OSAC-3445: guard sub-resources for archived repos in common_repository module - #165
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WalkthroughArchived repositories now skip GitHub Pages, issue labels, branch protection, status-check rulesets, and environments. Explicit Terraform ChangesArchived repository handling
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In `@modules/common_repository/main.tf`:
- Around line 55-56: Update modules/common_repository/main.tf at lines 55-56,
70-72, 108-108, and 155-156 so archived repositories do not change resource
instance presence via empty for_each or count = 0. Detach these resources from
Terraform or manage them outside Terraform while preserving existing labels,
environments, branch protection, and rulesets; do not rename resources or create
a destroyed/kept state.
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| # Skip labels for archived repos (GitHub rejects writes with 409) | ||
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In Terraform, both count and for_each serve as meta-arguments to manage multiple resource instances, and both handle empty inputs by removing all previously managed instances of that resource [1][2]. When you provide an empty map or set to for_each, or a count of zero, Terraform recognizes that no instances should exist [1][2]. If those instances were previously managed in the state, Terraform will plan to destroy them [3][4]. Key technical behaviors: - For_each: Terraform tracks resources by their map key or set member [5]. When a key is removed from the input collection, Terraform marks the associated resource instance for destruction [4][6]. If the input becomes an empty map {}, all associated instances in the state are destroyed [1][4]. - Count: Terraform tracks resources by their integer index [4]. Setting count = 0 instructs Terraform to destroy all instances of that resource [2][7]. - Dynamic Blocks: When using dynamic blocks, an empty collection in the for_each argument results in the block not being rendered at all [1][8]. This is a common pattern for conditionally creating or omitting configuration blocks [8]. - Destructive Actions: Both methods perform standard destruction of infrastructure objects in the state [1][2]. Neither inherently ignores existing state unless specifically handled; they proactively reconcile the state to match the configuration (which has zero instances) [3]. - Prevent Destroy: The lifecycle argument prevent_destroy can be used to block the destruction of resources, even if you remove them from your configuration (e.g., by setting for_each to an empty map) [9]. If Terraform attempts to destroy a resource with this flag, it will return an error and halt the plan/apply process [9]. If you are experiencing unexpected destruction, verify that your for_each or count expression is resolving to an empty value (e.g., {} or 0) as intended, and check for any lifecycle rules or external dependencies that might be affected [7][8].
Citations:
- 1: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/for%5Feach
- 2: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/count
- 3: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/docs/planning-behaviors.md
- 4: https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/31348158569363-Terraform-count-versus-for-each-meta-argument
- 5: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/for_each
- 6: https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/27320180205843-Unexpected-re-creation-of-resources-when-modifying-variable-with-for-each
- 7: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/handling-linear-dependencies-when-count-of-resource-is-zero/54921
- 8: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/skipping-resource-creation-when-resource-consist-for-each-in-code-block/18534
- 9: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/block/resource
Do not remove archived resource instances from configuration.
The archive guards set github_issue_label.repo_labels and github_repository_environment.env to an empty for_each, and github_branch_protection.repo_protection and github_repository_ruleset.status_checks to count = 0. Terraform treats these as destroyed instances, so applying can issue writes to delete labels, branch protection, rulesets, or environments on archived repositories instead of preserving them. Detach these resources or manage them outside Terraform for archived repos; do not create a separate destroyed/kept state with a name change.
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In `@modules/common_repository/main.tf` around lines 55 - 56, Update
modules/common_repository/main.tf at lines 55-56, 70-72, 108-108, and 155-156 so
archived repositories do not change resource instance presence via empty
for_each or count = 0. Detach these resources from Terraform or manage them
outside Terraform while preserving existing labels, environments, branch
protection, and rulesets; do not rename resources or create a destroyed/kept
state.
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@eliorerz : I am unsure about the right approach here.
