zalando / zalando/postgres-operator

Delete of postgres resource is ignored when finalizer is used

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Description

Please, answer some short questions which should help us to understand your problem / question better?

  • Which image of the operator are you using? e.g. ghcr.io/zalando/postgres-operator:v1.15.0
  • Where do you run it - cloud or metal? Kubernetes or OpenShift? Bare Metal K8s
  • Are you running Postgres Operator in production? yes
  • Type of issue? Bug Report

It seems that the operator ignores changes to the DeletionTimestamp, only Spec and Annotations are compared, for Deletions DeletionTimestamp is set though, and Delete is never called, because it's actually not yet deleted:

https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/blob/master/pkg/controller/postgresql.go#L538

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Research direction

Start at pkg/controller/postgresql.go around line 538, where changes are compared and deletion handling is described. Trace how DeletionTimestamp and finalizers affect reconciliation, then verify that a PostgreSQL resource deletion is processed and Delete is called instead of being ignored. Done means deletion works when a finalizer is present.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes, postgresql
Domain
databases, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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