The metallb operator is not present in aosqe-index (quay.io/openshift-qe-optional-operators/aosqe-index) image for 4.21 as it is now built in Konflux. As a result, all jobs that use metall operator on 4.21 currently fail.

    Example error: https://prow.ci.openshift.org/view/gs/test-platform-results/logs/periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn/1992805695774265344

Note: The aosqe-index is used for installing various operators in pre-release phase. Operators that are built in Konflux are not added to this index anymore. The solution is probably creating a new custom catalog source that uses the metallb index from Konflux. We did a similar thing with LVM operator recently: https://github.com/openshift/release/pull/70411

    4.21

    Always

    1. Run the job above, which installs the metallb operator for 4.21 from aosqe-index image.
    2.
    3.
    

    The operator is not found.

    Installs successfully.