fix: clean PVC source workspace before each on-cluster build#3583
fix: clean PVC source workspace before each on-cluster build#3583Ankitsinghsisodya wants to merge 4 commits intoknative:mainfrom
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The named PVC reused across builds was accumulating stale source files, eventually causing 'No space left on device' errors during git-init. - Add CleanAndUploadToVolume which removes the source/ directory before re-extracting the tar stream, leaving the cache/ subpath intact - Switch the direct-upload path to use CleanAndUploadToVolume - Pass deleteExisting: "true" to the git-clone StepAction in both buildpack and s2i task templates so the git path also gets a clean slate Fixes knative#3516
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Pull request overview
This PR addresses PVC workspace bloat in on-cluster Tekton builds by ensuring each build starts from a clean source/ workspace while preserving the cache/ path for build caching.
Changes:
- Added
k8s.CleanAndUploadToVolumeto remove the PVC’ssource/directory before extracting a new source tar stream (leavingcache/intact). - Switched the non-Git (direct upload) pipeline path to use
CleanAndUploadToVolume. - Configured Tekton
git-cloneStepAction to wipe the existing checkout viadeleteExisting: "true"for Git-based builds.
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| File | Description |
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| pkg/k8s/persistent_volumes.go | Adds a new clean+upload helper that removes source/ before untarring content. |
| pkg/pipelines/tekton/pipelines_provider.go | Updates direct-upload pipeline flow to use the clean+upload helper. |
| pkg/pipelines/tekton/task-buildpack.yaml.tmpl | Sets deleteExisting: "true" for git-clone to avoid accumulating workspace content. |
| pkg/pipelines/tekton/task-s2i.yaml.tmpl | Sets deleteExisting: "true" for git-clone to avoid accumulating workspace content. |
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| // CleanAndUploadToVolume removes the "source" directory from the volume root, | ||
| // then extracts the provided tar stream into the volume. The "cache" | ||
| // subdirectory is intentionally left intact so that build-layer caches | ||
| // accumulated by previous runs are preserved. | ||
| func CleanAndUploadToVolume(ctx context.Context, content io.Reader, claimName, namespace string) error { | ||
| return runWithVolumeMounted(ctx, TarImage, []string{"sh", "-c", "umask 0000 && rm -rf source && exec tar -xmf -"}, content, claimName, namespace) | ||
| } |
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CleanAndUploadToVolume introduces new cleanup behavior (deleting the existing source/ directory while preserving cache/), but there’s no test covering that contract. Consider adding an integration test that (1) pre-populates both source/ and cache/, (2) calls CleanAndUploadToVolume, and (3) asserts source/ is replaced and cache/ remains intact, to prevent regressions that could reintroduce PVC bloat or accidentally wipe caches.
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…full Root cause: source/ and cache/ shared a single 256Mi PVC. The buildpack layer cache (cache/) grows across builds while source/ is already cleaned by git-clone's deleteExisting default. Once cache/ consumes all available space, git-clone fails with "No space left on device" during git-init. Changes: - Add getPipelineCachePvcName and a by-name DeletePersistentVolumeClaim - Standard pipeline: delete and recreate the source PVC before every build for a guaranteed clean workspace; create a separate persistent cache PVC so the buildpack layer cache survives across builds - PAC pipeline: use volumeClaimTemplate for the source workspace so Tekton provisions a fresh, ephemeral source PVC per run and cleans it up automatically; create a persistent cache PVC at repo-config time - Revert the redundant deleteExisting: "true" additions to both task templates — the pinned git-clone StepAction already defaults to true Fixes knative#3516
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- Restore subPath: source on the standard PipelineRun source-workspace binding; sourcesAsTarStream archives under source/ so the workspace mount must point at that subPath for the task to find func.yaml at the expected path - Honour build.remoteStorageClass in PAC volumeClaimTemplate by adding a StorageClassName field to templateData and conditionally emitting storageClassName in both pack and s2i PAC PipelineRun templates - Remove the dead source PVC creation from createClusterPACResources; PAC PipelineRuns now bind source-workspace via volumeClaimTemplate so the named source PVC was provisioned but never mounted
Two bugs: 1. Race condition: DeletePersistentVolumeClaim is asynchronous. The PVC enters Terminating state and the subsequent Create call was receiving AlreadyExists, treating it as success, and proceeding against a terminating object. Fix: add WaitForPVCDeletion which polls until the PVC is NotFound before returning, and call it after every delete. 2. Cache accumulation: the dedicated cache PVC was explicitly kept across builds and never trimmed. CNB does not automatically evict unused layers so the cache PVC would grow unboundedly over time — the same disk-full failure the fix was meant to prevent, just deferred. Fix: rotate both source and cache PVCs before every standard build. For PAC, switch cache workspace to volumeClaimTemplate so both workspaces are ephemeral per run with no long-lived PVCs on the cluster at all.
Root cause
source/andcache/share a single 256 Mi PVC. The buildpack layer cache (cache/) grows across builds whilesource/is already cleaned by git-clone'sdeleteExistingdefault. Oncecache/consumes all available space, git-clone fails with "No space left on device" during git-init — affecting both the standard pipeline and PAC paths.Fix
Separate source and cache into two distinct PVCs so they can no longer starve each other:
volumeClaimTemplate— Tekton provisions a fresh ephemeral PVC per run and auto-deletes itBuildpack layer cache is preserved. Every build starts from a clean source workspace. The two volumes can never fill each other's disk.
Changes
pkg/k8s/persistent_volumes.go— addDeletePersistentVolumeClaim(by name) andCleanAndUploadToVolumepkg/pipelines/tekton/resources.go— addgetPipelineCachePvcNamepkg/pipelines/tekton/pipelines_provider.go— delete+recreate source PVC before each standard build; create cache PVC separatelypkg/pipelines/tekton/pipelines_pac_provider.go— create cache PVC at repo-config timetemplates.go— addCachePvcName,PvcSizefields; addpipelinePvcSizehelpertemplates_pack.go/templates_s2i.go— standard runs reference separate PVCs; PAC runs usevolumeClaimTemplatefor sourcetask-buildpack.yaml.tmpl/task-s2i.yaml.tmpl— revert redundantdeleteExisting: "true"(already the default in the pinned StepAction)Fixes #3516
Test plan
func deploy(non-Git) 10+ times; confirm source PVC is recreated fresh each time and PVC never fillsfunc deploy(Git URL) 10+ times; confirm git-clone always succeeds and cache PVC grows independentlyfunc deleteremoves both source and cache PVCsgo test ./pkg/k8s/... ./pkg/pipelines/tekton/...