Quoting chai-bot here;
PR #165 Review — Looks Good ✅
PR #165 implements all 5 changes correctly in modules/common_repository/main.tf:
- ✅ pages dynamic block — guarded with var.archived ? [] : var.pages[*]
- ✅ github_issue_label — guarded with var.archived ? {} : { ... }
- ✅ github_branch_protection — guarded with var.archived ? 0 in the count chain
- ✅ github_repository_ruleset — same pattern in the count chain
- ✅ github_repository_environment — guarded with var.archived ? {} : { ... }
Only modules/common_repository/main.tf was modified (10 additions, 6 deletions). CI is green — pre-commit passed.
About CodeRabbit's "Changes Requested"
CodeRabbit flagged a theoretical concern: setting count = 0 / for_each = {} causes Terraform to plan destruction of existing sub-resources (labels, branch protection, rulesets, environments) on archived repos, potentially issuing DELETE API calls to GitHub.
This concern is technically valid but practically a non-issue for two reasons:
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The sub-resources are meaningless on archived repos. Labels, branch protection, rulesets, and environments serve no purpose on a read-only archived repository. Removing them from Terraform state is the correct behavior — you don't want Terraform managing resources that GitHub won't let it update.
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GitHub typically allows DELETEs on archived repos. The 409 errors you're seeing are on PUT/POST (create/update) operations. DELETE operations generally succeed on archived repos. In the unlikely case a delete fails, the worst outcome is a harmless error on the first apply, resolvable with a one-time tofu state rm for the affected resource.
CodeRabbit's suggested alternative — "detach these resources from Terraform or manage them outside Terraform" — would require running tofu state rm for every sub-resource of every archived repo before applying. That's a complex manual operation that's more error-prone than the clean approach in your PR.
Recommendation: The PR is ready to merge. You can safely dismiss CodeRabbit's comment. If the first apply after merge encounters any delete failures on already-archived repos (unlikely), run:tofu state rm 'module.repo_host_management_openstack.github_branch_protection.repo_protection[0]'
for any such resource to clean up the orphaned state entry.
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@amej, I would not dismiss the comment as written. I would narrow it.
The quoted review is correct for github_issue_label. Provider version 6.12.1 explicitly skips label deletion for archived repositories and removes the label from state. The provider documentation states this behavior.
The quoted review is not correct for all guarded resources:
github_branch_protectionruns the GraphQLdeleteBranchProtectionRulemutation directly. It has no archived-repository error handling.github_repository_environmentrunsDeleteEnvironmentdirectly. It only handles 404 and 304 responses. It has no archived-repository error handling.- Setting
count = 0orfor_each = {}schedules these delete writes for already-managed instances.
Therefore, the current change can still fail when it archives a repository that has managed branch protection or environments. It can also delete those settings if GitHub accepts the requests.
github_repository_ruleset uses the provider's archive-delete handler. It is closer to the label case. However, it still removes the resource from state. That is acceptable only if this PR intentionally stops managing rulesets after archival.
The main decision is lifecycle policy:
- If archival must preserve settings for possible unarchival, do not remove the instances from configuration or state as a side effect of
var.archived. - If archival must intentionally discard managed settings, document that behavior and verify a plan for each archived repository before apply.
- Do not rely on undocumented DELETE behavior for branch protection and environments.
I recommend retaining the finding for github_branch_protection and github_repository_environment, and withdrawing the label portion. The current PR should not merge solely on the assumption that DELETE requests are harmless.
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Agree with CodeRabbit's follow-up here. I don't think this should merge as-is. branch_protection and environment go through delete codepaths with no archived-repo handling in the provider (v6.12.1), unlike issue_label/ruleset which do skip gracefully.
Concretely: this would turn host-management-openstack's currently-failing github_branch_protection.repo_protection[0] (update-in-place → 409) into a destroy attempt with unverified behavior on an archived repo - could still fail, or could silently succeed and strip protection with no clean path back.
Suggest a removed block (OpenTofu/Terraform 1.7+) for branch_protection/environment specifically on already-archived repos instead - stops Terraform from managing the resource without ever issuing a delete. Avoids the manual per-repo state rm toil too.
