stackabletech / stackabletech/stackablectl
GVK resolution fails if metrics-server is unavailable
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- Rust
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Description
Affected version
stackablectl 24.7.1
Current and expected behavior
- Run
kubectl -n kube-system delete pods -l k8s-app=metrics-server && stackablectl release install dev - Observe that
stackablectlcrashes with the following error message:
ERROR failed with status 503 Service Unavailable
at src/client/builder.rs:199
WARN Unsuccessful data error parse: service unavailable
at src/client/mod.rs:467
An unrecoverable error occured: failed to execute release (sub)command
Caused by these errors (recent errors listed first):
1: failed to create Kubernetes client
2: failed to run GVK discovery
3: ApiError: "service unavailable\n": Failed to parse error data (ErrorResponse { status: "503 Service Unavailable", message: "\"service unavailable\\n\"", reason: "Failed to parse error data", code: 503 })
4: "service unavailable\n": Failed to parse error data
- Observe that
kubectlandk9sare able to manage the cluster just fine
I suspect that this comes down to metrics-server using K8s API aggregation, which allows it to provide a fake "resource" that is stored by itself rather than in etcd. This also means that that resource can be unavailable even if the apiserver and etcd are both doing fine.
Possible solution
We could either:
- Limit GVK resolution to the apigroups we care about
- Defer apigroup-specific resolution errors until accessing the relevant apigroup
Additional context
No response
Environment
Using k3s v1.31.0+k3s1 via k3d
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with kubectl -n kube-system delete pods -l k8s-app=metrics-server && stackablectl release install dev, then inspect GVK discovery from src/client/builder.rs:199 and error handling around src/client/mod.rs:467. The fix should let release installation continue when metrics-server is unavailable while preserving resolution for the API groups stackablectl needs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kubernetes, rust
- Domain
- api, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100