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What this PR does

The etcd chart hardcoded only a soft topologySpreadConstraints (whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway) and never rendered spec.affinity, even though the EtcdCluster CRD supports it. On small clusters the scheduler therefore co-locates multiple members on one node; losing that node takes out quorum (or the whole cluster).

We hit this in production: a single node reboot left several 3-member etcd clusters with 2–3 members on the downed node, and one tenant's control-plane etcd lost quorum until the node came back.

This renders EtcdCluster.spec.affinity from a new affinity value:

  • Default (value left empty): the chart applies a soft (preferred) podAntiAffinity on kubernetes.io/hostname, so members spread across nodes on a best-effort basis. Soft on purpose — a hard rule would leave a member Pending when replicas exceed schedulable nodes, or when node-local storage pins a member to a node, so it is safe to default on.
  • Override: set affinity to any rule — e.g. a hard requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution podAntiAffinity — to forbid co-location outright on clusters with enough nodes and non-node-pinned storage. A supplied value replaces the default cleanly.

The existing topologySpreadConstraints block (and its _cluster.scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints override) is unchanged.

Generated artifacts (values.schema.json, README.md, and the embedded openAPISchema in etcd-rd) were regenerated with make generate; make test passes (18/18).

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fix(etcd): etcd clusters now spread their members across nodes by default via a soft podAntiAffinity, and expose an `affinity` value so operators can set a hard rule; previously a single node could host a quorum of members and take out the cluster when it failed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added configurable pod affinity rules for etcd deployments.
    • By default, etcd members use soft anti-affinity to spread across hosts without blocking scheduling.
    • Custom affinity settings can override the default behavior.
    • Exposed affinity configuration in the etcd application schema and dashboard.

…inity

The etcd chart only set a soft topologySpreadConstraints and never rendered
spec.affinity, so the scheduler could place several members of a 3-node
EtcdCluster on the same node; losing that node then took out quorum (observed
in production after a single node reboot).

Render EtcdCluster.spec.affinity from a new `affinity` value. When it is left
empty the chart applies a soft (preferred) podAntiAffinity on
kubernetes.io/hostname, so members are spread on a best-effort basis without
ever leaving a member Pending on small or node-pinned-storage clusters.
Operators can override the value — e.g. a hard requiredDuringScheduling rule —
where node count and storage allow.

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Signed-off-by: Alexey Artamonov <[email protected]>
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The etcd chart now accepts an affinity value. Provided rules replace the default. Empty values render preferred pod anti-affinity across hostnames. The chart and application schemas expose this configuration, and tests validate both rendering paths.

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Etcd affinity configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Affinity configuration contract
packages/system/etcd-rd/cozyrds/etcd.yaml, packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml, packages/extra/etcd/values.schema.json
The application and chart schemas expose an affinity object with an empty default and preserved Kubernetes fields.
Affinity rendering behavior
packages/extra/etcd/templates/etcd-cluster.yaml, packages/extra/etcd/tests/affinity_test.yaml, packages/extra/etcd/README.md
The template renders user-provided affinity rules or preferred pod anti-affinity across hostnames. Tests validate both paths. The README documents the behavior.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9858f

The chart now applies soft pod anti-affinity by default, but existing etcd member Pods remain where they are until they are replaced, so operators may overestimate the immediate protection after upgrading. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a documentation follow-up.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant EtcdApplicationSchema
  participant ChartValues
  participant EtcdClusterTemplate
  participant EtcdCluster
  EtcdApplicationSchema->>ChartValues: expose spec.affinity
  ChartValues->>EtcdClusterTemplate: provide affinity values
  EtcdClusterTemplate->>EtcdCluster: render custom affinity or default soft anti-affinity
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In `@packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml`:
- Around line 25-27: Document that affinity is applied only when Etcd member
Pods are created or replaced, so existing co-located Pods require member
replacement to receive updated affinity. Update packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml
lines 25-27 and packages/system/etcd-rd/cozyrds/etcd.yaml line 11, regenerate
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## @param {object} [affinity] - Affinity rules set verbatim on the EtcdCluster's spec.affinity, replacing the chart default. When left empty the chart applies a soft (preferred) podAntiAffinity that spreads members across nodes by kubernetes.io/hostname on a best-effort basis, so a single node failure is less likely to take out more than one member. The default is intentionally soft: a hard rule would leave a member Pending when there are fewer schedulable nodes than replicas, or when node-local storage pins a member to a node. Set a hard requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule here to forbid co-location outright (only on clusters with enough nodes and non-node-pinned storage).
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the same non-rolling affinity semantics in every public contract. The operator applies affinity only when it creates or replaces a member Pod, so existing members can remain co-located after a chart upgrade.

  • packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml#L25-L27: add the lifecycle caveat to the canonical parameter documentation.
  • packages/system/etcd-rd/cozyrds/etcd.yaml#L11-L11: keep the embedded application schema description aligned.
  • packages/extra/etcd/values.schema.json#L69-L73: regenerate from packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml; do not edit manually.
  • packages/extra/etcd/README.md#L46-L46: document that member replacement is required to apply affinity to existing Pods.
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In `@packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml` around lines 25 - 27, Document that affinity
is applied only when Etcd member Pods are created or replaced, so existing
co-located Pods require member replacement to receive updated affinity. Update
packages/extra/etcd/values.yaml lines 25-27 and
packages/system/etcd-rd/cozyrds/etcd.yaml line 11, regenerate
packages/extra/etcd/values.schema.json lines 69-73 from the values documentation
rather than editing it manually, and add the replacement requirement to
packages/extra/etcd/README.md line 46.

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Branch review: PR #3962 fix(etcd): spread members across nodes with default soft pod anti-affinity

NOT LGTM

Reviewed fix/etcd-soft-antiaffinity at c83a22e07 against main (merge-base 212d0e19).

Verdict findings

Missing tests for new rendering logic in a tested area (blocks). packages/extra/etcd is a tested chart — tests/ runs helm unittest and already contains topology-spread_test.yaml, which pins both the default and the override branch of the analogous topologySpreadConstraints block. This PR adds a second two-branch conditional to the very same template (templates/etcd-cluster.yaml: {{- with .Values.affinity }} … {{- else }} <soft default> {{- end }}) and ships zero coverage for it. New logic in a tested area must define the full contract — valid use and the override/replacement path — and happy-path-only (here: nothing at all) does not satisfy it.

The remedy lives in the same layer and mirrors the existing file exactly — add cases to tests/topology-spread_test.yaml (or a sibling affinity_test.yaml):

  • Default branch: with _cluster: {} and affinity unset, assert spec.affinity.podAntiAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution[0].weight == 100, .topologyKey == kubernetes.io/hostname, .labelSelector.matchLabels["app.kubernetes.io/instance"] == etcd, and lengthEqual of the preferred list == 1.
  • Override branch (the contract that matters): set affinity to a hard requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution podAntiAffinity, then assert spec.affinity equals it verbatim and notExists: spec.affinity.podAntiAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution — i.e. a supplied value replaces the default cleanly, which is precisely the behavior the PR description promises and nothing currently guards.

(This is a helm unittest rendering test that exercises the actual template render — the chart's established and correct test surface, not a source/manifest-parsing drift guard.)

Recommended (non-blocking)

  • The default now emits two soft, host-level spread mechanisms at once — the pre-existing soft topologySpreadConstraints (whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway, maxSkew 1, hostname) and the new soft podAntiAffinity (preferred, hostname), both keyed on app.kubernetes.io/instance: etcd. This is intentional per the PR body and harmless (both are best-effort), but it is redundant reinforcement of the same goal. A one-line comment in the template noting that the two soft mechanisms are deliberately layered would save the next reader the double-take. Not required.

Found outside this diff

Nothing. The change is self-contained and the surrounding template (TLS secretRef shape, transitional headless Service, topologySpreadConstraints) is well-documented and already covered by existing tests.


Verification notes

  • spec.affinity exists in the EtcdCluster v1alpha2 CRD and is mutable (no CEL immutability rule, unlike tls/auth/storage/bootstrap); the CRD doc confirms updates only affect newly-created members without rolling existing pods — so defaulting it on existing/adopted clusters is safe (no regression).
  • The {{- with .Values.affinity }} … {{- else }} default … {{- end }} logic is correct: empty {} is falsy → default soft podAntiAffinity; a set value renders verbatim.
  • The label selector (app.kubernetes.io/instance: etcd) and topologyKey match the actual member pod labels and the pre-existing topologySpreadConstraints block.
  • All four generated artifacts (values.schema.json, README.md, etcd-rd openAPISchema, keysOrder) were regenerated consistently.

