[1.18] .github: cleanup nightly-tests, add placeholder changelog (#10428)

Co-authored-by: Jenny Shu <[email protected]>

Author: sam-heilbron

.github/workflows/docs-gen.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - 'main'
+    - 'v1.18.x'
     - 'v1.17.x'
     - 'v1.16.x'
     - 'v1.15.x'

.github/workflows/nightly-tests.yaml

@@ -4,27 +4,15 @@ env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }} # necessary to pass upgrade tests
 
 on:
-  # https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/crontab.html#tag_20_25_07
-  # Minute [0,59]
-  # Hour [0,23]
-  # Day of the month [1,31]
-  # Month of the year [1,12]
-  # Day of the week ([0,6] with 0=Sunday)
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 5 * * *" # every day @ 05:00 UTC, run tests against latest main
-    - cron: "0 6 * * 1" # monday    @ 06:00 UTC, run expanded tests against v1.17.x
-    - cron: "0 7 * * 1" # monday    @ 07:00 UTC, run expanded tests against v1.16.x
-    - cron: "0 8 * * 1" # monday    @ 08:00 UTC, run expanded tests against v1.15.x
+  # Since this is an LTS branch, we removed the schedule, since that is defined on the `main` branch
+  # schedule:
+  # -
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       branch:
         description: "The branch to run tests against"
         type: choice
         options:
-          - main
-          - v1.17.x
-          - v1.16.x
-          - v1.15.x
           - workflow_initiating_branch
       run-regression:
         description: "Run regression tests"
@@ -114,130 +102,6 @@ jobs:
           istio-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.istio_version }}
           matrix-label: ${{ matrix.version-files.label }}
 
-  end_to_end_tests_main:
-    name: End-to-End (branch=main, cluster=${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}, version=${{ matrix.version-files.label }} )
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-kubernetes-end-to-end && inputs.branch == 'main') || github.event.schedule == '0 5 * * *' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 180
-    strategy:
-      # Since we are running these on a schedule, there is no value in failing fast
-      # In fact, we want to ensure that all tests run, so that we have a clearer picture of which tests are prone to flaking
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        test:
-          # When running the tests at night, there is no value in splitting the tests across multiple clusters and running them in parallel.
-          # As a result, we increase the threshold for the tests, since they all run serially on a single cluster
-          - cluster-name: 'cluster-one'
-            go-test-args: '-v -timeout=150m'
-            # Specifying an empty regex means all tests will be run.
-            go-test-run-regex: ""
-        # In our nightly tests, we run the suite of tests using the lower and upper ends of versions that we claim to support
-        # The versions should mirror: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/support/
-        version-files:
-          - label: 'min'
-            file: './.github/workflows/.env/nightly-tests/min_versions.env'
-          - label: 'max'
-            file: './.github/workflows/.env/nightly-tests/max_versions.env'
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-      # The dotenv action is used to load key-value pairs from files.
-      # In this case, the file is specified in the matrix and will contain the versions of the tools to use
-      - name: Dotenv Action
-        uses: falti/[email protected]
-        id: dotenv
-        with:
-          path: ${{ matrix.version-files.file }}
-          log-variables: true
-      - name: Prep Go Runner
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      # Set up the KinD cluster that the tests will use
-      - id: setup-kind-cluster
-        name: Setup KinD Cluster
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/setup-kind-cluster
-        with:
-          cluster-name: ${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}
-          kind-node-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.node_version }}
-          kind-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.kind_version }}
-          kubectl-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.kubectl_version }}
-          helm-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.helm_version }}
-          istio-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.istio_version }}
-          k8sgateway-api-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.k8sgateway_api_version }}
-      # Run the tests
-      - id: run-tests
-        name: Run Kubernetes e2e Tests
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/kubernetes-e2e-tests
-        with:
-          cluster-name: ${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}
-          test-args: ${{ matrix.test.go-test-args }}
-          run-regex: ${{ matrix.test.go-test-run-regex }}
-          istio-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.istio_version }}
-          matrix-label: ${{ matrix.version-files.label }}
-
-  # Reminder: when setting up the job next release branch, copy from "end_to_end_tests_main" not the previous release job as configuration may have changed
-  end_to_end_tests_17:
-    name: End-to-End (branch=v1.17.x, cluster=${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}, version=${{ matrix.version-files.label }} )
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-kubernetes-end-to-end && inputs.branch == 'v1.17.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 150
-    strategy:
-      # Since we are running these on a schedule, there is no value in failing fast
-      # In fact, we want to ensure that all tests run, so that we have a clearer picture of which tests are prone to flaking
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        test:
-          # When running the tests at night, there is no value in splitting the tests across multiple clusters and running them in parallel.
-          # As a result, we increase the threshold for the tests, since they all run serially on a single cluster
-          - cluster-name: 'cluster-one'
-            go-test-args: '-v -timeout=120m'
-            # Specifying an empty regex means all tests will be run.
-            go-test-run-regex: ""
-        # In our nightly tests, we run the suite of tests using the lower and upper ends of versions that we claim to support
-        # The versions should mirror: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/support/
-        version-files:
-          - label: 'min'
-            file: './.github/workflows/.env/nightly-tests/min_versions.env'
-          - label: 'max'
-            file: './.github/workflows/.env/nightly-tests/max_versions.env'
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.17.x
-      # The dotenv action is used to load key-value pairs from files.
-      # In this case, the file is specified in the matrix and will contain the versions of the tools to use
-      - name: Dotenv Action
-        uses: falti/[email protected]
-        id: dotenv
-        with:
-          path: ${{ matrix.version-files.file }}
-          log-variables: true
-      - name: Prep Go Runner
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      # Set up the KinD cluster that the tests will use
-      - id: setup-kind-cluster
-        name: Setup KinD Cluster
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/setup-kind-cluster
-        with:
-          cluster-name: ${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}
-          kind-node-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.node_version }}
-          kind-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.kind_version }}
-          kubectl-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.kubectl_version }}
-          helm-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.helm_version }}
-          istio-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.istio_version }}
-      # Run the tests
-      - id: run-tests
-        name: Run Kubernetes e2e Tests
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/kubernetes-e2e-tests
-        with:
-          cluster-name: ${{ matrix.test.cluster-name }}
-          test-args: ${{ matrix.test.go-test-args }}
-          run-regex: ${{ matrix.test.go-test-run-regex }}
-          istio-version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.istio_version }}
-          matrix-label: ${{ matrix.version-files.label }}
-
   regression_tests_on_demand:
     name: on demand regression tests
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-regression && inputs.branch == 'workflow_initiating_branch' }}
@@ -257,87 +121,6 @@ jobs:
         ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/regression-tests
 
