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docs(agents): make the no-KSail validation fallback build the provider layers - #4079

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Why

When KSail isn't available, the platform's instructions offer a fallback check before a manifest change is pushed. That check only builds the top-level cluster files, which contain four pointers and none of the actual workloads. A broken manifest therefore passes it, so an agent or contributor following the instructions gets a clean result and pushes a broken change.

What

The fallback now builds each provider layer and the bootstrap files, which is where the manifests actually render, and says why the cluster files alone prove nothing. The secret-rotation guide's validation step points at the same commands.

Fixes #3151
Fixes #3088

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…r layers

The documented fallback rendered only the cluster overlays, which emit four
Flux Kustomization objects and never build a single workload manifest, so a
broken base passed it. The fallback now builds every provider layer and the
bootstrap overlays, which is where the manifests actually render.

Fixes #3151
Fixes #3088

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The documented fallback was tried as a user would run it: kustomize build (v5.8.1) on the repo at this head.

Target Rendered objects
k8s/clusters/local, k8s/clusters/prod (old fallback) 4 each, all Flux Kustomization pointers
k8s/providers/docker/{infrastructure/controllers,infrastructure,apps} 69 / 102 / 0
k8s/providers/hetzner/{infrastructure/controllers,infrastructure,apps} 224 / 226 / 133
k8s/clusters/{local,prod}/bootstrap 9 / 10

RED/GREEN, on a scratch copy with one base manifest deliberately broken (bases/infrastructure/controllers/auth-proxy/kustomization.yaml given an unterminated resources: list):

  • Old fallback kustomize build k8s/clusters/prod → exit 0. The broken manifest passes.
  • New fallback kustomize build k8s/providers/hetzner/infrastructure/controllers → exit 1, with accumulating resources from '../../../../bases/infrastructure/controllers/'.

On the unmodified tree every command in the new fallback exits 0 (GREEN).

This change touches only docs. Nothing runs these commands automatically; the evaluation above is running them by hand.


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The validation documentation now requires the no-KSail fallback to build both cluster overlays, provider layers, and bootstrap layers. It clarifies that overlay builds check Flux wiring but do not parse provider or base manifests. Static-validation and manifest-PR guidance refer to the expanded builds. The secret-rotation checklist now uses KSail validation commands or the documented no-KSail fallback.

Fixed issue severity: <fixed_issue_severity>Medium</fixed_issue_severity>

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The guidance still leaves two narrow validation gaps: the secret-rotation checklist omits bootstrap builds, and the per-file check does not validate Flux-substituted values. The change is mergeable with these follow-ups tracked.


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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ❌ Error AGENTS.md corrects the fallback scope. It states that cluster overlays render only Flux Kustomizations and adds Docker, Hetzner, and bootstrap layer builds. It also states that these builds do not… Update the relevant AGENTS.md Validation, Maintenance, and Validation Scenarios guidance to require checking validator output for each changed path. State explicitly that kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f <file> does not perform Flux va…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main documentation change: expanding the no-KSail fallback to build provider layers.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the validation problem, the expanded fallback commands, the affected secret-rotation guidance, and the linked issues.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The docs/secret-rotation.md change updates a validation instruction that repeated the affected no-KSail fallback. It uses the commands documented in AGENTS.md and explains that cluster overlays co…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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AGENTS.md corrects the fallback scope. It states that cluster overlays render only Flux Kustomizations and adds Docker, Hetzner, and bootstrap layer builds. It also states that these builds do not substitute Flux variables or check schemas. However, the documented fallback does not tell the reader to confirm that validation output covers the changed path, as required by #3151. The single-file kubectl apply --dry-run=client command also lacks an explicit statement that it does not perform Flux variable substitution, as required by #3088. The secret-rotation validation text uses the corrected fallback and is within the same documentation objective. No automated test is applicable to this documentation-only change.

Resolution

Update the relevant AGENTS.md Validation, Maintenance, and Validation Scenarios guidance to require checking validator output for each changed path. State explicitly that kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f &lt;file&gt; does not perform Flux variable substitution. Apply the same limitation to the secret-rotation validation guidance if it presents the single-file command as coverage.


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Comment thread AGENTS.md Resolved
The overlays carry their own patches and replacements that select each
cluster's provider paths, so only building them catches a broken
overlay; the layer builds cover the manifests.

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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Line 92: Clarify the per-file `kubectl apply --dry-run=client` check in the
AGENTS.md guidance: state beside the check that it does not apply Flux
`postBuild` substitution. Keep the change limited to documenting this
limitation.

In `@docs/secret-rotation.md`:
- Around line 118-120: Update the validation checklist near the `ksail workload
validate` commands to direct contributors to the complete fallback in the
AGENTS.md Validation section, explicitly including both local and prod bootstrap
builds. Preserve the note that the overlays alone contain only Flux wiring.

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95-100: 🎯 Functional Correctness

The Flux resources use providers/__PROVIDER__/infrastructure, not a separate infrastructure-overprovisioning path. The existing infrastructure build is therefore the relevant validation entry point, and an additional build is not warranted by the inspected paths.

Comment thread AGENTS.md Resolved
Comment thread docs/secret-rotation.md Resolved
A zero exit from the fallback does not show the changed file was parsed,
and the per-file dry-run substitutes no Flux variables. Say both, and
point the secret-rotation checklist at the complete fallback, bootstrap
layers included.

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The other criteria were already met at 2526fc6. The overlay builds are described as Flux wiring only, a no-KSail path that parses the manifests is named (the provider and bootstrap layer builds, plus the overlay builds for the overlays' own patches), and every place that repeats the fallback is corrected.


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Learning: In `devantler-tech/platform`, per-file `kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f <file>` checks do not apply Flux `postBuild` substitution. Manifest placeholders such as `${MAX_AGE_SECONDS}` under `k8s/bases/` remain literal during this check. Documentation for static validation should state this limitation consistently in the Validation, Validation Scenarios, and Maintenance sections.
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