Description of problem:
The end user is unable to retrieve the ClusterExtension status because it fails to update the status and message, as shown below,
error updating status: ClusterExtension.olm.operatorframework.io "extension-argocd-operator" is invalid: [status.conditions[5].message: Too long: may not be more than 32768 bytes, <nil>: Invalid value: "null": some validation rules were not checked because the object was invalid; correct the existing errors to complete validation] > controller="controller-operator-cluster-extension-controller" controllerGroup="olm.operatorframework.io" controllerKind="ClusterExtension" ClusterExtension="extension-argocd-operator" namespace="" name="extension-argocd-operator" reconcileID="4e9d0341-1aae-467d-acd5-c6c77b7476a5"
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.20.0-0.nightly-2025-07-15-083124
How reproducible:
always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install argocd-operator v0.4.0
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ cat ce-argocd.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: argocd-operator
namespace: test
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: argocd-operator-role-binding
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: argocd-operator
namespace: test
---
apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
name: extension-argocd-operator
spec:
namespace: test
serviceAccount:
name: argocd-operator
source:
catalog:
packageName: argocd-operator
channels: [alpha]
version: "v0.4.0"
upgradeConstraintPolicy: CatalogProvided
sourceType: Catalog
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ oc get clusterextension -n test
NAME INSTALLED BUNDLE VERSION INSTALLED PROGRESSING AGE
extension-argocd-operator argocd-operator.v0.4.0 0.4.0 True True 175m
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ oc get pods -n test
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
argocd-operator-controller-manager-6b877fdf46-4mhmm 2/2 Running 0 45m
2, upgrade it to v0.5.0.
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ oc edit clusterextension -n test extension-argocd-operator
...
3, After a while, check its status, as we can see, there is no any updates. The message still is "desired state reached".
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ oc get clusterextension -n test
NAME INSTALLED BUNDLE VERSION INSTALLED PROGRESSING AGE
extension-argocd-operator argocd-operator.v0.4.0 0.4.0 True True 178m
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ oc get clusterextension -n test extension-argocd-operator -o yaml
apiVersion: olm.operatorframework.io/v1
kind: ClusterExtension
metadata:
creationTimestamp: "2025-07-18T03:31:50Z"
finalizers:
- olm.operatorframework.io/cleanup-unpack-cache
- olm.operatorframework.io/cleanup-contentmanager-cache
generation: 2
name: extension-argocd-operator
resourceVersion: "47564"
uid: b118907d-019b-468b-a454-45467c14802f
spec:
namespace: test
serviceAccount:
name: argocd-operator
source:
catalog:
channels:
- alpha
packageName: argocd-operator
upgradeConstraintPolicy: CatalogProvided
version: v0.5.0
sourceType: Catalog
status:
conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:50Z"
message: ""
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Deprecated
status: "False"
type: Deprecated
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:50Z"
message: ""
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Deprecated
status: "False"
type: PackageDeprecated
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:50Z"
message: ""
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Deprecated
status: "False"
type: ChannelDeprecated
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:50Z"
message: ""
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Deprecated
status: "False"
type: BundleDeprecated
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:53Z"
message: Installed bundle quay.io/openshift-community-operators/argocd-operator@sha256:640d2d298c9001dd6da8e8a6e512392bcc626d309ca20a5a328f80130878185c
successfully
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Succeeded
status: "True"
type: Installed
- lastTransitionTime: "2025-07-18T03:31:53Z"
message: desired state reached
observedGeneration: 1
reason: Succeeded
status: "True"
type: Progressing
install:
bundle:
name: argocd-operator.v0.4.0
version: 0.4.0
4, cehck the operator-controller logs.
Actual results:
Found it failed to update the status and message.
error updating status: ClusterExtension.olm.operatorframework.io "extension-argocd-operator" is invalid: [status.conditions[5].message: Too long: may not be more than 32768 bytes, <nil>: Invalid value: "null": some validation rules were not checked because the object was invalid; correct the existing errors to complete validation] > controller="controller-operator-cluster-extension-controller" controllerGroup="olm.operatorframework.io" controllerKind="ClusterExtension" ClusterExtension="extension-argocd-operator" namespace="" name="extension-argocd-operator" reconcileID="4e9d0341-1aae-467d-acd5-c6c77b7476a5"
Expected results:
The status and message should be updated to reflect the actual state.
Additional info:
- clones
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OCPBUGS-59518 [olmv1] ClusterExtension status and message cannot reflect the real state: Too long: may not be more than 32768 bytes
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