One blocker, mechanical to clear: add the default-branch and override-branch helm unittest cases, then this is a clean LGTM.

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NOT LGTM — one blocking finding.

The etcd chart (packages/extra/etcd) is a tested area (helm unittest, with an analogous topology-spread_test.yaml), but this PR's new two-branch affinity rendering logic ({{- with .Values.affinity }} … {{- else }} <soft default> {{- end }}) ships with zero test coverage. Add default-branch and override-branch helm unittest cases (per the full review comment) and this is a clean LGTM.

Full review with verification notes and the exact assertions to add: #3962 (comment)

The affinity value added in this branch introduced a two-branch conditional
in templates/etcd-cluster.yaml (default soft podAntiAffinity vs. a supplied
value) with no coverage. Add a helm unittest suite pinning both branches:
the default preferred per-host rule, and that a supplied affinity replaces
the default outright (no preferred rule leaks through).

Signed-off-by: Andrey Kolkov <[email protected]>
@github-actions github-actions Bot added size/L This PR changes 100-499 lines, ignoring generated files and removed size/M This PR changes 30-99 lines, ignoring generated files labels Aug 26, 2026
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Pushed 9858fb63a to this branch — a helm unittest suite (packages/extra/etcd/tests/affinity_test.yaml) that clears the sole blocker from my review:

  • default branch: affinity unset → soft preferred podAntiAffinity (weight 100, kubernetes.io/hostname, app.kubernetes.io/instance: etcd, exactly one preferred term);
  • override branch: a supplied hard requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule renders verbatim and the preferred default is absent (notExists), pinning the replace-cleanly contract.

helm unittest . → 7 suites / 20 tests green. Blocker resolved.

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Branch review (round 2): PR #3962 fix(etcd): spread members across nodes with default soft pod anti-affinity

LGTM

Reviewed fix/etcd-soft-antiaffinity at 9858fb63 against main (round 2; round-1 head c83a22e0).

0 verdict findings: 0 feature, 0 churn. The only change since round-1 head is the new test file packages/extra/etcd/tests/affinity_test.yaml (the round-1 reviewer's requested test). It introduces no defects, so the convergence rule does not fire.

Verdict findings

None. What was verified:

  • CRD supports the field, and it's mutable. spec.affinity exists on EtcdCluster v1alpha2 (packages/system/etcd-operator-crds/templates/etcdclusters.yaml) with no immutability rule; the CRD description states affinity updates take effect on newly-created members and existing Pods are not rolled in place. Adding the default soft rule to already-running clusters is accepted on the next HelmRelease reconcile without disrupting existing members — no regression.
  • No Pending risk. The default is preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution (weight 100), so replicas > schedulable nodes or node-pinned storage still schedule. {{- with .Values.affinity }} correctly treats the affinity: {} default as falsy and falls through to the soft default; a supplied value replaces it verbatim.
  • Generated artifacts in sync. Full make generate (cozyvalues-gen + hack/update-crd.sh) produces zero drift in values.schema.json, README.md, and etcd-rd/cozyrds/etcd.yaml (openAPISchema + keysOrder both include spec.affinity).
  • Tests pass and cover the contract. helm unittest . → 20/20. The new suite asserts both paths: default renders the soft per-host podAntiAffinity, and a supplied hard rule renders verbatim while the soft default is dropped (notExists on preferredDuringScheduling...).

Recommended (non-blocking)

  • The chart now renders two best-effort spreaders keyed on kubernetes.io/hostname for the same member set: the pre-existing soft topologySpreadConstraints (maxSkew:1, ScheduleAnyway) and the new soft podAntiAffinity. Complementary and harmless, but a one-line note in the values doc would spare operators the double-take. Not a defect.

Found outside this diff

None.


Blocker from round 1 (missing helm unittest coverage for the two affinity branches) is resolved. Clean to merge.

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LGTM. I checked the load-bearing facts, not just the diff surface.

  • spec.affinity is a real top-level field on the etcd-operator.cozystack.io/v1alpha2 EtcdCluster CRD (a core/v1 Affinity), so the value actually lands on the object rather than being dropped.
  • The rollout is safe from both directions. There is no CEL immutability guard on affinity (the CRD only pins tls, storage.storageClassName, auth, bootstrap), so it applies cleanly to already-adopted clusters. And per the CRD's own field doc the operator applies affinity only to newly-created members without rolling existing Pods, so upgrading the fleet does not restart running etcd members.
  • The template logic holds: the empty-map default takes the else branch, a supplied affinity replaces the default outright, and the notExists assertion in the second test proves it replaces rather than merges. helm unittest passes and make generate reproduces the schema/README/cozyrds output byte-for-byte.

