feat: support cross-namespace migration

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Summary

Adds the core cross-namespace migration path for a specified --install-namespace.

• Prepares the target namespace and preserves PSA/SCC labels.
• Rewrites collected namespaced resources and supported service references.
• Scales source Deployments down before target cutover, with safe recovery behavior.
• Deletes collected source resources only after the target is installed.

Validation

• go test ./migration/... -count=1

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Migrations can move namespaced resources to a different install namespace, preparing the destination and updating relevant service references.
  • Source Deployments are scaled down during cutover, and source resources are removed after successful migration.
• Bug Fixes
  • Failed migrations restore source Deployments when safe; recovery avoids restoring them when the target may already be active.
  • Namespace security settings are checked before migration, and cleanup failures are reported.
  • The command rejects combining --install-namespace with --all and includes namespace changes in its dry-run plan.

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Walkthrough

The migration command and package now support an install namespace that differs from the Subscription namespace. They prepare the target namespace, relocate collected resources, scale source Deployments around target creation, and report recovery and cleanup errors.

Changes

Install namespace migration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prepare and relocate namespace resources migration/pkg/migration/namespace.go, migration/pkg/migration/unit_test.go	The migration copies selected security labels to the target namespace, rewrites collected namespaced resources and related references, and removes allocated Service IP and node-port fields. It scales source Deployments with a restore function and deletes source resources using UID preconditions. Tests cover namespace preparation safeguards, rewriting, deletion, scaling, and restoration.
Coordinate target creation and recovery migration/pkg/migration/migration.go, migration/pkg/migration/unit_test.go	Recovery contexts are detached from caller cancellation and bounded by the Subscription wait timeout plus 30 seconds. Creation results indicate when the target may be active. Tests cover creation outcomes and cleanup error reporting.
Wire namespace migration into conversion migration/examples/cmd/migrate-operators-v0-to-v1/convert.go, migration/examples/cmd/migrate-operators-v0-to-v1/convert_test.go	The command rejects --install-namespace with --all. For single conversions, it prepares the target namespace, rewrites collected resources, and deletes source resources after target creation. The dry-run plan describes namespace preparation and resource relocation. The command returns errors when cleanup actions fail.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ConvertCommand
  participant Migrator
  participant KubernetesAPI
  ConvertCommand->>Migrator: Prepare install namespace and rewrite collected resources
  Migrator->>KubernetesAPI: Scale source Deployments to zero
  ConvertCommand->>Migrator: Create migration resources
  alt Creation succeeds
    ConvertCommand->>KubernetesAPI: Delete source resources
  else Target may be active
    ConvertCommand->>Migrator: Keep source Deployments scaled down
  else Target is not active
    ConvertCommand->>KubernetesAPI: Restore source Deployment replicas
  end

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Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to 77081

Cross-namespace migration can move permissions and sensitive resources into a selected target namespace. Failure during cutover can also leave the source disabled while the target is incomplete. The impact depends on who controls the target namespace and the permissions granted to the migration identity.

Retained concerns

• High · security · inferred: A selected existing target namespace is not checked for ownership or colliding resources before migrated ServiceAccount subjects are rebound to it. If a target tenant controls a same-named ServiceAccount and the binding is installed, that identity could acquire the migrated RoleBinding or ClusterRoleBinding permissions.
• Medium · reliability · observed: Target creation can fail after its ClusterObjectSet becomes active, leaving source Deployments at zero while recovery deletes the tracked set and refuses automatic source restoration. Failure during subsequent source deletion also returns without a compensating transition or durable recovery owner.
• Medium · security · inferred: Replica restoration records a Deployment name and replica count but not its UID. If that Deployment is replaced during migration, recovery can set the old replica count on the replacement, unlike source deletion, which checks the collected UID.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — Each single-operator invocation can affect its source namespace, the chosen target namespace, cluster-scoped bindings among collected objects, and system-namespace reference Secrets. The effective reach is limited by the invocation identity's Kubernetes permissions and the target controller's behavior, neither of which is established for deployment.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A caller-selected target containing a same-named ServiceAccount could receive a migrated RBAC subject. Cluster-wide collection by an olm.owner name and Operator CR references outside the source namespace also make collected-object ownership important; collection itself predates this PR, while rewriting and target placement expand its consequences.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Namespace preparation checks PSA enforcement but does not check target ownership or existing object names. The migration relies on Kubernetes API authorization for its reads and writes; the available source does not establish deployed RBAC or tenant isolation.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Conservative refusal to restore the source when target ownership is uncertain avoids simultaneous automatic activation, but can leave a source-down, target-incomplete state requiring externally coordinated recovery. No persistent transition owner is visible in the reviewed flow.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Before cutover, establish target-namespace ownership and resource-collision expectations, especially for ServiceAccounts and RBAC subjects; preserve Deployment UID through scaling and restoration, and define a durable procedure for resuming or reverting each incomplete cutover state.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 39.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 28 functions across 5 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: support for cross-namespace migration.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description summarizes the cross-namespace migration behavior and lists validation with a specific test command. It does not include the reviewer checklist or links to related issues, but the core…
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In `@migration/pkg/migration/migration.go`:
- Around line 167-170: When ScaleSourceDeployments fails after
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