feat(nvca): provision worker identity for container function pods - #846
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When self-hosted PSAT mode is active (SelfHosted feature flag + psat token source), NVCA now: - Creates a per-pod worker ServiceAccount (nvcf-worker-<podName>) before pod creation. - Injects a projected ServiceAccount token volume into the pod spec (audience nvcf-icms:<clusterID>, expiry 900 s) and sets NVCF_TOKEN_FILE_PATH / NVCF_IDENTITY_SOURCE env vars in all containers so workers can read their PSAT for ICMS introspection. - Populates WorkerAuth in PostInstanceStatusUpdate payloads so ICMS can maintain the per-instance worker identity set. Adds WorkerIdentifier and WorkerAuth types to pkg/types and wires the new workerIdentityEnabled / clusterID fields through BackendK8sCacheBuilder. Relates to #840 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesWorker identity support
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to This change provisions per-pod worker identities, but current failure paths can create unauthenticated workers or leave orphaned access resources, while ReplicaSets can bypass the restriction on reserved worker accounts. The PR should not merge until these identity and authorization gaps are fixed. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Agent
participant BackendK8sCache
participant K8sComputeBackend
participant KubernetesAPI
participant ICMS
Agent->>BackendK8sCache: configure worker identity and cluster ID
BackendK8sCache->>K8sComputeBackend: start with worker identity settings
K8sComputeBackend->>KubernetesAPI: create ServiceAccount and empty RBAC
K8sComputeBackend->>KubernetesAPI: create pod with projected PSAT token
K8sComputeBackend->>KubernetesAPI: read ServiceAccount UID
K8sComputeBackend->>ICMS: send instance status with WorkerAuth
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/agent.go`:
- Around line 1155-1159: Normalize an empty ClusterIssuedTokenSource to
ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT before the WithWorkerIdentity call, so its
enablement matches the later PSAT queue-path behavior. Reuse the normalized
value for this decision and preserve explicit source values unchanged. Add a
regression test covering an empty source and verifying worker identity is
enabled.
In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go`:
- Around line 1025-1031: Update the worker identity handling around
ensureWorkerServiceAccount so a provisioning error is wrapped and returned
before pod creation, rather than logging and continuing without
injectWorkerIdentity. Preserve the successful path that injects the worker
identity, and add a test verifying that provisioning failure does not create a
pod.
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| WithWorkerIdentity( | ||
| a.FeatureFlagFetcher.IsFeatureFlagEnabled(featureflag.SelfHosted) && | ||
| a.AgentOptions.Config.Authz.ClusterIssuedTokenSource == nvcaconfig.ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT, | ||
| a.ClusterID, | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Normalize the token source before enabling worker identity.
At Line 1157, an empty ClusterIssuedTokenSource disables worker identity. Later, Lines 1291-1294 treat the same empty value as ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT. A self-hosted deployment that uses this default starts the PSAT queue path but does not inject worker credentials.
Normalize the source once before this builder call. Add a regression test for the empty-source case.
Proposed fix
+ source := a.AgentOptions.Config.Authz.ClusterIssuedTokenSource
+ if source == "" {
+ source = nvcaconfig.ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT
+ }
+
backendk8scache, _, err := NewBackendk8sCacheBuilder().
...
WithWorkerIdentity(
a.FeatureFlagFetcher.IsFeatureFlagEnabled(featureflag.SelfHosted) &&
- a.AgentOptions.Config.Authz.ClusterIssuedTokenSource == nvcaconfig.ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT,
+ source == nvcaconfig.ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT,
a.ClusterID,
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/agent.go` around lines 1155 - 1159,
Normalize an empty ClusterIssuedTokenSource to ClusterIssuedTokenSourcePSAT
before the WithWorkerIdentity call, so its enablement matches the later PSAT
queue-path behavior. Reuse the normalized value for this decision and preserve
explicit source values unchanged. Add a regression test covering an empty source
and verifying worker identity is enabled.
| if c.bk8s.workerIdentityEnabled { | ||
| if _, saErr := ensureWorkerServiceAccount(ctx, c.clients, pod.Namespace, pod.Name); saErr != nil { | ||
| plog.WithError(saErr).Warn("Failed to ensure worker ServiceAccount; skipping worker identity injection") | ||
| } else { | ||
| injectWorkerIdentity(pod, c.bk8s.clusterID, pod.Name) | ||
| plog.Debug("Injected worker identity into pod") | ||
| } |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Stop pod creation when worker ServiceAccount provisioning fails.
At Line 1026, this path logs the error and creates the pod without injectWorkerIdentity. The pod can retain or default to a non-worker ServiceAccount. It then has no projected worker token and can mount an unintended ServiceAccount token.
Return the wrapped error before creating the pod. Add a test that verifies this failure does not create a pod.
