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Since #1334, persistModelCacheStorageSelection reads the nvcf-storage-capabilities ConfigMap at the start of every creation message that requests a cache. Only the chart creates that ConfigMap, and the agent had no copy of the catalog, so a missing ConfigMap was a hard error on every message.

A QA cluster hit it after the agent image moved to 3.7.1 while the chart stayed at 3.2.21. The Argo Application's chart pin lives in the Application object, applied by the parent app, while the values come from a git ref resolved at sync time, so the image tag converged and the chart templates did not. Every new container function stayed in DEPLOYING, the agent logged configmaps "nvcf-storage-capabilities" not found more than a thousand times in 30 minutes, and no ICMSRequest was created.

What changed

The catalog the chart installs is compiled into NVCA and used when, and only when, the ConfigMap is absent. This mirrors the existing builtinProvisionerMountOptions last-resort pattern for mount options.

  • pkg/storage/storage_capabilities_builtin.go: go:embed of nvcf-storage-capabilities-v1alpha1.yaml, a copy of the chart file. TestBuiltinCatalogMatchesChart asserts the two are byte-identical.
  • ResolveModelCacheStorageWithClientset and the controller-runtime loaders resolve against the built-in catalog on NotFound and flag the selection CatalogBuiltin. A present ConfigMap is authoritative. A present but empty or malformed one still fails.
  • pkg/nvca: when a selection was resolved against the built-in catalog, the agent logs a warning with the ICMSRequest fields and the ConfigMap name, and increments nvca_model_cache_result_total{result="failure",failure_reason="catalog_missing"} with an empty backend label. The selection itself is what a converged install would make.
  • catalog_missing is added to the failure reasons, pre-initialized, and documented in METRICS.md. The design doc's Failure rules gain one row.
  • Bazel: embedsrcs on the storage library.

Customer Release Notes

A function deployed to a cluster whose NVCA chart has not yet installed the storage capability catalog now uses the catalog built into the agent, instead of staying in DEPLOYING indefinitely.

Plan Summary

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Usage

Alert on nvca_model_cache_result_total{failure_reason="catalog_missing"}; a non-zero rate means the agent is running ahead of its chart.

Testing

  • go test ./pkg/storage/ ./pkg/nvca/ ./internal/metrics/... ./internal/miniservice/... pass.
  • golangci-lint run on the touched packages: 0 issues.
  • New tests: missing ConfigMap resolves to the same durable NVMesh selection as a present ConfigMap holding the shipped catalog, differing only in the flag; the loader returns the built-in catalog with its digest; the embedded file matches the chart file; CreateICMSCreationMessageRequest with no ConfigMap creates the ICMSRequest with a durable NVMesh selection. The existing invalid-catalog and empty-catalog tests still assert hard failure.
  • No QA needed beyond re-running the failing scenario on a build with this change.

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Issues

Relates to #1326

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • NVCA now uses its built-in storage catalog when the catalog ConfigMap is unavailable.
    • Durable cache storage can still be selected when the built-in catalog supports the requested configuration.
    • The built-in catalog includes storage qualifications for supported cache configurations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Missing catalog situations are now logged and tracked with dedicated metrics.
    • Present but empty or malformed catalogs continue to report errors.
    • Once available, the catalog ConfigMap remains authoritative.

… missing

The agent read the storage capability catalog ConfigMap at the top of
every creation message that requests a cache, and any error, including
NotFound, failed the message. On a cluster whose agent image had moved
ahead of the chart that installs the catalog, every new container
function stayed in DEPLOYING while the queue retried the message forever
and no ICMSRequest was ever created.

A missing catalog now returns ErrStorageCapabilityCatalogNotFound and is
handled like a missing nvcf-sc: warn with the ConfigMap name, count it
under failure_reason=catalog_missing, and record a non-durable selection
so the function deploys uncached. A present but malformed catalog still
fails, since that is a configuration error and not a rollout gap.

Co-Authored-By: Balaji Ganesan <bganesan@nvidia.com>
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NVCA now embeds a storage capability catalog and uses it when the ConfigMap is absent. Present empty or malformed catalogs remain errors. Model-cache selection records the fallback and can select durable storage from the embedded catalog.