Two non-blocking notes inline.

# member. Preferred (not required) because a hard rule would leave a member
# Pending when replicas exceed schedulable nodes, or when node-local storage
# pins a member to a node. Override via .Values.affinity for a hard rule.
affinity:

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[MINOR] This soft podAntiAffinity overlaps the default topologySpreadConstraints rendered just above (both soft, both on kubernetes.io/hostname), so on a default install it is mostly redundant scoring. It does earn its keep when _cluster.scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints swaps the TSC for a non-hostname topologyKey, since the affinity default then still keeps per-host spreading. Fine to keep as-is, just flagging the overlap.

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## @param {object} [affinity] - Affinity rules set verbatim on the EtcdCluster's spec.affinity, replacing the chart default. When left empty the chart applies a soft (preferred) podAntiAffinity that spreads members across nodes by kubernetes.io/hostname on a best-effort basis, so a single node failure is less likely to take out more than one member. The default is intentionally soft: a hard rule would leave a member Pending when there are fewer schedulable nodes than replicas, or when node-local storage pins a member to a node. Set a hard requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rule here to forbid co-location outright (only on clusters with enough nodes and non-node-pinned storage).

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[MINOR] Worth one line on the upgrade behavior: per the CRD, the operator applies affinity only to newly-created members and does not reschedule running Pods. On a cluster that already has co-located members (the exact failure this PR targets) the default will not redistribute them until each member is replaced. Documenting that here avoids the expectation that the fix is retroactive.

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The operator applies spec.affinity only when it creates or replaces a member
Pod; it does not reschedule running members. Document that on the `affinity`
value so operators do not expect the default (or a newly set rule) to
redistribute already co-located members until each is replaced.

Addresses the non-blocking review notes on #3962.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Artamonov <[email protected]>
scooby87 added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 1, 2026
)

## What this PR does

Documentation follow-up to #3962. Both reviewers (CodeRabbit and
@androndo/@IvanHunters) noted that the new `affinity` value is not
applied retroactively: the etcd-operator sets `spec.affinity` only when
it creates or replaces a member Pod and never reschedules running
members. On a cluster that already has co-located members (the exact
failure #3962 targets) the default soft rule — or a newly set hard rule
— takes effect only as each member is replaced.

This adds that caveat to the `affinity` parameter documentation in
`values.yaml` and regenerates `values.schema.json`, `README.md`, and the
embedded `openAPISchema` in `etcd-rd`. No template or behaviour change;
`make test` passes (20/20).

The other inline note (the soft podAntiAffinity default overlaps the
soft `topologySpreadConstraints`) was explicitly flagged as "fine to
keep as-is", so no code change is made for it.

> Note: this PR is stacked on `fix/etcd-soft-antiaffinity` (#3962) and
will retarget to `main` once that merges.

### Screenshots

n/a — no UI changes.

### Downstream repositories

Doc-only change to an app chart (regenerated artifacts). No package
added/renamed/removed, `kind`/`plural` unchanged, no installer
values/assets/variants touched. No downstream follow-up required.

- [x] No downstream repository is affected by this change

### Release note

```release-note
NONE
```


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Clarified that etcd affinity rules apply when member Pods are created
or replaced.
* Noted that running members are not rescheduled retroactively; the rule
takes effect as each member is replaced.
* Updated the guidance consistently across configuration documentation
and schema descriptions.

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Andrei Kvapil (kvaps) pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 7, 2026
…inity (#3962)

## What this PR does

The `etcd` chart hardcoded only a **soft** `topologySpreadConstraints`
(`whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway`) and never rendered
`spec.affinity`, even though the `EtcdCluster` CRD supports it. On small
clusters the scheduler therefore co-locates multiple members on one
node; losing that node takes out quorum (or the whole cluster).

We hit this in production: a single node reboot left several 3-member
etcd clusters with 2–3 members on the downed node, and one tenant's
control-plane etcd lost quorum until the node came back.

