From cdce46421d4320433e706c543ff84fc800ff8400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rahul Sharma <rahulsharm@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:16:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow configuring leader-lease-renew-deadline

Signed-off-by: Rahul Sharma <rahulsharm@nvidia.com>
(cherry picked from commit 0d25508ec43b98b53e39cdff66c0136be7331a04)
---
 deployments/gpu-operator/templates/operator.yaml | 5 +++++
 deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml             | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/operator.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/operator.yaml
index 484f83e088..16144eec93 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/operator.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/operator.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ spec:
         command: ["gpu-operator"]
         args:
         - --leader-elect
+      {{- with .Values.operator.leaderElection }}
+        {{- if .renewDeadline }}
+        - --leader-lease-renew-deadline={{ .renewDeadline }}
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.operator.logging.develMode }}
         - --zap-devel
       {{- else }}
diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
index 45947b26cc..46d071ffe9 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ operator:
   #version: ""
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   imagePullSecrets: []
+  # leaderElection:
+  #   renewDeadline: 60s
   env: []
   priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   runtimeClass: nvidia