docs(kubevirt): state the preconditions of the eviction comments by lexfrei · Pull Request #4441 · cozystack/cozystack

Aleksei Sviridkin (lexfrei) · 2026-09-24T12:12:15Z

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This fixes two comments in the KubeVirt CR that #4403 got wrong. It follows up on the review of #4403, and I checked both findings against the source first. Only comments change, the rendered CR is the same.

The comments didn't say that the new eviction behaviour applies only to VMIs created after the switch. The VMI mutator copies the cluster evictionStrategy into the VMI spec at creation (KubeVirt v1.9.0 pkg/defaults/defaults.go:208-211), and the eviction admitter reads the spec first. So a non-migratable VMI created before the switch still has LiveMigrate and keeps blocking the drain. The workload updater can't evict it either, and it stays on the old launcher until its VM restarts.

The worker comment described the wrong mechanism. When a VMI can't migrate and has evacuationNodeName set, CAPK's IsTerminal() returns true and the controller sets FailureReason on the KubevirtMachine. This is upstream CAPK code at the pinned commit, the cozystack patch doesn't touch it. Every kubernetes-nodes group has a MachineHealthCheck, and CAPI v1.10.1 treats FailureReason as unhealthy, so the Machine gets replaced. If maxUnhealthy holds remediation back (at the default 50%, a group of one), the VM starts a new VMI in place. CAPK never clears FailureReason though, so the Machine stays failed until remediation is allowed.

The comment stays on the evictionStrategy: line, because make update inserts blocks right before it. helm unittest passes 33/33 and update_idempotency_test.sh passes. make update leaves the file byte-identical.

The third finding (tests pin values, not behaviour) is tracked in #4422.

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docs(kubevirt): the KubeVirt CR comments now say that a VMI created before the evictionStrategy change keeps LiveMigrate until its VM restarts, and that the MachineHealthCheck replaces a non-migratable kubernetes-nodes worker when the workload updater evicts it.

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- Clarified that existing VM instances retain the eviction strategy they were created with, and may need to be restarted before they can migrate during a drain.
- Expanded guidance on how eviction of non-migratable workers affects machine health and replacement, including when remediation is delayed by the maxUnhealthy limit.
- No rendered configuration values changed.

The comments on evictionStrategy and workloadUpdateMethods described the new behaviour as if it applied to every VMI. The VMI mutator stamps the cluster strategy into the spec at creation, so a VMI started before LiveMigrateIfPossible keeps LiveMigrate: if it cannot migrate, its drain still blocks and the workload updater's eviction is refused until its VM restarts. The worker case pointed at the wrong mechanism too. CAPK reports a non-migratable VMI under evacuation as a terminal failure, and every kubernetes-nodes group has a MachineHealthCheck, so the Machine gets replaced. Where maxUnhealthy holds remediation back the VM restarts in place, but the failure is never cleared, so the Machine is still replaced later. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Aleksei Sviridkin <[email protected]>

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The KubeVirt Helm template comments now describe VMI eviction strategy retention and the effects of eviction on KubevirtMachine remediation. Rendered configuration values are unchanged.

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KubeVirt eviction behavior

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Eviction and remediation behavior comments `packages/system/kubevirt/templates/kubevirt-cr.yaml`	Comments explain that an existing VMI retains its eviction strategy and describe how eviction affects KubevirtMachine failure and MachineHealthCheck remediation. Rendered values are unchanged.

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The new comment says worker workloads are drained before VMI deletion, but the checked-in CAPK image can delete the VMI without draining them. Clarify the image-specific behavior before relying on this operational guidance.

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+    # the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation, CAPK drains the tenant node and
+    # deletes the VMI, and it also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node


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Qualify the CAPK drain description.

The checked-in provider uses unpatched CAPK v0.1.10. Its drain helper looks up Status.EvacuationNodeName in the tenant cluster. If that node is absent, the helper returns success without draining, and CAPK deletes the VMI. The comment must distinguish this image from the patched image.

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- # the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation, CAPK drains the tenant node and - # deletes the VMI, and it also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node + # the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation. CAPK drains the tenant node only + # with the patched image. The checked-in image targets + # Status.EvacuationNodeName and can delete the VMI without draining the tenant + # node's workloads. It also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node

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# the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation, CAPK drains the tenant node and

# deletes the VMI, and it also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node

# the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation. CAPK drains the tenant node only

# with the patched image. The checked-in image targets

# Status.EvacuationNodeName and can delete the VMI without draining the tenant

# node's workloads. It also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node

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The two rewritten comments are accurate. I checked the "a VMI keeps the eviction strategy it was created with" claim against KubeVirt v1.9.0 (defaults.go and the pod-eviction-admitter), and the "CAPK reports terminal failure and MachineHealthCheck replaces the Machine, not cleared until maxUnhealthy allows" claim against CAPK v0.1.10 and CAPI's machinehealthcheck controller. nodegroup.yaml renders the MachineHealthCheck unconditionally per node group, so the precondition holds. helm lint and helm unittest (33/33) pass, and no test pins the old comment text. Nothing to change.

Aleksei Sviridkin (lexfrei) requested review from IvanHunters, Andrei Kvapil (kvaps), Timofei Larkin (lllamnyp), mattia-eleuteri, myasnikovdaniil and scooby87 as code owners September 24, 2026 12:12

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		# the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation, CAPK drains the tenant node and
		# deletes the VMI, and it also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node

-    # the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation, CAPK drains the tenant node and
-    # deletes the VMI, and it also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node
+    # the eviction marks the VMI for evacuation. CAPK drains the tenant node only
+    # with the patched image. The checked-in image targets
+    # Status.EvacuationNodeName and can delete the VMI without draining the tenant
+    # node's workloads. It also marks the KubevirtMachine failed, so the node

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