Bug 2011038

Created attachment 1829622 [details]
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Description of problem:

I installed a partner operator in a 4.8.12 cluster. Looking at the installed operator status page here: https://console-openshift-console.apps.demo.ocp.home/k8s/ns/openshift-operators/operators.coreos.com~v1alpha1~ClusterServiceVersion/blackduck-connector-operator.v1.0.0/

... the "Conditions" at the bottom are confusing, and I don't think it's just this particular operator that's the issue. Screenshot attached.

The ClusterServiceVersion conditions do not have a field called "Status". So when the console shows that every listed condition has a "Status" of "True", that is confusing, and I'm not sure where it's getting or deriving that information.

It's also easy to interpret this table as saying the operator is in all of these conditions at the same time. Based on some quick slack feedback, it seems there might be an expectation that only the most recent condition represents current state. And the entries are expected to be chronological, so the last one is most recent. It would help to figure out what OLM's intent is here and better represent which entries are historical vs. which represent current state.

This may be related to the CSV taking a different approach to conditions than what's in the k8s API conventions doc: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#typical-status-properties

The table shown in the UI would probably work fine for conditions created with that approach. But since OLM is taking a different approach with CSVs, it would help a lot to coordinate and provide some sort of hints or visual guidance about what's the current state vs. not. And getting rid of the "Status" column almost certainly makes sense.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

4.8.12


How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install an optional operator (I used Black Duck in this case)
2. Look at its conditions in the console

Actual results:

screenshot attached

Expected results:

Something that makes it clear what the current status is vs what's historical. Also not having the extra "Status" column that isn't in the source data.


Additional info:

Here is the YAML representation of what's in the screenshot:

  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      lastUpdateTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      message: requirements not yet checked
      phase: Pending
      reason: RequirementsUnknown
    - lastTransitionTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      lastUpdateTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      message: 'all requirements found, attempting install'
      phase: InstallReady
      reason: AllRequirementsMet
    - lastTransitionTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      lastUpdateTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      message: waiting for install components to report healthy
      phase: Installing
      reason: InstallSucceeded
    - lastTransitionTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      lastUpdateTime: '2021-10-05T16:54:58Z'
      message: >-
        installing: waiting for deployment
        blackduck-connector-operator-controller-manager to become ready:
        deployment "blackduck-connector-operator-controller-manager" not
        available: Deployment does not have minimum availability.
      phase: Installing
      reason: InstallWaiting
    - lastTransitionTime: '2021-10-05T16:55:17Z'
      lastUpdateTime: '2021-10-05T16:55:17Z'
      message: install strategy completed with no errors
      phase: Succeeded
      reason: InstallSucceeded