This renders `EtcdCluster.spec.affinity` from a new `affinity` value:

- **Default (value left empty):** the chart applies a **soft**
(preferred) `podAntiAffinity` on `kubernetes.io/hostname`, so members
spread across nodes on a best-effort basis. Soft on purpose — a hard
rule would leave a member `Pending` when replicas exceed schedulable
nodes, or when node-local storage pins a member to a node, so it is safe
to default on.
- **Override:** set `affinity` to any rule — e.g. a hard
`requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution` podAntiAffinity — to
forbid co-location outright on clusters with enough nodes and
non-node-pinned storage. A supplied value replaces the default cleanly.

The existing `topologySpreadConstraints` block (and its
`_cluster.scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints` override) is
unchanged.

Generated artifacts (`values.schema.json`, `README.md`, and the embedded
`openAPISchema` in `etcd-rd`) were regenerated with `make generate`;
`make test` passes (18/18).

### Screenshots

n/a — no UI changes.

### Downstream repositories

Walked the trigger map against the diff: this only adds one values key
to an app chart. No package is added/renamed/removed, `kind`/`plural`
are unchanged, no installer values or release assets or variants change,
and `README.md` is regenerated here (the website bot regenerates
reference pages from it on release). No manual downstream follow-up is
required.

- [x] No downstream repository is affected by this change

### Release note

```release-note
fix(etcd): etcd clusters now spread their members across nodes by default via a soft podAntiAffinity, and expose an `affinity` value so operators can set a hard rule; previously a single node could host a quorum of members and take out the cluster when it failed.
```


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
  * Added configurable pod affinity rules for etcd deployments.
* By default, etcd members use soft anti-affinity to spread across hosts
without blocking scheduling.
  * Custom affinity settings can override the default behavior.
* Exposed affinity configuration in the etcd application schema and
dashboard.
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Andrei Kvapil (kvaps) pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 7, 2026
The operator applies spec.affinity only when it creates or replaces a member
Pod; it does not reschedule running members. Document that on the `affinity`
value so operators do not expect the default (or a newly set rule) to
redistribute already co-located members until each is replaced.

Addresses the non-blocking review notes on #3962.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Artamonov <[email protected]>
Andrei Kvapil (kvaps) pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 7, 2026
)

## What this PR does

Documentation follow-up to #3962. Both reviewers (CodeRabbit and
@androndo/@IvanHunters) noted that the new `affinity` value is not
applied retroactively: the etcd-operator sets `spec.affinity` only when
it creates or replaces a member Pod and never reschedules running
members. On a cluster that already has co-located members (the exact
failure #3962 targets) the default soft rule — or a newly set hard rule
— takes effect only as each member is replaced.

This adds that caveat to the `affinity` parameter documentation in
`values.yaml` and regenerates `values.schema.json`, `README.md`, and the
embedded `openAPISchema` in `etcd-rd`. No template or behaviour change;
`make test` passes (20/20).

The other inline note (the soft podAntiAffinity default overlaps the
soft `topologySpreadConstraints`) was explicitly flagged as "fine to
keep as-is", so no code change is made for it.

> Note: this PR is stacked on `fix/etcd-soft-antiaffinity` (#3962) and
will retarget to `main` once that merges.

### Screenshots

n/a — no UI changes.

### Downstream repositories

Doc-only change to an app chart (regenerated artifacts). No package
added/renamed/removed, `kind`/`plural` unchanged, no installer
values/assets/variants touched. No downstream follow-up required.

- [x] No downstream repository is affected by this change

### Release note

```release-note
NONE
```


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Clarified that etcd affinity rules apply when member Pods are created
or replaced.
* Noted that running members are not rescheduled retroactively; the rule
takes effect as each member is replaced.
* Updated the guidance consistently across configuration documentation
and schema descriptions.

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Aleksei Sviridkin (lexfrei) added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 13, 2026
…4986)

## What this PR does

The tenant etcd chart spreads members with `maxSkew: 1` on
`kubernetes.io/hostname` and `whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway`, the
default since #119. `ScheduleAnyway` only adds to the score of a node
and other scores can outweigh it, so two members of one etcd can still
start on the same node, where a node-local volume then keeps them. This
PR makes the default `DoNotSchedule` with `nodeTaintsPolicy: Ignore`.
The branch for `_cluster.scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints`
is untouched, so a platform that sets its own policy renders exactly as
before, and the soft pod anti-affinity from #3962 stays.

