⚠ remove ClusterObjectSet Ready RetryableError reason

[perdasilva]

Description

Part 4/5 of a series completing the ClusterObjectSet (COS) Ready condition vocabulary. Breaking (experimental API): removes a status reason.

Transient errors now leave the Ready condition unchanged and return the error for rate-limited backoff requeue, instead of overwriting Ready with RetryableError. On a first reconcile that hits a transient error before Ready is ever set, the condition stays absent (consumers read absent as Unknown).

Changes

• Every transient/infra error site (secret read, phase build, engine create, establish-watch, revision reconcile, teardown error, cache-free on delete/archive) returns the error without mutating Ready. Remove setRetryableErrorConditions and ClusterObjectSetReasonRetryableError.
• CE reconstruction goes neutral on transient COS errors: determineFailureReason flags only ObjectCollision / ValidationFailure as Installed=Failed; progressingFromReady keeps Retrying only for ObjectCollision.

Scope

Experimental API only; go-apidiff / crd-diff will flag the removed reason constant. Updates unit tests (transient-error cases now assert Ready unchanged/absent; CE determineFailureReason / progressingFromReady), the concept + large-bundle docs, and regenerates CRD/manifests/API reference.

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• Behavior Changes
  • Transient internal errors no longer set a separate RetryableError status. The Ready condition remains unchanged while the operation is retried with backoff, and may be absent on the first attempt.
  • These errors are no longer treated as installation failures. Validation failures and object collisions continue to be reported distinctly.
• Documentation
  • Updated ClusterObjectSet status guidance to explain how Ready behaves during transient errors and retries.

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• applyconfigurations/api/v1/clusterobjectsetstatus.go
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Walkthrough

The ClusterObjectSet controller no longer sets Ready=False with reason RetryableError for transient reconciliation errors. API and CRD descriptions now state that transient errors leave Ready unchanged and are retried with backoff. The operator controller no longer treats RetryableError as an installation failure or retrying progress reason.

Changes

ClusterObjectSet Ready condition

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Ready condition contract and documentation api/v1/clusterobjectset_types.go, applyconfigurations/api/v1/clusterobjectsetstatus.go, docs/draft/concepts/clusterobjectsets.md, docs/draft/concepts/large-bundle-support.md, helm/olmv1/base/object-controller/crd/experimental/olm.operatorframework.io_clusterobjectsets.yaml, manifests/experimental*.yaml	The API declaration, CRD descriptions, and concept documentation remove RetryableError. They state that transient errors leave Ready unchanged and are retried with backoff.
Reconciliation errors preserve Ready internal/object-controller/controllers/clusterobjectset_controller.go, internal/object-controller/controllers/clusterobjectset_controller_test.go	The reconciler returns transient errors without changing Ready. Tests cover absent and existing conditions across reconciliation, Secret reads, revision listing, cleanup, and archive teardown.
Operator failure and progress mapping internal/operator-controller/controllers/common_controller.go, internal/operator-controller/controllers/common_controller_test.go	The operator controller no longer treats RetryableError as an installation failure or maps it to Retrying. Tests cover absent Ready conditions and ObjectCollision mappings.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Reconciler as ClusterObjectSet reconciler
  participant API as Kubernetes API
  participant Queue as Retry queue
  Reconciler->>API: Read referenced Secret
  API-->>Reconciler: Return transient read error
  Note over Reconciler: Leave Ready unchanged
  Reconciler-->>Queue: Return error
  Queue->>Reconciler: Retry with backoff

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When revision errors continue past the progress deadline, Ready can remain stale instead of reporting that the deadline was exceeded. Resolve this before merging unless that status behavior is explicitly accepted.

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overriding apidiff job as only the experimental set is affected:

github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/api/v1
    Incompatible changes:
    - ClusterObjectSetReasonRetryableError: removed'

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🟡 Minor · Preserve the progress-deadline transition on revision… · clusterobjectset_controller.go:221-226

internal/object-controller/controllers/clusterobjectset_controller.go:221-226
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the progress-deadline transition on revision errors.

When revisionEngine.Reconcile returns an error, this branch returns before the existing deadline-aware status update. If the progress deadline has expired, Ready can remain stale instead of becoming False/ProgressDeadlineExceeded. Apply the deadline transition before returning, but preserve Ready for non-expired transient errors.

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Update the error path after revisionEngine.Reconcile so it applies the existing
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- Around line 221-226: Update the error path after revisionEngine.Reconcile so
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/lgtm

[perdasilva]

/hold for #3001

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closing because pr stacks aren't supported by tide - recreated on #3012