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Storage catalog fallback

Layer / File(s) Summary
Embedded catalog and storage contract
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/nvcf-storage-capabilities-v1alpha1.yaml, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_capabilities_builtin.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_capabilities.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/BUILD.bazel
The storage package embeds the catalog and exposes whether a selection used it. The selection retains the catalog digest.
Catalog resolution paths
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_capabilities.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_capabilities_test.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_resolution_test.go
Controller-runtime and client-go resolvers use the embedded catalog when the ConfigMap is absent. Present empty or malformed catalogs remain errors. Tests verify fallback behavior and catalog consistency.
Request selection and fallback reporting
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection_test.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/metrics/modelcachetypes/types.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/metrics/METRICS.md, docs/dev/sdd-storage-agnostic-cache-architecture.md
When selection uses the embedded catalog, NVCA logs the missing ConfigMap and records catalog_missing with an empty backend label. Tests verify durable NVMesh selection for regular and Helm workflows. Documentation describes the fallback.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ModelCacheRequest
  participant StorageResolver
  participant BuiltinCatalog
  participant Metrics
  ModelCacheRequest->>StorageResolver: resolve storage selection
  StorageResolver->>BuiltinCatalog: load catalog when ConfigMap is absent
  BuiltinCatalog-->>StorageResolver: catalog, digest, and built-in flag
  StorageResolver-->>ModelCacheRequest: durable storage selection
  ModelCacheRequest->>Metrics: record catalog_missing
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection.go`:
- Around line 96-97: Update the missing-catalog branch in the model cache
storage selection flow to pass an empty backend label to RecordModelCacheResult
instead of converting HelmCacheBackendNone to "none"; preserve the existing
failure result and ReasonCatalogMissing values.
- Around line 91-94: Update the catalog-missing warning in
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/storage_capabilities.go`:
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… the catalog warning

Review follow-ups: the warning uses the ICMSRequest field logger so the
request and function identifiers are on the line, the metric uses the
documented empty backend label since no backend is known without a
catalog, and the wrapped error keeps the Kubernetes NotFound cause.

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… absent

Replaces the deploy-uncached branch with the catalog itself. The YAML the
chart installs as nvcf-storage-capabilities is compiled into NVCA, and a
test keeps the two byte-identical. When the ConfigMap is absent the
resolver uses the built-in copy, so an agent whose chart has not
converged makes the same selection a fresh install would: NVMesh cached,
other providers off. The selection is flagged CatalogBuiltin, the agent
warns with the request fields, and the catalog_missing counter still
counts the rollout gap. A present ConfigMap stays authoritative, and a
present but malformed one still fails.

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@balajinvda balajinvda changed the title fix(nvca): deploy without a durable cache when the storage catalog is missing fix(nvca): resolve against the built-in storage catalog when the ConfigMap is absent Sep 17, 2026
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The storage test target already carries the chart catalog as Bazel data
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…go test

Share the runfiles-aware chart directory lookup the shipped-catalog test
already uses, so the built-in catalog check passes under bazel test.

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🟡 Minor · Do not record a successful built-in fallback as a… · modelcache_storage_selection.go:81-97

src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection.go:81-97
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not record a successful built-in fallback as a model-cache failure. A missing ConfigMap can resolve through the built-in catalog and continue with a durable selection. noteBuiltinCatalog then records ResultFailure with ReasonCatalogMissing and an empty backend in ModelCacheResultTotal. This metric defines result as success or failure for model-cache operations, so it reports a successful request as a model-cache failure. The empty backend label is supported for pre-backend validation failures and is not itself rejected. The warning fields are already correct because the code uses logging.NewICMSRequestFieldLogger.

Remove the RecordModelCacheResult call from noteBuiltinCatalog, or replace it with a dedicated catalog-fallback metric.

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… absent

The YAML the chart installs as nvcf-storage-capabilities is compiled into
NVCA and used only while the ConfigMap is absent, so an agent whose chart
has not converged, or whose operator has not mirrored the ConfigMap yet,
makes the same selection a fresh install would. The selection is flagged
CatalogBuiltin, the agent warns with the request fields, and the
catalog_missing counter records the gap. A present ConfigMap stays
authoritative; a present but malformed one still fails.

Folded from #1953.

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Folded into #1969 so the mirror, the built-in catalog fallback, and the Weka/FSS enablement ship together. Closing; the branch stays for reference.

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