Seen on a three-node cluster running v1.6.4, whose `etcd-cluster.yaml`
and etcd-operator v0.5.5 are the same as in v1.6.5. A new tenant etcd
got the Pods of its first two members on one node, created 26 seconds
apart, and the third on another node 18 seconds later. The Pods carry
the `ScheduleAnyway` constraint and were scheduled by
`linstor-scheduler`, whose profile adds the LINSTOR extender's
prioritize score to the same sum with weight 5. The data volumes are on
a node-local StorageClass with `WaitForFirstConsumer` and
`allowRemoteVolumeAccess: "false"`, so the two members cannot leave that
node, and losing it takes the quorum. A second tenant etcd created there
the next day came up the same way. On a test cluster four tenant etcds
created within one week each had two members on one node, and we moved
one member of each by hand.

`DoNotSchedule` does not stop an etcd with more members than nodes from
starting when every node can run its Pods, unlike a required
anti-affinity, because the skew is counted between the nodes that exist.
kube-scheduler rejects a node only when the matching Pods on it plus the
new one exceed the node with the fewest by more than `maxSkew`
([filtering.go](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/v1.34.1/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering.go#L334-L352)).
One node takes all three members, two nodes take two and one, and three
or more nodes take one each. A member whose only allowed node cannot
take it, for example because the storage pool there is full, now waits
Pending instead of joining another member.

`nodeTaintsPolicy: Ignore` is the Kubernetes default and is written out
on purpose. A cordoned node carries `node.kubernetes.io/unschedulable`,
and `Honor` would take it out of the count
([common.go](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/v1.34.1/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/common.go#L50-L54)),
so a member created during a drain would start next to another member
and stay there on a node-local volume. With `Ignore` it waits Pending
until the node is back, while the other two keep quorum. The cost is
that a node no member can run on, such as a tainted control plane,
counts as an empty node too, so on a cluster with such a node each
schedulable node takes at most one member and the members beyond that do
not start. #4947 makes the same choice for the SeaweedFS masters and
checked both policies in kwok. A platform that wants the old behaviour
can set `scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints` to
`ScheduleAnyway`, which the other charts that read it pick up as well,
and a new test case pins that the chart renders such a policy as
written.

On upgrade nothing is recreated. The etcd-operator adopts a changed
`spec.topologySpreadConstraints` into `status.observed` once the cluster
has reached its current target, or its progress deadline has passed
([etcdcluster_controller.go#L203-L214](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L203-L214)).
It copies the value from there into the spec of an `EtcdMember` only
when it creates one, at bootstrap
([#L446](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L446))
and on scale-up
([#L851](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L851)),
and nothing in the operator writes it into an existing `EtcdMember`. The
member controller creates a Pod only when it is missing and builds it
from that member's own copy
([etcdmember_controller.go#L499-L512](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L499-L512),
[#L545-L549](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L545-L549),
[#L860](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L860)).
So running members keep `ScheduleAnyway`, and so does a member whose Pod
is evicted, deleted or replaced after a terminal phase
([#L164-L186](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L164-L186)),
since the new Pod is built from the same copy. Only members created
after the upgrade get `DoNotSchedule`, which means a scale-up, a
crash-loop replacement or a member whose `EtcdMember` was deleted. No
member is rolled, neither one at a time nor all at once. This matches
the field docs
([etcdcluster_types.go#L542-L549](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/api/v1alpha2/etcdcluster_types.go#L542-L549),
[etcdmember_types.go#L112-L116](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/api/v1alpha2/etcdmember_types.go#L112-L116)).
The code paths are the same in v0.5.8, and in v0.5.5, which v1.6.4 and
v1.6.5 ship, except that v0.5.5 does not yet replace a Pod left in a
terminal phase.

Members that already share a node therefore stay there. One of them
moves only when a new `EtcdMember` takes its place, and the constraint
then sends the replacement to the node without a member. That is how we
moved the members on the test cluster, with `DoNotSchedule` set on the
`EtcdCluster` by hand. The operator's docs say a scheduling change can
be applied by deleting one Pod at a time
([concepts.md#L272](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.6/docs/concepts.md#L272)),
but the recreated Pod gets the member's old copy, so that does not move
it.