-  regression_tests_main:
-    name: main regression tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-regression && inputs.branch == 'main') || github.event.schedule == '0 5 * * *' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    # Previously, there was an environment variable, RELEASED_VERSION="LATEST" set.  This made use of some internal code:
-    #       https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/blob/main/test/kube2e/util.go#L229-L241
-    # which modified our testing process to pull the latest beta release.
-    #
-    # NOW, however, running this job is the same as normal CI.  (building a local chart, then using it)
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # TODO:
-        #   As part of the end_to_end_tests_main job, we added support for importing versions from a .env file
-        #   We should extend the support/usage of those .env files to these other jobs.
-        #   The tests are currently in flux, and some of these regression tests are being migrated, so we decided
-        #   to limit the scope (and potentially unnecessary work) for now
-        kube-e2e-test-type: ['gateway', 'gloo', 'upgrade']
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.27.3@sha256:3966ac761ae0136263ffdb6cfd4db23ef8a83cba8a463690e98317add2c9ba72', kubectl: 'v1.27.3', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.31.0@sha256:53df588e04085fd41ae12de0c3fe4c72f7013bba32a20e7325357a1ac94ba865', kubectl: 'v1.31.0', kind: 'v0.24.0', helm: 'v3.14.4' }]
-        image-variant:
-          - standard
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: main
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/regression-tests
-
-  regression_tests_17:
-    name: v1.17.x regression tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-regression && inputs.branch == 'v1.17.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # ingress are deprecated from 1.17. Ref: https://solo-io-corp.slack.com/archives/G01EERAK3KJ/p1716389614777799
-        kube-e2e-test-type: [ 'gateway', 'gloo', 'helm', 'upgrade' ]
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b', kubectl: 'v1.25.16', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245', kubectl: 'v1.29.2', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.14.4' } ]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.17.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/regression-tests
-
-  regression_tests_16:
-    name: v1.16.x regression tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-regression && inputs.branch == 'v1.16.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 7 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        kube-e2e-test-type: ['gateway', 'gloo', 'ingress', 'helm', 'gloomtls', 'glooctl', 'upgrade']
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b', kubectl: 'v1.25.16', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.28.0@sha256:b7a4cad12c197af3ba43202d3efe03246b3f0793f162afb40a33c923952d5b31', kubectl: 'v1.28.4', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.14.4' }]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.16.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/regression-tests
-
-  regression_tests_15:
-    name: v1.15.x regression tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-regression && inputs.branch == 'v1.15.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 8 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        kube-e2e-test-type: ['gateway', 'gloo', 'ingress', 'helm', 'gloomtls', 'glooctl', 'upgrade']
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.23.13@sha256:ef453bb7c79f0e3caba88d2067d4196f427794086a7d0df8df4f019d5e336b61', kubectl: 'v1.23.17', kind: 'v0.17.0', helm: 'v3.11.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.27.3@sha256:3966ac761ae0136263ffdb6cfd4db23ef8a83cba8a463690e98317add2c9ba72', kubectl: 'v1.27.3', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' } ]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.15.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/regression-tests
-
   performance_tests_on_demand:
     name: on demand performance tests
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-performance && inputs.branch == 'workflow_initiating_branch' }}
@@ -350,107 +133,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/performance-tests
 
