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Adds openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm next to the annotation-churn and db-quota-pressure steps added in #84235, completing the set of kube-burner-ocp etcd-density variants the OpenShift Performance and Scale team used for the standard-vs-sharded etcd characterisation on HCP.
Companion to #87728 (crashloop-flood); the two are independent and can merge in either order.
A background job floods the cluster with synthetic Event objects while a concurrent victim workload runs against the same API server. What gets measured is the impact of the flood on ordinary cluster operations, not the flood itself — the victim workload is created into an already-flooded cluster, which is what --storm-delay is for.
This is the create-heavy counterpart to crashloop-flood, which drives comparable pressure through the PATCH path instead. In the characterisation, event-storm was the one variant where the standard offering occasionally failed outright and the sharded offering never did, so it is worth having both shapes.
Shape
Identical to its siblings, deliberately: same image, same e2e-benchmarking wrapper, same EXTRA_FLAGS assembly, same run.sh fingerprint patch, same credential handling with set -x left off. Only the variant-specific flags differ.
Flags are the ones etcd-density.go defines for this subcommand, verified present at the wrapper's pinned v1.12.6:
Env
Flag
Default
Sizes
EVENT_STORM_ITERATIONS
--iterations
100
victim workload
EVENT_STORM_POD_REPLICAS
--pod-replicas
3
victim workload
EVENT_ITERATIONS
--event-iterations
2000
the storm
EVENT_REPLICAS
--event-replicas
100
the storm
STORM_WORKERS
--storm-workers
20
the storm
STORM_DELAY
--storm-delay
15
the storm
The two EVENT_STORM_-prefixed names are the ones whose unprefixed form would collide with other kube-burner workloads co-scheduled in the same job, following the precedent set by ANNOTATION_CHURN_ITERATIONS and DB_QUOTA_ITERATIONS.
Defaults are kube-burner-ocp's own rather than the characterisation values, so a job config picks its own sizing. The characterisation values are recorded in the step documentation.
Consumers
None in this PR — the step is intentionally landed on its own. Its first consumer is the HyperShift hypershift-etcd-perf chain in #86142, which adds one etcd-density variant per pull request. A standalone-OpenShift periodic can be added later by perfscale, mirroring perfscale-etcd-annotation-churn-6nodes in openshift/etcd/openshift-etcd-release-5.0.yaml.
This PR adds an openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm step to the OpenShift QE performance-scale CI step registry. It runs the kube-burner-ocp etcd-density event-storm workload to characterize the effect of a synthetic Event creation flood on a concurrent victim workload.
The step exposes settings for victim iterations and pod replicas, Event iterations and replicas, storm workers, and storm delay. The documented characterization settings use 900 victim iterations, 2 replicas, and about 200,000 synthetic Events on a 24-worker cluster.
The command script supports version selection, Elasticsearch credentials and optional host configuration, workload metadata, optional local indexing, and copying collected metrics to CI artifacts. The step registers performance-scale approvers and reviewers and uses the existing OpenShift QE OWNERS file.
Adds openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm alongside the existing
annotation-churn and db-quota-pressure steps, completing the set of
etcd-density variants the OpenShift Performance and Scale team characterised
standard against sharded etcd with.
event-storm floods the cluster with synthetic Event objects in the background
while a concurrent victim workload runs, so what is measured is the impact of
the flood on ordinary cluster operations rather than the flood itself. It is
the create-heavy counterpart to crashloop-flood, which drives comparable
pressure through the PATCH path.
Defaults are kube-burner-ocp's own; the characterisation values are recorded
in the step documentation rather than baked in, so a job config chooses them.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This change adds a CI step for running an etcd density workload alongside a synthetic event storm. The step defines workload settings and credentials. Its script selects a benchmark version, runs the workload, and handles the exit code and metrics.
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Etcd Density Event Storm
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Summary
Step definition and runtime settings ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/etcd-density-event-storm/openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm-ref.yaml, ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/etcd-density-event-storm/openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm-ref.metadata.json, ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/etcd-density-event-storm/OWNERS
The step defines victim and event-storm settings, runtime environment, credentials, timeout, and resource requests. It also adds step metadata and an OWNERS symbolic link.
