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Summary

Layered-product releases now reuse the shipment merge request recorded in releases.yml instead of creating a new MR on every run. This works for both prepare-release-lp and the direct release-from-fbc path.

On reuse, ART rebuilds the shipment files from the current job inputs. Reuse is allowed only when staging is no longer running and production has never been attempted

Changes

  • Read and store the shipment MR at releases.<assembly>.assembly.group.shipment.mr.
  • Support MR reuse in both layered-product release paths:
    • gen-assembly-lpprepare-release-lp
    • Direct release-from-fbc
  • Replace all shipment files owned by the matching product, group, and assembly with newly generated content from the current run.
  • Keep the original timestamp and stable filenames when reusing an MR.
  • Clear stage-release-success, temporarily mark the MR as draft, update its branch, and mark it ready again so Shipment CI restarts.
  • Serialize updates for the same group and assembly.
  • Use optimistic concurrency checks for the shipment branch and releases.yml pointer.

Safety rules

  • Confirm that the referenced MR belongs to the requested product, group, and assembly.
  • Inspect all MR pipelines, trigger bridges, and downstream stage jobs before changing anything.
  • Block reuse while stage work is active.
  • Allow reuse after stage finishes successfully, fails, or is canceled, provided prod remains untouched.
  • Permanently block automated reuse or replacement after any prod attempt, including:
    • A started, failed, or canceled prod bridge or downstream pipeline.
    • A prod-release* label.
    • Prod advisory information.
    • Prod FBC results.
  • Never modify a merged MR.
  • Fail closed if GitLab state is missing, incomplete, or cannot be read reliably.
  • Recheck MR state and the releases.yml pointer immediately before mutation to reduce race-condition risk.

--force replacement

  • --force creates a replacement MR instead of updating the referenced MR.
  • Replacement is allowed only when the previous MR is stage-only, whether it is open or closed.
  • An open previous MR is marked draft and has its stage-success label removed so it cannot proceed to prod; its shipment files are left unchanged.
  • A previous MR with any prod attempt cannot be replaced automatically.
  • An unrelated or invalid MR pointer is left untouched while a replacement is created.

Minimal releases.yml entry

For a direct release with an empty releases.yml, release-from-fbc records the MR using:

releases:
  1.5.3:
    assembly:
      type: stream
      group:
        shipment:
          mr: https://gitlab.example.com/group/shipment-data/-/merge_requests/123

release-from-fbc does not run gen-assembly-lp, so it has no full assembly definition to store. The explicit type: stream prevents this pointer-only entry from being interpreted as a standard assembly; it does not introduce layered-product nightlies. Existing full assemblies retain their type and all other fields.

Compatibility

  • OCP release behavior is unchanged.
  • release-from-fbc --ocp-optional behavior is unchanged.
  • The existing OCP shipment.url field is unchanged.

Validation

  • 196 focused tests passed.
  • Repository-wide Ruff, formatting, and import checks passed.
  • Repository pre-commit hooks passed.
  • Pipeline-state classification was checked against real Shipment CI pipeline and bridge responses from OADP MR !820.

Jira: ART-18752

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for reusing and reconciling existing shipment merge requests.
    • Added optional forced replacement of shipment merge requests for layered-product releases.
    • Added validation for shipment merge-request status, references, assembly metadata, and released content.
    • Shipment files are regenerated with deterministic filenames during reconciliation.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented unintended reuse of merge requests containing production-release results.
    • Added safeguards against concurrent shipment updates and incomplete or duplicate shipment data.
    • Enforced that --force requires merge-request creation and is incompatible with optional OCP shipment mode.

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@fbladilo: This pull request references ART-18752 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the story to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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What changed

  • prepare-release-lp and layered-product release-from-fbc now reuse the shipment MR recorded in releases.yml.
  • Reruns replace generated shipment data while preserving downstream CI results and advisory URLs.
  • --force creates a replacement MR and updates the pointer without closing the old MR.
  • MR and pointer updates use validation and optimistic concurrency checks to avoid overwriting unrelated work.

For direct releases with an empty releases.yml, the command records the MR with this minimal structure:

releases:
 1.5.3:
   assembly:
     type: stream
     group:
       shipment:
         mr: https://gitlab.example.com/group/shipment-data/-/merge_requests/123

The explicit stream type preserves current direct-release behavior. Full assemblies created for prepare-release-lp retain their existing fields.

Validation

  • 165 focused tests passed
  • Ruff lint and formatting checks passed
  • Repository pre-commit hooks passed

[JIRA: ART-18752](https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/ART-18752)

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Walkthrough

The change adds shipment MR reuse, replacement, validation, and full file reconciliation to both release pipelines. Non-dry-run layered-product shipment preparation now uses a group-and-assembly lock. Reused MRs reset to draft and retain their configured assembly pointer.