Proposed fix
if c.bk8s.workerIdentityEnabled {
if _, saErr := ensureWorkerServiceAccount(ctx, c.clients, pod.Namespace, pod.Name); saErr != nil {
- plog.WithError(saErr).Warn("Failed to ensure worker ServiceAccount; skipping worker identity injection")
- } else {
- injectWorkerIdentity(pod, c.bk8s.clusterID, pod.Name)
- plog.Debug("Injected worker identity into pod")
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("ensure worker ServiceAccount for pod %s: %w", pod.Name, saErr)
}
+ injectWorkerIdentity(pod, c.bk8s.clusterID, pod.Name)
+ plog.Debug("Injected worker identity into pod")
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| if c.bk8s.workerIdentityEnabled { | |
| if _, saErr := ensureWorkerServiceAccount(ctx, c.clients, pod.Namespace, pod.Name); saErr != nil { | |
| plog.WithError(saErr).Warn("Failed to ensure worker ServiceAccount; skipping worker identity injection") | |
| } else { | |
| injectWorkerIdentity(pod, c.bk8s.clusterID, pod.Name) | |
| plog.Debug("Injected worker identity into pod") | |
| } | |
| if c.bk8s.workerIdentityEnabled { | |
| if _, saErr := ensureWorkerServiceAccount(ctx, c.clients, pod.Namespace, pod.Name); saErr != nil { | |
| return nil, fmt.Errorf("ensure worker ServiceAccount for pod %s: %w", pod.Name, saErr) | |
| } | |
| injectWorkerIdentity(pod, c.bk8s.clusterID, pod.Name) | |
| plog.Debug("Injected worker identity into pod") | |
| } |
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go` around lines
1025 - 1031, Update the worker identity handling around
ensureWorkerServiceAccount so a provisioning error is wrapped and returned
before pod creation, rather than logging and continuing without
injectWorkerIdentity. Preserve the successful path that injects the worker
identity, and add a test verifying that provisioning failure does not create a
pod.
Source: Coding guidelines
Add the remaining pieces of REQ-210 and REQ-220 for delegated worker token support (issue #840). REQ-210: provision an empty Role and RoleBinding for each worker ServiceAccount (nvcf-worker-<podName>) alongside the SA itself. The empty Role makes the deny-by-default boundary explicit and auditable without granting any Kubernetes API access. REQ-220: extend the existing helmMiniServiceValWebhookHandler validating webhook to reject any pod-bearing resource (Pod, Deployment, StatefulSet, Job, CronJob) that requests a nvcf-worker-* ServiceAccount name, preventing Helm chart workloads from forging worker tokens. Also add cleanupWorkerIdentity to delete the RoleBinding, Role, and SA in that order on pod termination, tolerating NotFound for each object. Closes #840 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/worker_identity_test.go`:
- Line 197: Replace the em dashes in the affected test comments, including the
comments describing nil and empty slices and the additional location noted by
the review, with ASCII punctuation while preserving their meaning.
In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/worker_identity.go`:
- Around line 170-179: Update ensureWorkerRBAC and the
CreatePodArtifactInstances flow so worker identity provisioning is
transactional: if Role or RoleBinding creation fails, do not inject identity;
after successful provisioning, delete the ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding
whenever subsequent setup or Pods.Create fails. Add failure-path tests covering
RoleBinding creation errors and pod creation errors, while preserving cleanup of
partially created RBAC resources.
In
`@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/webhook/helm_mini_service_validate_webhook.go`:
- Around line 163-175: Update validateWorkerSARestriction to handle
*appsv1.ReplicaSet by validating obj.Spec.Template.Spec like the existing
Deployment and StatefulSet cases, rather than falling through to the default nil
return. Add a regression test confirming ReplicaSets using an nvcf-worker-*
ServiceAccount are rejected.
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- src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go
| if err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatalf("get Role: %v", err) | ||
| } | ||
| // nil and empty slice are both acceptable — neither grants any permissions. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Replace the em dashes in test comments.
Use ASCII punctuation in both comments. The subtree guidance requires committed text to be ASCII-only and free of em dashes.
Proposed fix
- // nil and empty slice are both acceptable — neither grants any permissions.
+ // Nil and empty slices are both acceptable. Neither grants any permissions.
...
- // Nothing pre-exists — cleanup should not panic or error.
+ // Nothing pre-exists. Cleanup should not panic or error.As per path instructions, "Keep committed text concise, ASCII-only, and free of markdown emphasis or em dashes."
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/worker_identity_test.go` at line
197, Replace the em dashes in the affected test comments, including the comments
describing nil and empty slices and the additional location noted by the review,
with ASCII punctuation while preserving their meaning.
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| if _, err := clients.K8s.RbacV1().Roles(namespace).Create(ctx, role, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil && !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) { | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("create worker Role %s/%s: %w", namespace, name, err) | ||
| } | ||
| rb := &rbacv1.RoleBinding{ | ||
| ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name, Namespace: namespace}, | ||
| RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{APIGroup: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io", Kind: "Role", Name: name}, | ||
| Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{{Kind: "ServiceAccount", Name: name, Namespace: namespace}}, | ||
| } | ||
| if _, err := clients.K8s.RbacV1().RoleBindings(namespace).Create(ctx, rb, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil && !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) { | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("create worker RoleBinding %s/%s: %w", namespace, name, err) |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Make worker identity provisioning atomic with pod creation.
