Running on AWS using the gp3-csi provisioner trying to create a blank disk using populators doesn't work. The pvc remains in pending forever. Example dataVolumeTemplate

dataVolumeTemplates:
    - apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1
      kind: DataVolume
      metadata:
        creationTimestamp: null
        name: win2k22-abstract-asp
      spec:
        source:
          blank: {}
        storage:
          resources:
            requests:
              storage: 60Gi

4.14.4

Create a VM for instance from a windows template that creates a blank disk. The VM will remain in provisioning forever and won't start.

1. Create a VM from a windows template in an AWS environment with the gp3-csi provisioner
2. Add a blank disk to the VM you are creating.
3. Finish creating the VM, and wait for it to provision.

Provisioning never happens because the VM is never scheduled to run. The cdi controller logs contain this error:

"level":"error","ts":"2024-04-24T14:45:03Z","msg":"Reconciler error","controller":"import-populator","object":{"name":"win2k22-abstract-asp","namespace":"default"},"namespace":"default","name":"win2k22-abstract-asp","reconcileID":"8799fcf1-f118-4c61-a04c-3108e78fe64d","error":"PersistentVolume \"\" not found","stacktrace":"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/remote-source/app/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:329\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/remote-source/app/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:274\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/remote-source/app/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:235"}

This causes the pvc prime to never get created for the blank disk, and thus provisioning never starts, and thus the VM is never scheduled.

Provisioning to start due to the VM attempting to start.

Adding an annotation to the blank disk saying to bypass populators fixes the issue and the VM was successfully started.

cdi.kubevirt.io/storage.usePopulator: 'false'