Summary

CNV 4.14 Konflux-built HCO bundle has an incomplete test-images-nvrs CSV annotation: it includes ssp and tekton test images but omits hyperconverged-cluster-operator-test. The HCO test image is also not built/published for v4-14. As a result, HCO tier1 tests fail at the "Setup HCO tests" step.

Comparison: 4.16 (working) vs 4.14 (broken)

test-images-nvrs Annotation

4.16 (complete): ssp, tekton, common-instancetypes, hyperconverged-cluster-operator-test
4.14 (incomplete): ssp, tekton only. Missing: hyperconverged-cluster-operator-test

(Note: common-instancetypes was added in 4.15 - its absence in 4.14 is expected.)

Cluster Details

4.16 reference: infd-vrf-416t0, CSV v4.16.32, IIB 1114259, bundle build-system: konflux
4.14 broken: c01-lbednar, CSV v4.14.17, IIB 1113344, bundle build-system: konflux

Bundle sources:

• v4-16: https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/openshift-virtualization/konflux-builds/v4-16/hco-bundle-registry
• v4-14: https://gitlab.cee.redhat.com/openshift-virtualization/konflux-builds/v4-14/hco-bundle-registry

Root Cause

The Konflux pipeline that builds the HCO bundle for v4-14 either:

• Does not build the hyperconverged-cluster-operator-test image for v4-14, or
• Builds it but does not add it to the CSV test-images-nvrs annotation during bundle assembly

The component is defined in Konflux tenant config; the bug is in the build/publish pipeline.

Impact

• HCO tier1 tests fail at "Setup HCO tests"
• tests::get_test_image_nvr returns empty
• No workaround possible with current approach (image does not exist in registry)

Retrospective: Alternative Approach (pre CNV-73322)

Before CNV-73322 (Feb 2026), HCO tests used a different flow that did not depend on test-images-nvrs:

• Test image: quay.io/kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-functest (upstream)
• Version from HCO operator image upstream-version label, or hardcoded (e.g. 1.10.8 for 4.14)
• Image URL: quay.io/kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-functest:1.10.8-unstable
• This image exists and has tags 1.10.0, 1.10.8-unstable, etc.

Workaround option: Revert to or add fallback to upstream image when test-images-nvrs is empty for 4.14.

References

• QE automation: contra/cnv-qe-automation - tests/tier1/hco/setup.sh, tests/funcs.sh
• Related: CNV-73322 (Konflux test image resolution)