openshift / openshift/openshift-velero-plugin

Refactor plugins to modify the original unstructured item rather than passing all changes through marshal/unmarshal

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Description

This came out of a coderabbit review comment: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-velero-plugin/pull/475#discussion_r4039454609

We're not making the change in that PR, but we should do this for the whole repo, as the risk of data loss identified is real. The below coderabbit comment applies to the new proxy backup plugin, but we should apply similar refactoring across all of our plugins. Copying thecoderabbit comment in full here:

🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the original unstructured Proxy.

json.Unmarshal ignores fields that configv1.Proxy does not define. The later marshal then replaces item with only fields known to this plugin version. A Proxy field added by a newer OpenShift release is removed from the backup.

Read spec.trustedCA from a checked conversion, but update only metadata.annotations on item.UnstructuredContent(). Return each conversion error. Go JSON ignores unknown struct members by default, and Kubernetes provides nested-field helpers for this mutation. (pkg.go.dev)

As per path instructions, **/*.go: “Never ignore error returns.”

Also applies to: 59-60

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In `@velero-plugins/proxy/backup.go` around lines 39 - 40, Update the conversion
around itemMarshal and proxy so the original unstructured Proxy remains intact:
unmarshal into a checked configv1.Proxy conversion only to read spec.trustedCA,
then mutate only metadata.annotations on item.UnstructuredContent() using
Kubernetes nested-field helpers. Handle and return every json.Marshal,
json.Unmarshal, and mutation error instead of ignoring error returns.

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Research direction

Start in velero-plugins/proxy/backup.go around the itemMarshal and proxy conversion, then inspect the corresponding Go code across the repository's plugins. Preserve the original unstructured item while reading spec.trustedCA from a checked conversion, update only metadata.annotations, and return conversion or mutation errors; apply the same pattern across the affected plugins.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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