The release note now declares two cases from review. In the first, an
etcd created while the cluster had fewer nodes than members has two or
three members on one node, and once a node is added a recreated Pod of
one of them stays Pending, since `maxSkew` rejects its own node and its
node-local volume rules out the others. Deleting that member's
`EtcdMember` while the other members keep quorum replaces it on a node
without a member. In v0.5.5 the member finalizer removes the member from
etcd through the remaining members before the object goes
([`handleDeletion`](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L195-L231),
[`removeMemberFromEtcd`](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L243-L310)),
its Pod and its `data-<member>` PVC are owned by it and deleted with it
([#L403](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L403),
[#L490](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdmember_controller.go#L490)),
and the cluster controller waits for the deletion, then adds a member
under a new name with the constraints from `status.observed`
([etcdcluster_controller.go#L254-L312](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L254-L312),
[`scaleUp`](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L820-L851)).
Its new PVC binds where its Pod lands, and under `DoNotSchedule` only a
node without a member passes. The operator documents the same steps for
a broken member, along with the limit that `MemberRemove` cannot run
without quorum
([operations.md#L208-L231](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/docs/operations.md#L208-L231)),
and v0.5.6, which main and `release-1.6` ship now, has the same path.
The upstream chart of the operator installs a policy that denies
`EtcdMember` deletion without the
`etcd-operator.cozystack.io/allow-deletion=true` annotation
([member-deletion-policy.yaml](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/charts/etcd-operator/templates/member-deletion-policy.yaml)),
and the `etcd-operator` package here does not install it.

On a three-node cluster running v0.5.5 a tenant etcd had two members on
one node with `DoNotSchedule` in effect. We deleted the `EtcdMember` of
one of the two while the other members kept quorum. The replacement's
Pod and its new node-local PVC were scheduled on the node without a
member, the member joined, and the `EtcdCluster` stayed `Available` with
quorum the whole time, polled every 5 seconds.

In the second case `nodeTaintsPolicy: Ignore` counts a node the Pods
cannot tolerate as one with zero members, so on a cluster with such a
node and fewer schedulable nodes than members the members beyond the
schedulable nodes do not start. The way out is the soft global policy in
the platform `Package`, set before the upgrade.

```yaml
apiVersion: cozystack.io/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: cozystack.cozystack-platform
spec:
  components:
    platform:
      values:
        scheduling:
          globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints: |
            topologySpreadConstraints:
            - maxSkew: 1
              topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
              whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway
```

The platform chart writes `scheduling` into `_cluster` of the
`cozystack-values` Secret
([apps.yaml#L292-L295](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/blob/55aad6f91456cb545601a83aaecf39118e943b04/packages/core/platform/templates/apps.yaml#L292-L295)),
the tenant chart copies `_cluster` into the Secret of each tenant
namespace
([namespace.yaml#L109-L120](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/blob/55aad6f91456cb545601a83aaecf39118e943b04/packages/apps/tenant/templates/namespace.yaml#L109-L120)),
and this chart renders the value as written, which the new test case
pins. Rendering the platform and tenant charts with the value above, on
main and on `release-1.6`, gives the same string in both Secrets. The
operator adopts a changed spec into `status.observed` only once all
members are Ready or the progress deadline has passed
([etcdcluster_controller.go#L196-L213](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L196-L213)),
and it clears the deadline when the cluster converges
([#L1448-L1456](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/controllers/etcdcluster_controller.go#L1448-L1456)).
A new etcd stuck short of its members adopts the policy once its first
deadline passes, and deleting the `EtcdMember` of the Pending member
then brings a replacement that starts. An etcd that had converged before
one of its replacements went Pending adopts the policy only after the
deadline is forced as the operator docs describe
([operations.md#L197-L206](https://github.com/cozystack/etcd-operator/blob/v0.5.5/docs/operations.md#L197-L206)),
which is why the release note says to set it before the upgrade.

#4817 moves this block into `_etcd.tpl` in cozy-lib without changing it,
so whichever of the two lands second has to carry the two lines over.

`tests/topology-spread_test.yaml` now pins the whole default constraint,
and a new case pins that a `ScheduleAnyway` policy from
`globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints` renders as written, without
`nodeTaintsPolicy`. The existing zone override case is unchanged.
Against the template on main the suite fails only the default case, 1
failed and 25 passed. Switching the default to `Honor`, to
`ScheduleAnyway` or to `maxSkew: 2` fails the default case, and adding
`nodeTaintsPolicy` to the override branch fails the new case.

```console
$ docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/apps -w /apps/packages/extra/etcd helmunittest/helm-unittest:4.2.3-1.1.2 .
Charts:      1 passed, 1 total
Test Suites: 9 passed, 9 total
Tests:       26 passed, 26 total
```

On main the same command gives 25 tests in 9 suites, with helm-unittest
1.1.2 as CI pins it. With default values `helm template` differs from
main in the two lines and in the comment above the affinity block, and
with a global policy set only in that comment. The docs commit changes
the `affinity` description, from which `make generate` rewrites the
README, `values.schema.json` and the `ApplicationDefinition` with
nothing but that text, and the suite stays at 26 tests. I have not
rolled this chart change out on a cluster.