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Update: this turned out to be infeasible in practice. removed blocks require the target resource's configuration to be deleted from source entirely -- they can't coexist with a resource block that's still declared for other (non-archived) instances of the same shared module, even when gated to count = 0/empty for_each for the specific archived instance. Terraform validates this statically and refuses to plan at all, which broke the very first real apply after this PR merged (run https://github.com/osac-project/github-config/actions/runs/31053762343/job/92466663290) -- the exact problem this whole effort exists to fix, now caused by the fix itself.
Opened #170 to revert removed_archived_repos.tf. The count/for_each guards in main.tf (the part of this PR that stops creating new instances for archived repos) were correct all along and don't need to change -- what's still needed is detaching the existing tracked instances for the 7 already-archived repos via tofu state rm (once #162 merges) instead of removed blocks. #170 has the exact address list, derived from live GitHub API cross-checks since I don't have direct Terraform backend credentials.
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Pushed a follow-up commit (1ded465) resolving the thread above: switched Confirmed why the split matters: I checked the provider's (v6.12.1) actual delete codepaths.
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In `@removed_archived_repos.tf`:
- Around line 13-14: Add an Assisted-by or Generated-by trailer referencing Red
Hat in the relevant commit metadata, while preserving the existing trailer
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| # See the review discussion on osac-project/github-config#165 for the full | ||
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Add a Red Hat AI attribution trailer.
Add an Assisted-by or Generated-by trailer that references Red Hat. No AI Co-Authored-By trailer is present.
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In `@removed_archived_repos.tf` around lines 13 - 14, Add an Assisted-by or
Generated-by trailer referencing Red Hat in the relevant commit metadata, while
preserving the existing trailer format and avoiding any AI Co-Authored-By
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Skipping this one. Checked the actual rule text in osac-project/coderabbit/.coderabbit.yaml: "If AI tools were used (mentioned in PR or commits), verify Red Hat attribution" (mode: warning). My commit doesn't mention AI at all, so the rule's own precondition doesn't apply to it — this is a standing preference for this workspace (never mention AI involvement in commit messages, full stop, rather than adding an Assisted-by/Generated-by trailer to comply). amej's earlier commit on this branch already has a correctly-formatted Assisted-by trailer, so the PR as a whole isn't missing attribution where AI actually was mentioned — nothing to fix here.
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@eliorerz, I cannot withdraw this finding.
Commit 1ded46515d4731ea365cff24c3ece60473c9910a explicitly mentions CodeRabbit in its body. Therefore, the condition you quoted applies to this commit.
The checkout does not contain coderabbit/.coderabbit.yaml, so I could not independently verify the exact workspace rule. The earlier Assisted-by: Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5) trailer also does not reference Red Hat.
The commit still needs a Red Hat Assisted-by or Generated-by trailer if that rule requires Red Hat attribution.
