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Why

The chart renders the nvcf-storage-capabilities ConfigMap into nvca-operator. The agent reads it from nvca-system. Nothing copied it across, so on a fully synced 3.7.1 cluster every cache-requesting container function stayed in DEPLOYING with configmaps "nvcf-storage-capabilities" not found. The mirror existed in the #1357 prototype and was dropped in #1334.

What changed

  • Operator mirrors the ConfigMap into the agent namespace on every NVCFBackend reconcile, and re-mirrors when the chart ConfigMap changes. An absent source is skipped with a warning.
  • The shipped catalog is compiled into NVCA and used only while the ConfigMap is absent. A present ConfigMap is authoritative; a malformed one still fails. Counted as failure_reason="catalog_missing".
  • Catalog: csi.weka.io and fss.csi.oraclecloud.com enabled with accessModes: [ReadWriteMany]. Lustre stays off. Source chart, vendored chart, and embedded copy are identical.
  • Helm functions accept the ReadWriteMany selection; it was rejected as unsupported before, which would have failed every Helm creation message on those providers.
  • An existing shared-filesystem or Samba model cache StorageRequest is accepted on the next reconcile; only NVMesh was before.

Customer Release Notes

Model caching works on clusters with the NVCA chart fully installed, tolerates a missing storage capability ConfigMap, and is available on Weka and OCI File Storage backed storage classes.

Plan Summary

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Usage

Alert on nvca_model_cache_result_total{failure_reason="catalog_missing"}.

Testing

  • Unit and lint green for storage, nvca, operator, miniservice, metrics; scripts/lint_helm.sh validates the catalog.
  • Full sync tests assert the mirrored ConfigMap; removing the mirror call fails TestBackendK8sSyncMinimal.
  • Weka and FSS qualification on hardware is pending. The eight checks from the design doc are recorded here from the QA run before merge.

Notes

3.7 is unaffected; #1954 removed the catalog there. Folded from #1953 and #1984.

References

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Related Pull Requests

#1334, #1954, #1953, #1984

Dependencies

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Issues

Relates to #1326

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  • New Features
    • Added storage capability catalog support for model-cache storage selection.
    • Added fallback to the built-in catalog when the catalog ConfigMap is absent.
    • Enabled NVCF caching with Weka and OCI File Storage using shared ReadWriteMany storage.
    • Mirrored the storage capability catalog into the agent environment and kept it updated.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved visibility of missing catalog configurations through warnings and metrics.
    • Added durable storage support for read-only shared-filesystem cache workflows.

…ent namespace

The chart renders nvcf-storage-capabilities into the operator's release
namespace, but the agent and the storage controller read it from the
agent's system namespace, and nothing copied it across. The prototype
had the operator mirror; it was dropped when the catalog was split out
into #1334. A cluster on 3.7.1 with the chart fully synced therefore still
failed every cache-requesting deployment on "ConfigMap not found".

The NVCFBackend reconcile now mirrors the ConfigMap the same way it does
the custom annotations, and an edit to the chart ConfigMap forces a
reconcile so the agent copy follows. An absent source is skipped with a
warning rather than failing the reconcile, since the agent falls back to
its compiled-in catalog until the chart converges.

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NVCA now embeds a storage capability catalog and uses it when the catalog ConfigMap is absent. The operator mirrors present catalogs into the backend namespace and reconciles on updates. Weka and OCI File Storage now support ReadWriteMany.

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Storage capability catalog

Layer / File(s) Summary
Catalog definition and fallback resolution
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/*, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/deployments/..., deploy/helm/...
The storage package embeds the catalog and records whether resolution used it. Missing ConfigMaps use the built-in catalog. Present empty or malformed ConfigMaps remain errors. Weka and OCI File Storage use ReadWriteMany.
Fallback reporting and request behavior
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/metrics/*, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/*, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/modelcache_storage_selection_test.go
Built-in catalog use emits a warning and records catalog_missing. Model-cache selection supports durable ReadWriteMany storage and shared-filesystem backend handling.
Catalog mirroring implementation
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/operator/reconcile/nvcaagent_reconcile.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/operator/reconcile/backendk8scache.go
The operator mirrors the catalog ConfigMap into the backend namespace. An absent source is skipped with a warning. Other read errors stop reconciliation. Catalog updates force reconciliation.
Catalog and mirroring validation
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/operator/reconcile/*_test.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/*_test.go
Tests cover fallback resolution, catalog contents, model-cache selection, mirroring, source updates, missing sources, preserved copies, reconciliation triggers, and backend synchronization.
Catalog behavior documentation
docs/dev/sdd-storage-agnostic-cache-architecture.md
The architecture document describes mirroring, fallback, validation, qualified storage entries, and fallback accounting.