-  performance_tests_main:
-    name: main performance tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-performance && inputs.branch == 'main') || github.event.schedule == '0 5 * * *' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/performance-tests
-
-  performance_tests_17:
-    name: v1.17.x performance tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-performance && inputs.branch == 'v1.17.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.17.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/performance-tests
-
-  performance_tests_16:
-    name: v1.16.x performance tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-performance && inputs.branch == 'v1.16.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 7 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.16.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/performance-tests
-
-  performance_tests_15:
-    name: v1.15.x performance tests
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-performance && inputs.branch == 'v1.15.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 8 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.15.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/prep-go-runner
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/performance-tests
-
-  kube_gateway_api_conformance_tests_main:
-    name: Conformance (branch=main, type=Kubernetes Gateway API, version=${{matrix.kube-version.node}} )
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-conformance && inputs.branch == 'main') || github.event.schedule == '0 5 * * *' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.27.3@sha256:3966ac761ae0136263ffdb6cfd4db23ef8a83cba8a463690e98317add2c9ba72', kubectl: 'v1.27.3', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.31.0@sha256:53df588e04085fd41ae12de0c3fe4c72f7013bba32a20e7325357a1ac94ba865', kubectl: 'v1.31.0', kind: 'v0.24.0', helm: 'v3.14.4' }]
-        image-variant:
-          - standard
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: main
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/kube-gateway-api-conformance-tests
-
-  kube_gateway_api_conformance_tests_17:
-    name: Conformance (branch=v1.17.x, type=Kubernetes Gateway API, version=${{matrix.kube-version.node}} )
-    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run-conformance && inputs.branch == 'v1.17.x') || github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * 1' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        kube-version: [ { node: 'v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b', kubectl: 'v1.25.16', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.13.2' },
-                        { node: 'v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245', kubectl: 'v1.29.2', kind: 'v0.20.0', helm: 'v3.14.4' } ]
-        image-variant:
-          - standard
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: v1.17.x
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/composite-actions/kube-gateway-api-conformance-tests
-
   publish_results:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 5
     if: ${{ always() }}
     needs:
-      - end_to_end_tests_main
-      - end_to_end_tests_17
-      - regression_tests_main
-      - regression_tests_17
-      - regression_tests_16
-      - regression_tests_15
-      - performance_tests_main
-      - performance_tests_17
-      - performance_tests_16
-      - performance_tests_15
-      - kube_gateway_api_conformance_tests_main
-      - kube_gateway_api_conformance_tests_17
       - end_to_end_tests_on_demand
       - regression_tests_on_demand
       - performance_tests_on_demand
@@ -465,18 +152,6 @@ jobs:
             trigger="Gloo OSS Manual run"
             branch=${{ inputs.branch }}
             echo "SLACK_CHANNEL=C0314KESVNV" >> $GITHUB_ENV   #slack-integration-testing if manually run
-          elif [[ ${{github.event.schedule == '0 5 * * *'}} = true ]]; then
-            trigger="Gloo OSS nightlies"
-            branch="main"
-          elif [[ ${{github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * 1'}} = true ]]; then
-            trigger="Gloo OSS weeklies"
-            branch="v1.17.x"
-          elif [[ ${{github.event.schedule == '0 7 * * 1'}} = true ]]; then
-            trigger="Gloo OSS weeklies"
-            branch="v1.16.x"
-          elif [[ ${{github.event.schedule == '0 8 * * 1'}} = true ]]; then
-            trigger="Gloo OSS nightlies"
-            branch="v1.15.x"
           fi
           preamble="$trigger ($branch)"
           echo "Setting PREAMBLE as $preamble"

changelog/v1.18.0-rc4/1-18-branch-cleanup.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+changelog:
+  - type: NON_USER_FACING
+    description: >-
+      Cleanup the v1.18.x branch after creating it