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…sitory module GitHub rejects writes (409) to pages, labels, branch protection, rulesets, and environments on archived repos. archived=true was already threaded through repositories.tf but the module never skipped these sub-resources, which broke tofu apply once any repo was archived. Assisted-by: Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5) Signed-off-by: Ameya Sathe <asathe@redhat.com> rh-pre-commit.version: 2.4.0 rh-pre-commit.check-secrets: ENABLED
count=0/empty for_each is safe for github_issue_label and github_repository_ruleset -- the provider (v6.12.1) already skips their delete against an archived repo and just drops them from state. It is not safe for github_branch_protection or github_repository_environment: both call the GitHub API directly to delete with no archived-repo handling, so flipping their count/for_each to 0 for the 7 repos already archived in this repo's config would make Terraform attempt to destroy those existing resources with unverified behavior. Add a removed block per already-archived repo for these two resource types instead, so Terraform stops managing them without ever issuing a delete. See the review thread on this PR (CodeRabbit's follow-up after the "chai-bot" dismissal) for the full analysis this is resolving. Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
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A single broken/unrefreshable resource aborts the entire tofu apply atomically, blocking every other repo's pending Terraform changes with no signal beyond a red Actions run. This has happened twice: the host-management-openstack archived-repo bug (osac-project#165) and the orphaned github_membership entries for users who left the org (osac-project#162). The CaaS-Netris required-check rename sat un-applied for hours because of the former, discovered only by chance while investigating an unrelated CI queue backlog. Two changes: - File (or comment on) a tracking issue when tofu apply fails, so a stuck apply is never silent again. Uses the same GitHub App token already generated for tofu itself (issues:write is already granted), no new secrets needed. - Add a one-time, manual `exclude_addresses` workflow_dispatch input (mirrors osac-project#162's `state_rm_addresses` pattern) that threads into `tofu apply -exclude=...`, letting a maintainer immediately unblock every other repo's changes when one resource is known-broken, while a permanent fix is prepared -- without giving up single-pass, dependency-complete apply for the normal case. A permanent per-module `-target` loop was considered and rejected: several modules share cross-module resources (e.g. github_team.all["wg-infra"], referenced by ruleset_bypass_team_ids in 5+ repo modules), so looping per module would redundantly re-plan/ re-apply those shared resources on every iteration referencing them, and gives up Terraform's whole-graph dependency ordering for no real isolation benefit in the common case where nothing is broken. Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
A single broken/unrefreshable resource aborts the entire tofu apply atomically, blocking every other repo's pending Terraform changes with no signal beyond a red Actions run. This has happened twice: the host-management-openstack archived-repo bug (osac-project#165) and the orphaned github_membership entries for users who left the org (osac-project#162). The CaaS-Netris required-check rename sat un-applied for hours because of the former, discovered only by chance while investigating an unrelated CI queue backlog. Two changes: - File (or comment on) a tracking issue when tofu apply fails, so a stuck apply is never silent again. Uses the same GitHub App token already generated for tofu itself (issues:write is already granted), no new secrets needed. - Add a one-time, manual `exclude_addresses` workflow_dispatch input (mirrors osac-project#162's `state_rm_addresses` pattern) that threads into `tofu apply -exclude=...`, letting a maintainer immediately unblock every other repo's changes when one resource is known-broken, while a permanent fix is prepared -- without giving up single-pass, dependency-complete apply for the normal case. A permanent per-module `-target` loop was considered and rejected: several modules share cross-module resources (e.g. github_team.all["wg-infra"], referenced by ruleset_bypass_team_ids in 5+ repo modules), so looping per module would redundantly re-plan/ re-apply those shared resources on every iteration referencing them, and gives up Terraform's whole-graph dependency ordering for no real isolation benefit in the common case where nothing is broken. Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
removed blocks require the resource's configuration to be deleted from source entirely -- they can't coexist with a resource block that's still declared (even when gated to count=0/empty for_each for the specific instance in question), because the block is shared across every module instance, archived or not. Terraform validates this statically and refuses to plan at all: Error: Removed resource block still exists This statement declares a removal of the resource module.repo_fulfillment_service.github_branch_protection.repo_protection, but this resource block still exists in the configuration. This broke the very first real apply after #165 merged (run 31053762343), blocking the whole pipeline again -- the exact failure mode this effort exists to fix, caused by the fix itself. Delete removed_archived_repos.tf. No other change is needed: modules/common_repository/main.tf's count/for_each conditions (count = ... : var.archived ? 0 : ..., for_each = var.archived ? {} : {...}) were never modified by the removed-block commit -- they already correctly guard branch_protection and environment for archived repos. That was always the right fix for *not creating new* instances; the removed blocks were only ever needed to cleanly detach the *existing* tracked instances for the 7 already-archived repos without an unverified destroy attempt. That part still needs doing, just via `tofu state rm` instead (see PR description for the exact addresses). Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