Benchmark setup and workload configuration ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/etcd-density-event-storm/openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm-commands.sh
The script reads Elasticsearch credentials and selects a benchmark version. It configures the event-storm workload and adds optional indexing and user metadata settings.
Workload execution and metrics handling ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/etcd-density-event-storm/openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm-commands.sh
The script captures the workload exit code, copies available metrics to ARTIFACT_DIR, and exits with the workload’s code.
sequenceDiagram
participant openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormRef
participant openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormCommands
participant e2eBenchmarking
participant ARTIFACT_DIR
openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormRef->>openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormCommands: Run configured step
openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormCommands->>e2eBenchmarking: Clone selected version and run event-storm workload
e2eBenchmarking-->>openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormCommands: Return exit code and metrics
openshiftQeEtcdDensityEventStormCommands->>ARTIFACT_DIR: Copy metrics when present
LoadingMerge Risk: Moderate · up to e026c
When this step is used on HCP runs, the Elasticsearch username and password can end up in CI logs. The leak comes from the upstream wrapper's tracing, so it should be mitigated or accepted explicitly before the HyperShift chain starts using this step. Nothing consumes the step in this PR, so the exposure only begins once the planned HyperShift chain starts using it.
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- Around line 48-49: Add a guard to the step that prevents invoking the upstream
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Keep Elasticsearch credentials out of wrapper traces on HCP runs.
The step passes a credential-bearing ES_SERVER URL to the upstream wrapper. On the HCP path, the wrapper enables shell tracing and then runs curl with that URL. The trace prints the expanded URL, so the Elasticsearch username and password appear in CI logs. Disabling tracing in this script does not prevent this. The child process enables tracing on its own.
The leak requires both MC_KUBECONFIG and ES_SERVER to be set. This step sets ES_SERVER when the credentials are present. Do not run this step for HCP until the wrapper stops tracing around the credential-bearing request. Track the fix in the upstream kube-burner-ocp-wrapper, or confirm that the pinned version does not trace this request.
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around lines 48 - 49:
Add a guard to the step that prevents invoking the upstream wrapper when both
MC_KUBECONFIG and the credential-bearing ES_SERVER are set. Do not rely on
disabling tracing in this script; allow the HCP path only after the pinned
kube-burner-ocp-wrapper version is confirmed not to trace the credential-bearing
request.
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CNTRLPLANE-4795: Add etcd-density event-storm step
Oct 26, 2026
Adds openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm next to the annotation-churn and db-quota-pressure steps added in #84235, completing the set of kube-burner-ocp etcd-density variants the OpenShift Performance and Scale team used for the standard-vs-sharded etcd characterisation on HCP.
Companion to #87728 (crashloop-flood); the two are independent and can merge in either order.
Why this one
A background job floods the cluster with synthetic Event objects while a concurrent victim workload runs against the same API server. What gets measured is the impact of the flood on ordinary cluster operations, not the flood itself — the victim workload is created into an already-flooded cluster, which is what --storm-delay is for.
This is the create-heavy counterpart to crashloop-flood, which drives comparable pressure through the PATCH path instead. In the characterisation, event-storm was the one variant where the standard offering occasionally failed outright and the sharded offering never did, so it is worth having both shapes.
Shape
Identical to its siblings, deliberately: same image, same e2e-benchmarking wrapper, same EXTRA_FLAGS assembly, same run.sh fingerprint patch, same credential handling with set -x left off. Only the variant-specific flags differ.
Flags are the ones etcd-density.go defines for this subcommand, verified present at the wrapper's pinned v1.12.6:
Env
Flag
Default
Sizes
EVENT_STORM_ITERATIONS
--iterations
100
victim workload
EVENT_STORM_POD_REPLICAS
--pod-replicas
3
victim workload
EVENT_ITERATIONS
--event-iterations
2000
the storm
EVENT_REPLICAS
--event-replicas
100
the storm
STORM_WORKERS
--storm-workers
20
the storm
STORM_DELAY
--storm-delay
15
the storm
The two EVENT_STORM_-prefixed names are the ones whose unprefixed form would collide with other kube-burner workloads co-scheduled in the same job, following the precedent set by ANNOTATION_CHURN_ITERATIONS and DB_QUOTA_ITERATIONS.
