tilt-dev / tilt-dev/tilt

split k8s_custom_deploy into multiple resources

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Description

Current Behavior

Currently, when you deploy a Helm chart with helm_resource, Tilt tracks it as a single resource. This means:

  • there's one KubernetesDiscovery object
  • there's one UIResource

This means that if your chart has multiple deployments in the chart:

  • there's only one item in the UI
  • all deployments log to the same resource
  • restarting the item redeploys the whole chart
  • tilt picks one pod to determine health check status / readiness
  • tilt picks one pod to do port forwarding
Describe the Feature You Want

A way to represent the chart as multiple resources in the Tilt UI

Additional context
I have mixed feelings about this. We may have to break it up into multiple feature requests. The problem is that a "resource" in tilt aggregates many different things, and breaking them up might get really hairy (e.g., if you break a chart into 2 resources, and restart one, does that mean the other one must restart? If the answer is "no", that breaks Helm chart install semantics. If the answer is "yes", that breaks Tilt restart semantics.)

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing helm_resource and how it creates the single KubernetesDiscovery and UIResource described in the issue. Define how multiple chart resources would affect UI grouping, logs, health checks, port forwarding, and restart behavior, while preserving Helm install semantics; the issue notes these tradeoffs are unresolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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