This helper persists RBAC objects before Pods.Create. The supplied CreatePodArtifactInstances path returns without cleanup if pod creation fails. It also injects worker identity after ensureWorkerRBAC fails.
Roll back the ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding on every failure after identity provisioning starts. Skip identity injection if the RBAC boundary is required but cannot be created. Add failure-path tests for RoleBinding and pod creation errors.
Based on the supplied downstream call path in src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go.
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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/worker_identity.go` around lines 170
- 179, Update ensureWorkerRBAC and the CreatePodArtifactInstances flow so worker
identity provisioning is transactional: if Role or RoleBinding creation fails,
do not inject identity; after successful provisioning, delete the
ServiceAccount, Role, and RoleBinding whenever subsequent setup or Pods.Create
fails. Add failure-path tests covering RoleBinding creation errors and pod
creation errors, while preserving cleanup of partially created RBAC resources.
| switch t := obj.(type) { | ||
| case *corev1.Pod: | ||
| ps = &t.Spec | ||
| case *appsv1.Deployment: | ||
| ps = &t.Spec.Template.Spec | ||
| case *appsv1.StatefulSet: | ||
| ps = &t.Spec.Template.Spec | ||
| case *batchv1.Job: | ||
| ps = &t.Spec.Template.Spec | ||
| case *batchv1.CronJob: | ||
| ps = &t.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Spec | ||
| default: | ||
| return nil |
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Reject reserved ServiceAccounts for ReplicaSets.
validateWorkerSARestriction returns nil for *appsv1.ReplicaSet. validateResourceLimits already supports ReplicaSets, so a ReplicaSet can bypass this restriction and assign an nvcf-worker-* ServiceAccount to its Pods. Add a ReplicaSet case and a regression test.
As per coding guidelines, webhook code must “Validate all webhook inputs.”
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In
`@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/webhook/helm_mini_service_validate_webhook.go`
around lines 163 - 175, Update validateWorkerSARestriction to handle
*appsv1.ReplicaSet by validating obj.Spec.Template.Spec like the existing
Deployment and StatefulSet cases, rather than falling through to the default nil
return. Add a regression test confirming ReplicaSets using an nvcf-worker-*
ServiceAccount are rejected.
Source: Coding guidelines
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Why
Part of the delegated worker token feature (issue #840). Workers on self-hosted NVCF clusters need a cryptographic identity so NVCF/NVCT APIs can verify them without a pre-shared bootstrap secret. NVCA is the provisioner: it creates the per-pod worker ServiceAccount and projects a short-lived Kubernetes SAT into the pod so workers can authenticate via ICMS token introspection.
What changed
pkg/types/types.go: AddedWorkerIdentifier,WorkerAuthstructs andWorkerAuth *WorkerAuthfield onICMSInstanceStatusUpdateRequest. The JSON field names match what ICMS expects.pkg/nvca/worker_identity.go(new): Helper functions for worker identity provisioning —ensureWorkerServiceAccount,injectWorkerIdentity,buildWorkerAuth. Keeps the logic out of the already-largek8scomputebackend.go.pkg/nvca/backendk8scache.go: AddedworkerIdentityEnabled boolandclusterID stringfields +WithWorkerIdentitybuilder method.pkg/nvca/agent.go: WiresWithWorkerIdentityin theBackendK8sCacheBuildercall, gated onfeatureflag.SelfHosted && ClusterIssuedTokenSource == psat.pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go: InCreatePodArtifactInstances, creates worker SA and injects projected volume before pod creation. InGetICMSRequestUpdatesForCreatePodRequest, populatesWorkerAuthin the payload for active (non-terminal) pods.Customer Release Notes
Not customer visible — self-hosted infrastructure change.
Plan Summary
New Kubernetes resources created at runtime (not in Helm chart):
ServiceAccount: nvcf-worker-<instanceId>per container function podaudience: nvcf-icms:<clusterId>, TTL 900 s) mounted at/var/run/secrets/tokensOnly active when
workerIdentityEnabled(self-hosted PSAT mode). Managed clusters and SPIRE-mode clusters are unaffected.Usage
No operator action required. The feature activates automatically when the self-hosted Helm stack is deployed with the NCP profile (PSAT token source).
Testing
go test ./pkg/types/... ./pkg/nvca/...passes.worker_identity_test.gocover SA creation idempotency, volume injection, env var injection, andWorkerAuthconstruction from pod metadata.Notes
worker_identifiersrow when it receives a terminalWorkerAuth: nilupdate. SA cleanup from Kubernetes is a follow-up (can be owner-referenced to the pod or garbage-collected by a separate controller).NVCF_IDENTITY_SOURCEenv var is set topsatin pods so the worker client library can detect which token source to use without probing the filesystem.References
Relates to #840
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Dependencies
None — no new third-party dependencies.
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