Defaults are kube-burner-ocp's own rather than the characterisation values, so a job config picks its own sizing. The characterisation values are recorded in the step documentation.
Consumers
None in this PR — the step is intentionally landed on its own. Its first consumer is the HyperShift hypershift-etcd-perf chain in #86142, which adds one etcd-density variant per pull request. A standalone-OpenShift periodic can be added later by perfscale, mirroring perfscale-etcd-annotation-churn-6nodes in openshift/etcd/openshift-etcd-release-5.0.yaml.
This PR adds an openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-storm step to the OpenShift QE performance-scale CI step registry. It runs the kube-burner-ocp etcd-density event-storm workload to characterize the effect of a synthetic Event creation flood on a concurrent victim workload.
The step exposes settings for victim iterations and pod replicas, Event iterations and replicas, storm workers, and storm delay. The documented characterization settings use 900 victim iterations, 2 replicas, and about 200,000 synthetic Events on a 24-worker cluster.
The command script supports version selection, Elasticsearch credentials and optional host configuration, workload metadata, optional local indexing, and copying collected metrics to CI artifacts. The step registers performance-scale approvers and reviewers and uses the existing OpenShift QE OWNERS file.
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openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-stormnext to theannotation-churnanddb-quota-pressuresteps added in #84235, completing the set ofkube-burner-ocp etcd-densityvariants the OpenShift Performance and Scale team used for the standard-vs-sharded etcd characterisation on HCP.Companion to #87728 (
crashloop-flood); the two are independent and can merge in either order.Fixes https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNTRLPLANE-4795
Why this one
A background job floods the cluster with synthetic
Eventobjects while a concurrent victim workload runs against the same API server. What gets measured is the impact of the flood on ordinary cluster operations, not the flood itself — the victim workload is created into an already-flooded cluster, which is what--storm-delayis for.This is the create-heavy counterpart to
crashloop-flood, which drives comparable pressure through the PATCH path instead. In the characterisation,event-stormwas the one variant where the standard offering occasionally failed outright and the sharded offering never did, so it is worth having both shapes.Shape
Identical to its siblings, deliberately: same image, same
e2e-benchmarkingwrapper, sameEXTRA_FLAGSassembly, samerun.shfingerprint patch, same credential handling withset -xleft off. Only the variant-specific flags differ.Flags are the ones
etcd-density.godefines for this subcommand, verified present at the wrapper's pinnedv1.12.6:EVENT_STORM_ITERATIONS--iterations100EVENT_STORM_POD_REPLICAS--pod-replicas3EVENT_ITERATIONS--event-iterations2000EVENT_REPLICAS--event-replicas100STORM_WORKERS--storm-workers20STORM_DELAY--storm-delay15The two
EVENT_STORM_-prefixed names are the ones whose unprefixed form would collide with other kube-burner workloads co-scheduled in the same job, following the precedent set byANNOTATION_CHURN_ITERATIONSandDB_QUOTA_ITERATIONS.Defaults are kube-burner-ocp's own rather than the characterisation values, so a job config picks its own sizing. The characterisation values are recorded in the step documentation.
Consumers
None in this PR — the step is intentionally landed on its own. Its first consumer is the HyperShift
hypershift-etcd-perfchain in #86142, which adds oneetcd-densityvariant per pull request. A standalone-OpenShift periodic can be added later by perfscale, mirroringperfscale-etcd-annotation-churn-6nodesinopenshift/etcd/openshift-etcd-release-5.0.yaml.Refs https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNTRLPLANE-4163
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This PR adds an
openshift-qe-etcd-density-event-stormstep to the OpenShift QE performance-scale CI step registry. It runs the kube-burner-ocpetcd-density event-stormworkload to characterize the effect of a synthetic Event creation flood on a concurrent victim workload.The step exposes settings for victim iterations and pod replicas, Event iterations and replicas, storm workers, and storm delay. The documented characterization settings use 900 victim iterations, 2 replicas, and about 200,000 synthetic Events on a 24-worker cluster.
The command script supports version selection, Elasticsearch credentials and optional host configuration, workload metadata, optional local indexing, and copying collected metrics to CI artifacts. The step registers performance-scale approvers and reviewers and uses the existing OpenShift QE
OWNERSfile.No consumer changes or test results are supplied.