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Provider upgrades and registry rewrites can create a new package revision while the previous revision still owns a fixed-name service account. The new revision then fails with Only one reference can have Controller set to true. AWS family providers also compete for their shared Pod Identity account.

Provider stacks now manage stable ServiceAccounts through Kubernetes Objects and reference them using deploymentTemplate.spec.template.spec.serviceAccountName. Names stay unchanged, preserving RBAC and Pod Identity bindings. Readiness-gated Usages keep the accounts until their provider Objects are removed. Function runtimes use Crossplane's generated per-revision accounts.

Migration guidance is in docs/runtime-service-accounts.md: after the new templates reconcile, remove obsolete ProviderRevision controller owner references from existing accounts without deleting the accounts.

HelmProviderStack now also owns optional ECR chart access through spec.aws: enabled, region, AWS providerConfigRef, and allowed ecrRepositoryArns. It composes PodIdentity for its stable runtime account with token-generation and repository-scoped read permissions, plus readiness-gated deletion protection. The option defaults off. Application/preview namespaces own their Helm ProviderConfigs; GitOps only supplies stack options.

Validation: all 20 example validation jobs and 33/34 unit tests passed on the previous commit. The remaining failure was traced to KCL fixture variable name substituting metadata keys and dropping tracking annotations. Renamed it to resourceName and verified the compiled fixture contains the expected names and annotations. The local targeted runner hit a Docker container-wait deadline without returning an assertion result; updated CI is pending. Live production verification still requires the released configuration.

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  • New Features

    • Helm provider stacks can optionally use AWS EKS Pod Identity to pull charts from private ECR repositories.
    • Added configuration for AWS region, permitted ECR repositories, and provider credentials, with validation for required values.
    • Provider and function workloads now use stable runtime service accounts, supporting consistent Pod Identity and access controls.
    • Improved deletion ordering helps preserve shared service accounts until dependent workloads are removed.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for runtime service account ownership, private ECR access, configuration, migration, and verification.

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Runtime identity management

Layer / File(s) Summary
Helm ECR Pod Identity
apis/helmproviderstacks/definition.yaml, functions/helm-provider/*, examples/helmproviderstacks/full.yaml, tests/test-helm-provider-stack/main.k
The HelmProviderStack schema accepts AWS ECR settings. Helm templates create Pod Identity resources when enabled and include Pod Identity readiness in status. Tests cover the AWS configuration and runtime account.
Stable provider service accounts
functions/*provider/*service-account.yaml.gotmpl, functions/*provider/*drc-*.yaml.gotmpl, functions/functions/210-drc-functions.yaml.gotmpl
Provider templates create stable service accounts, add readiness-gated deletion ordering, and reference the accounts through pod serviceAccountName fields. Function runtime service-account templates no longer declare named service accounts.
Validation and operational guidance
tests/test-aws-provider-stack/main.k, tests/test-helm-provider-stack/main.k, docs/runtime-service-accounts.md
Tests validate rendered service accounts and deletion protection. Documentation describes service-account ownership, ECR Pod Identity configuration, pod recreation, and migration steps.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e53d0

The ECR readiness behavior is implemented, but a regression could make the stack report ready before Pod Identity is ready without failing tests. Add the focused status assertion before merge if this readiness guarantee is required.

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@patrickleet patrickleet changed the title fix: preserve runtime service accounts across package revisions fix: own runtime service accounts and optional Helm ECR identity Sep 18, 2026
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In `@functions/helm-provider/010-state-status.yaml.gotmpl`:
- Line 4: Add enabled-AWS fixtures for an observed helm-pod-identity resource
with provider readiness states, then assert the top-level status remains unready
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  • apis/helmproviderstacks/definition.yaml
  • docs/runtime-service-accounts.md
  • examples/helmproviderstacks/full.yaml
  • functions/aws-provider/205-service-account.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/aws-provider/210-drc-aws.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/aws-provider/230-provider-aws-sub-providers.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/functions/210-drc-functions.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/github-provider/205-service-account.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/github-provider/210-drc-github.yaml.gotmpl
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  • functions/helm-provider/010-state-status.yaml.gotmpl
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  • functions/kubernetes-provider/210-drc-kubernetes.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/listmonk-provider/205-service-account.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/listmonk-provider/210-drc-listmonk.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/openpanel-provider/205-service-account.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/openpanel-provider/210-drc-openpanel.yaml.gotmpl
  • functions/zitadel-provider/205-service-account.yaml.gotmpl
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  • functions/functions/210-drc-functions.yaml.gotmpl

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{{- $providerReady := $state.observed.provider.ready | default false }}
{{- $status := dict
"ready" $providerReady
"ready" (and $providerReady (or (not $state.aws.enabled) $state.observed.podIdentity.ready))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '1,25p' functions/helm-provider/010-state-status.yaml.gotmpl
sed -n '150,250p' tests/test-helm-provider-stack/main.k
rg -n -C 3 'observed.*provider|helm-pod-identity|status:|ready:' tests/test-helm-provider-stack functions/helm-provider

Repository: hops-ops/aws-crossplane-stack

Length of output: 7585


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#!/bin/bash
set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- test file outline/size ---'
wc -l tests/test-helm-provider-stack/main.k
printf '%s\n' '--- test definitions and relevant fields ---'
rg -n -C 8 'CompositionTest|observedResources|assertResources|assertion|status|helm-pod-identity|provider-helm|ecr-identity' tests/test-helm-provider-stack/main.k
printf '%s\n' '--- AWS state helper ---'
cat -n functions/helm-provider/005-state-aws.yaml.gotmpl | sed -n '1,80p'
printf '%s\n' '--- status assertion patterns in composition tests ---'
rg -n -C 4 'observedResources|status\.conditions|assertResources|status:' tests -g '*.k' -g '*.yaml' -g '*.gotmpl' | head -300

Repository: hops-ops/aws-crossplane-stack

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Add an enabled-AWS readiness-gate assertion.

The enabled-AWS test only asserts that the PodIdentity resource renders. It does not provide an observed helm-pod-identity with a Ready provider, or assert top-level status.ready. A regression that removes or inverts the podIdentity.ready gate can pass. Add fixtures and assertions that keep top-level status unready until PodIdentity reports Ready=True.

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In `@functions/helm-provider/010-state-status.yaml.gotmpl` at line 4, Add
enabled-AWS fixtures for an observed helm-pod-identity resource with provider
readiness states, then assert the top-level status remains unready until
podIdentity.ready is true. Update the enabled-AWS test around the providerReady
expression to cover both Ready=False and Ready=True, while preserving the
existing resource-rendering assertion.

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Package: ghcr.io/hops-ops/aws-crossplane-stack:pr-43-c2c0f6cb2b0af4e52f982559599c5590d1a50d36

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