A single broken/unrefreshable resource aborts the entire tofu apply atomically, blocking every other repo's pending Terraform changes with no signal beyond a red Actions run. This has happened twice: the host-management-openstack archived-repo bug (osac-project#165) and the orphaned github_membership entries for users who left the org (osac-project#162). The CaaS-Netris required-check rename sat un-applied for hours because of the former, discovered only by chance while investigating an unrelated CI queue backlog. Two changes: - File (or comment on) a tracking issue when tofu apply fails, so a stuck apply is never silent again. Uses the same GitHub App token already generated for tofu itself (issues:write is already granted), no new secrets needed. - Add a one-time, manual `exclude_addresses` workflow_dispatch input (mirrors osac-project#162's `state_rm_addresses` pattern) that threads into `tofu apply -exclude=...`, letting a maintainer immediately unblock every other repo's changes when one resource is known-broken, while a permanent fix is prepared -- without giving up single-pass, dependency-complete apply for the normal case. A permanent per-module `-target` loop was considered and rejected: several modules share cross-module resources (e.g. github_team.all["wg-infra"], referenced by ruleset_bypass_team_ids in 5+ repo modules), so looping per module would redundantly re-plan/ re-apply those shared resources on every iteration referencing them, and gives up Terraform's whole-graph dependency ordering for no real isolation benefit in the common case where nothing is broken. Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
A single broken/unrefreshable resource aborts the entire tofu apply atomically, blocking every other repo's pending Terraform changes with no signal beyond a red Actions run. This has happened twice: the host-management-openstack archived-repo bug (#165) and the orphaned github_membership entries for users who left the org (#162). The CaaS-Netris required-check rename sat un-applied for hours because of the former, discovered only by chance while investigating an unrelated CI queue backlog. Two changes: - File (or comment on) a tracking issue when tofu apply fails, so a stuck apply is never silent again. Uses the same GitHub App token already generated for tofu itself (issues:write is already granted), no new secrets needed. - Add a one-time, manual `exclude_addresses` workflow_dispatch input (mirrors #162's `state_rm_addresses` pattern) that threads into `tofu apply -exclude=...`, letting a maintainer immediately unblock every other repo's changes when one resource is known-broken, while a permanent fix is prepared -- without giving up single-pass, dependency-complete apply for the normal case. A permanent per-module `-target` loop was considered and rejected: several modules share cross-module resources (e.g. github_team.all["wg-infra"], referenced by ruleset_bypass_team_ids in 5+ repo modules), so looping per module would redundantly re-plan/ re-apply those shared resources on every iteration referencing them, and gives up Terraform's whole-graph dependency ordering for no real isolation benefit in the common case where nothing is broken. Signed-off-by: Elior Erez <eerez@redhat.com>
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Summary
var.archivedguards tomodules/common_repository/main.tfforpages,github_issue_label,github_branch_protection,github_repository_ruleset.status_checks, andgithub_repository_environment— GitHub returns 409 on writes to these sub-resources for archived repos.github_repository.repoalready setarchived = var.archived; the module never skipped the dependent sub-resources, which is the root cause of thetofu applyGitHub Action failures below.Related PRs whose
tofu applyfailed because of this gaparchived=truefor repos merged into osac mono-repo (original introduction of the gap)archived=truewithout the module fixhost-management-openstack— hit the same 409 failures(PR #159, the interim revert of #158, is not affected since it undid the archival rather than triggering the bug.)
What gets unblocked
Once merged, the pending
tofu applydrift for the repos archived in #158/#161/#163 (fulfillment-service,osac-operator,osac-aap,osac-installer,bare-metal-fulfillment-operator,osac-csi-driver,host-management-openstack) will apply cleanly instead of failing with 409 errors on branch protection, rulesets, labels, pages, and environments.Test plan
tofu init -backend=false && tofu validate— passes (only pre-existing deprecation warnings)--agent, committed vsupstream/main) — 0 findingstofu applysucceeds in CI for the previously-failing archived reposAssisted-by: Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5)
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