Changes

Shipment MR reuse and reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shipment validation and file replacement
pyartcd/pyartcd/lp_shipment.py, pyartcd/tests/test_lp_shipment.py
Validation rejects production labels, malformed files, production advisories, and pipeline results. Reconciliation removes owned files and writes a fresh deterministic shipment set.
Prepare-release MR reuse
pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/prepare_release_lp.py, pyartcd/tests/pipelines/test_prepare_release_lp.py
The pipeline validates, reuses, resets, or replaces configured shipment MRs. The CLI supports --force and uses the layered-product shipment lock for non-dry runs.
FBC shipment MR reuse
pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py, pyartcd/tests/pipelines/test_release_from_fbc.py
Layered-product releases validate and reconcile configured shipment MRs or create replacements. OCP-optional MR creation remains separate.
Layered-product shipment lock
pyartcd/pyartcd/locks.py
The lock registry adds a group-and-assembly resource template with retry and timeout settings.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReleasePipeline
  participant AssemblyMetadata
  participant ShipmentHelpers
  participant GitLab
  participant ShipmentRepository
  ReleasePipeline->>AssemblyMetadata: Load configured shipment MR URL
  ReleasePipeline->>ShipmentHelpers: Validate reusable MR
  ShipmentHelpers->>GitLab: Inspect MR state and changed files
  ReleasePipeline->>ShipmentHelpers: Reconcile shipment files
  ShipmentHelpers->>ShipmentRepository: Replace owned files with generated files
  ShipmentHelpers->>GitLab: Commit and push shipment changes
  ReleasePipeline->>AssemblyMetadata: Verify or persist shipment MR URL
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Suggested reviewers: ashwindasr

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 98458

Shipment reruns now reuse existing merge requests. The remaining low risk is duplicated validation logic across both release pipelines, which could make future safety checks inconsistent; merge is reasonable with follow-up.


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No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ❌ Error The PR adds logging of full shipment MR URLs. For example, prepare_release_lp.py:937 and release_from_fbc.py:1208 log URLs loaded from releases.yml, and release_from_fbc.py:247 logs mr_url d… Do not log complete MR URLs. Log only a non-sensitive identifier such as the assembly and MR IID, or omit the URL entirely. Ensure dry-run, reuse, creation, and completion messages use the same redaction. Also sanitize any exception or vali…
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Explanation

The PR adds logging of full shipment MR URLs. For example, prepare_release_lp.py:937 and release_from_fbc.py:1208 log URLs loaded from releases.yml, and release_from_fbc.py:247 logs mr_url during dry runs. These URLs can contain the internal GitLab hostname; both pipelines default to https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com. The PR therefore introduces a path that exposes an internal hostname in logs. The final Shipment MR logs also become reachable with reused configured URLs.

Resolution

Do not log complete MR URLs. Log only a non-sensitive identifier such as the assembly and MR IID, or omit the URL entirely. Ensure dry-run, reuse, creation, and completion messages use the same redaction. Also sanitize any exception or validation message before sending it to a logger so URL userinfo, query data, or fragments cannot expose credentials or tokens.

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Inline comments:
In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/lp_shipment.py`:
- Around line 274-276: Update the shipment-writing flow around
GitRepository.write_file so the shipment directory is created under the
repository’s directory before writing. Resolve target_dir against the repository
location, or otherwise use the repository-aware path for mkdir, while preserving
the existing relative path passed to write_file.

In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py`:
- Around line 206-210: Update _load_layered_product_shipment_mr to catch
ValueError from get_file_from_branch when releases.yml is missing or unreadable,
matching _get_main_ocp_shipment_url by returning None and leaving the configured
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1331-1331: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make pointer verification cover reconciliation.

Line 1331 verifies the pointer only before the reused MR is changed. A concurrent --force run can replace the pointer after this check. This run can then reconcile and ready the old MR while releases.yml points to the replacement MR.

Use an assembly-scoped lease across verification, reconciliation, and readying. If a lease is unavailable, recheck after reconciliation and leave the stale MR in draft state before failing.

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In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py` at line 1331, Extend the flow
around _verify_layered_product_shipment_mr to hold an assembly-scoped lease
through pointer verification, reconciliation, and readying, preventing
concurrent --force runs from replacing the pointer mid-operation. If the lease
cannot be acquired, recheck the pointer after reconciliation and keep the stale
MR in draft state before failing.
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In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py`:
- Line 1331: Extend the flow around _verify_layered_product_shipment_mr to hold
an assembly-scoped lease through pointer verification, reconciliation, and
readying, preventing concurrent --force runs from replacing the pointer
mid-operation. If the lease cannot be acquired, recheck the pointer after
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989-1000: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The validate_shipment_mr plus validate_shipment_mr_reuse_state sequence is duplicated four times. Both pipelines run the pair once when they select an MR for reuse and again immediately before mutation. All four copies guard MR mutation, so they must stay in sync. Extract one helper in pyartcd/pyartcd/lp_shipment.py that accepts the GitLab client, the shipment repository, the MR URL, the pull and push URLs, the group, and the assembly, and returns the validated MR.

  • pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/prepare_release_lp.py#L989-L1000: replace the revalidation block with the new helper call.
  • pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py#L1356-L1367: replace the revalidation block with the same helper call.

The two earlier copies at pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/prepare_release_lp.py Lines 925-936 and pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/release_from_fbc.py Lines 1196-1207 should use the helper as well.

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In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/prepare_release_lp.py` around lines 989 - 1000,
Extract the duplicated shipment-MR validation sequence into a helper in
lp_shipment.py that accepts the GitLab client, shipment repository, MR URL, pull
URL, push URL, group, and assembly, then returns the validated MR. Replace both
validation sites in prepare_release_lp.py (925-936 and 989-1000) and
release_from_fbc.py (1196-1207 and 1356-1367) with calls to this helper,
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In `@pyartcd/pyartcd/pipelines/prepare_release_lp.py`:
- Around line 989-1000: Extract the duplicated shipment-MR validation sequence
into a helper in lp_shipment.py that accepts the GitLab client, shipment
repository, MR URL, pull URL, push URL, group, and assembly, then returns the
validated MR. Replace both validation sites in prepare_release_lp.py (925-936
and 989-1000) and release_from_fbc.py (1196-1207 and 1356-1367) with calls to
this helper, preserving the existing arguments and mutation guards.

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