -> v4.16.0 Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1167 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Remove the `Initial` and `Discovery` server states Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1156 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
☂️ Externalizing BMC Access and Server Discovery Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1155 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Remove the Endpoint resource and controller Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1121 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Deprecate `ServerClaim.spec.ignitionSecretRef` Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1101 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 14, 2026
Update the bmc package to use new `UpdateBiosAttributesApplyAtWithTask` from gofish Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1095 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Remove DNS record handling from the BMC reconciler Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1094 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Rework the server reconciler Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1090 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Support Parallel Operator Instances via Watch-Filter Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1079 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 4, 2026
UnmanagedServer: apply BMC/BIOS settings to Ironic-managed servers without lifecycle takeover Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1064 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 28, 2026
handleReservedState unconditionally clears boot override before firmware consumes it, causing server to boot from disk instead of network Open

area/metal-automation bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1059 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 27, 2026
Server Boot Tool: Image-Driven Boot Process Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1052 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 24, 2026
☂️ Redfish Cross-Vendor Compatibility & Conformance Test Framework Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1034 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 20, 2026
Introduce ComponentConfig-style manager configuration Open

area/metal-automation

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1032 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 17, 2026
Remove Endpoint resource/Ref from BMC and related controller, webhook, and unit tests Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#1023 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 16, 2026
Design how to handle Systems without a SystemUUID (Discovery/metalprobe registry flow) Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#993 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Use system.BIOSVersion from GetSystemInfo instead of separate GetBiosVersion() call Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#931 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 8, 2026
Enforce non-empty serverRef.name via CRD validation marker and handle missing Server gracefully in reconciler Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#920 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 2, 2026
Expose GPU/accelerator information in server inventory Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#912 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 28, 2026
Make BMC sensor metric collection configurable Open

area/metal-automation enhancement size/XL

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#910 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened May 26, 2026
Add example Perses dashboards deployable via Kustomize and Helm Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#872 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened May 8, 2026
Evaluate: Should bmc.spec.bmcUUID be optional or mandatory? Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#826 · Opened Apr 22, 2026
Deprecate BootStateReceived condition in ServerBootConfiguration Open

area/metal-automation triage/accepted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#811 · Opened Apr 16, 2026
Boot Policy and Deterministic Boot Process Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#807 · 15 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 15, 2026
Define Gardener/MCM and CAPI workflow for bare-metal worker maintenance Open

area/metal-automation enhancement sovereign-cloud

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#799 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2026
multiple ServerMaintenance went into "Maintenance" State on the same server Open

area/metal-automation bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#775 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 1, 2026
Feature: Protocol Negotiation for SimpleUpdate via Redfish AllowableValues Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#766 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 30, 2026
Secure discovery boot data with per-server tokens Open

area/metal-automation area/security

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#749 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 23, 2026
Automated Redfish Endpoint Validator Tool Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#720 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Feature: BMC update without system downtime Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#707 · Opened Feb 24, 2026
Tests: Replace wall-clock DiscoveryTimeout with deterministic timing Open

area/metal-automation

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#652 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 5, 2026
Status loss during `clusterctl move` and its impact on `Servers` and `ServerClaims` Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#626 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 29, 2026
☂️ Issues encountered during Cluster API move / pivot Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#624 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 29, 2026
Systems without UUID get rejected and stay Initial Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#612 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 26, 2026
Provide support for boot from Virtual Media Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#604 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 21, 2026
Support `BIOSSettings` to be reset to default factory settings through annotation Open

area/metal-automation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#542 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 1, 2025
Read SEL Open

area/metal-automation enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#479 · Opened Oct 1, 2025
Server Resource Controller setBoot Order is not working as expected Open

area/metal-automation bug

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#472 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 18, 2025
Find a generic Solution to Maintenance tasks causing server (node) in and out of "Ready" state due to reboots Open

area/metal-automation enhancement triage/accepted

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#469 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 9, 2025
Add e2e test to test the resources using `make tilt-up` Open

area/metal-automation enhancement triage/accepted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ironcore-dev/metal-operator#433 · Opened Aug 14, 2025

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