The spread block and the test file are the same on release-1.6 and
release-1.7. On release-1.6 the template has no affinity block yet, so
the fix commit cherry-picks without conflicts and the docs commit has
nothing to change there. That backport is a separate PR.

### Screenshots

Not a UI change.

### Downstream repositories

One changed and one added line in
`packages/extra/etcd/templates/etcd-cluster.yaml` and its test suite,
and new text for the `affinity` description and the comment above the
affinity block. The description reaches `values.schema.json`, the README
and the `ApplicationDefinition` as text only, with no key, type or
default change, and the website rebuilds the etcd reference page from
the README on release. The website mentions
`globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints` only as a platform setting, which
stays as it is, so no trigger map entry applies.

- [x] No downstream repository is affected by this change
- [ ] [cozystack/website](https://github.com/cozystack/website) -
follow-up:
- [ ]
[cozystack/terraform-provider-cozystack](https://github.com/cozystack/terraform-provider-cozystack)
- follow-up:
- [ ]
[cozystack/ansible-cozystack](https://github.com/cozystack/ansible-cozystack)
- follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/ccp](https://github.com/cozystack/ccp) - follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/talm](https://github.com/cozystack/talm) - follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/cozyhr](https://github.com/cozystack/cozyhr) -
follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/cozy-proxy](https://github.com/cozystack/cozy-proxy) -
follow-up:
- [ ]
[cozystack/cozystack-telemetry-server](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack-telemetry-server)
- follow-up:
- [ ]
[cozystack/external-apps-example](https://github.com/cozystack/external-apps-example)
- follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/examples](https://github.com/cozystack/examples) -
follow-up:
- [ ] [cozystack/community](https://github.com/cozystack/community) -
follow-up:

### Release note

```release-note
fix(etcd): tenant etcd members now spread over nodes with whenUnsatisfiable DoNotSchedule by default, so two members of one etcd no longer start on the same node while another node has none. Members that exist are not moved, only members created after the upgrade get the new constraint.

An etcd created while the cluster had fewer nodes than members puts two or three members on one node. Once a node is added, such a member whose Pod is recreated (drain, eviction, graceful node shutdown) stays Pending, because maxSkew rejects its own node and its node-local volume rules out the others. With two nodes grown to three the etcd runs two of three members and its PodDisruptionBudget blocks draining the other nodes. With one node grown to three a reboot of that node brings back one member of three and quorum is lost. A stranded member is replaced by deleting its EtcdMember while the other members keep quorum. Its Pod and PVC go with it, and the replacement gets a new Pod and PVC on the node without a member. Right after adding nodes, doing this for one co-located member at a time while all members are Ready avoids the case.

With nodeTaintsPolicy Ignore a node the etcd Pods cannot tolerate, such as a tainted control plane, counts as a node with zero members, so no node can take a second member. On a cluster with such a node and fewer schedulable nodes than members, a new etcd starts only as many members as there are schedulable nodes, one of three on a single schedulable node. An existing etcd there keeps its members, but a member it replaces stays Pending the same way.

Either case is avoided by setting scheduling.globalAppTopologySpreadConstraints in spec.components.platform.values of the cozystack.cozystack-platform Package to a topologySpreadConstraints entry with maxSkew 1, topologyKey kubernetes.io/hostname and whenUnsatisfiable ScheduleAnyway before the upgrade. Every app chart that reads this value applies it, two members of a new etcd can share a node again, and the operator gives it only to members created after it adopts the changed EtcdCluster spec into status.observed. Once status.observed.topologySpreadConstraints of an EtcdCluster shows ScheduleAnyway, a member of it that stays Pending is replaced by deleting its EtcdMember.
```


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Bug Fixes**
- Default etcd placement now requires even spreading across hosts and
ignores node taints when evaluating placement.
- Configurable cluster-wide spreading continues to use a flexible
scheduling policy when selected.
- **Documentation**
- Clarified how affinity and topology spreading work together, when
required anti-affinity or node-local storage can leave members pending,
and that affinity changes take effect as members are replaced.
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