tektoncd / tektoncd/chains

Reduce number of annotations Chains stores in CRD objects

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Description

Feature request

It could be useful to add flags to reduce the # of annotations in CRD objects so we don't push etcd object limits.

cert trust roots should generally be loaded out of band for verification, so chains.tekton.dev/cert and chains.tekton.dev/chain aren’t really needed (but are useful for debugging).

chains.tekton.dev/payload could be removed if we could deterministically reconstruct it later. We’d need information like what version of chains generated the provenance in it’s place.

Use case

See https://tektoncd.slack.com/archives/C015FAQV290/p1710249674292949

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating where the cert, chain, and payload annotations are written to CRD objects, then determine how flags and provenance reconstruction should work. Done would include an agreed design for reducing annotations without losing required verification information.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
infrastructure, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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