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Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Operator
  participant OperatorNamespace
  participant NVCAReconciler
  participant BackendNamespace
  participant StorageResolver
  participant ModelCacheSelector
  Operator->>OperatorNamespace: Update storage capability ConfigMap
  OperatorNamespace->>NVCAReconciler: Trigger reconciliation
  NVCAReconciler->>OperatorNamespace: Read catalog ConfigMap
  NVCAReconciler->>BackendNamespace: Mirror catalog with backend metadata
  StorageResolver->>OperatorNamespace: Resolve storage capabilities
  OperatorNamespace-->>StorageResolver: Return catalog or NotFound
  StorageResolver->>StorageResolver: Load embedded catalog when absent
  StorageResolver->>ModelCacheSelector: Return storage selection and fallback flag
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Can we add one more test for full reconciliation validation in ~/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/operator/reconcile/backendk8scache_test.go otherwise LGTM.

…sync tests

The sync tests already prove every required object exists in the agent
namespace after a reconcile; the chart-rendered catalog ConfigMap is now
part of the fixture and its mirrored copy and data are asserted alongside
the other ConfigMaps.

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Added the catalog to the full sync tests as suggested: the chart-rendered nvcf-storage-capabilities ConfigMap is now part of the mockKubeClients fixture in the operator namespace, and TestBackendK8sSyncMinimal, TestBackendK8sSyncMinimalExternal, and TestBackendK8sSyncAllFeatures assert the mirrored copy exists in the agent namespace with the same data, alongside the other ConfigMaps they already check. Verified the assertion catches the bug: with the mirror call removed, TestBackendK8sSyncMinimal fails on "the storage capability catalog must be mirrored into the agent namespace". Commit f569200.

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Copy the destination ResourceVersion before updating the mirror. The reconcile path calls setupStorageCapabilityCatalogConfigMap on every backend reconcile. When the destination ConfigMap exists, createOrUpdateConfigMap ignores the object returned by Get and updates the newly constructed ConfigMap, which has no ResourceVersion. A real Kubernetes API server rejects that update, so source catalog changes do not reach the agent and reconciliation fails. Preserve the fetched destination ResourceVersion before calling Update. The fake-client tests do not enforce this API requirement.

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around lines 1023 - 1039, The setupStorageCapabilityCatalogConfigMap flow must
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On the CodeRabbit note about copying the destination ResourceVersion before the Update: not applying it. createOrUpdateConfigMap updates with an empty resourceVersion, which Kubernetes treats as an unconditional update for ConfigMaps (the ConfigMap registry strategy allows unconditional updates), so a real API server accepts it. This is the same helper and the same path the annotations, network policies, RBAC, and vault ConfigMap mirrors have used in production for a long time; the new mirror follows it deliberately rather than introducing a different update semantics for one ConfigMap. If we want optimistic concurrency on these mirrors it should be a change to the shared helper for all callers, as its own PR.

Status: apartha-nv's request for the full sync test coverage is in f569200, estroz has approved, CI is green with no open threads.

… 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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Both are shared filesystems, so the catalog entries take the
ReadWriteMany shape: one shared claim per cache handle, populated once
and mounted read-only by every reader, with no derived reader PV and so
no reader mount options. Enabling them makes the Helm and regular cache
workflows reachable on clusters whose nvcf-sc is Weka or FSS, which is
what the qualification run needs. Lustre stays off.

Both catalog copies, the source chart and the vendored chart, change
together and remain identical.

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persistModelCacheStorageSelection took the ReadWriteMany transition as
durable only for the regular workflow and returned "unsupported model
cache transition" for Helm, so enabling a ReadWriteMany provider would
have failed every Helm creation message on that cluster. The Helm side
already routes that shape to the shared-filesystem backend through
HelmCacheBackendFromSelection. Both shapes are now durable for both
workflows, with a test that the persisted Helm selection routes to
shared-filesystem.

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…ache requests

validatePersistedModelCacheStorageRequest rejected every existing
backend except NVMesh as one that "does not create a StorageRequest",
returning a terminal error on the reconcile after the request was
created. makeStorageRequests creates a StorageRequest for NVMesh,
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