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What this PR does / why we need it:
Multiple periodic CI jobs in the openshift/hypershift repository have been consistently failing across releases 4.21 with near-zero pass rates, consuming significant CI infrastructure resources with no useful signal.

e2e-aws-ovn-proxy-conformance
e2e-ibmcloud-ovn-iks
e2e-ibmcloud-ovn-roks
e2e-powervs-ovn
e2e-agent-disconnected-ovn-ipv6-metal-conformance
e2e-ibmz-ovn-conformance
e2e-ibmz-s390x-mgmt-ovn-conformance
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet-default-net
e2e-power-ovn-conformance
e2e-x86-power-heterogeneous-conformance

I have updated the cron schedule to trigger once a year on 1st Dec every year (cron: 0 4 1 12 *) and for few jobs, changed the minimal interval to 3 months (2190d) so we get enough time to fix the errors and the jobs wont trigger till then.
The job definition itself stays in the configuration file, so the YAML remains syntactically valid.
If these jobs had presubmit/postsubmit triggers defined elsewhere (like running on PRs via /test jobname), those manual/PR triggers would still work.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes: Failing periodic jobs.

Fixes - https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNTRLPLANE-3946

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Updates 12 consistently failing periodic Hypershift release 4.21 CI jobs in openshift/hypershift to run annually on December 1 at 04:00. Selected IBM Z and Power conformance jobs now have a 2190-day minimum interval, while existing job definitions and separately configured presubmit, postsubmit, and manual triggers remain available.

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@amogh-redhat: This pull request references CNTRLPLANE-3846 which is a valid jira issue.

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What this PR does / why we need it:
Multiple periodic CI jobs in the openshift/hypershift repository have been consistently failing across releases 4.21 with near-zero pass rates, consuming significant CI infrastructure resources with no useful signal.

e2e-aws-ovn-proxy-conformance
e2e-ibmcloud-ovn-iks
e2e-ibmcloud-ovn-roks
e2e-powervs-ovn
e2e-agent-disconnected-ovn-ipv6-metal-conformance
e2e-ibmz-ovn-conformance
e2e-ibmz-s390x-mgmt-ovn-conformance
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet
e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet-default-net
e2e-power-ovn-conformance
e2e-x86-power-heterogeneous-conformance

I have updated the cron schedule to trigger once a year on 1st Dec every year (cron: 0 4 1 12 *) and for few jobs, changed the minimal interval to 3 months (2190d) so we get enough time to fix the errors and the jobs wont trigger till then.
The job definition itself stays in the configuration file, so the YAML remains syntactically valid.
If these jobs had presubmit/postsubmit triggers defined elsewhere (like running on PRs via /test jobname), those manual/PR triggers would still work.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes: Failing periodic jobs.

Fixes - https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CNTRLPLANE-3946

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Checklist:
Subject and description added to both, commit and PR.
Relevant issues have been referenced.
This change includes docs.
This change includes unit tests.

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  • ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics.yaml is excluded by !ci-operator/jobs/**
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  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics.yaml
🚧 Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes (1)
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml

Walkthrough

Updated scheduling cadence for selected Hypershift periodic E2E jobs, including monthly cron expressions and longer minimum intervals for IBM Z and power-related conformance jobs.

Changes

Hypershift periodic cadence

Layer / File(s) Summary
Periodic job cadence updates
ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics*.yaml
Selected jobs now use 0 4 1 12 *; IBM Z and power conformance jobs use a 2190h minimum interval.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

Suggested reviewers: sdminonne, nirshal

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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title matches the main change: updating multiple failing 4.21 CI jobs.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed PASS: The PR diff is config-only (yaml/sh/json) and contains no Ginkgo title changes; no Go test files were modified.
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PR only changes CI periodic YAML schedules; no Ginkgo test code was added or modified, so this check is not applicable.
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed Only CI schedule YAML changed; no new Ginkgo e2e tests or test bodies were added, so MicroShift compatibility is unaffected.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed Only periodic CI YAML schedules/minimum intervals changed; no new or modified Ginkgo e2e tests were added.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed Only periodic CI cron/minimum_interval edits were changed; no manifests, operators, controllers, or pod scheduling constraints were introduced.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed Only periodic-job YAML changed; no main/init/TestMain or other process-level binary code was modified, so no stdout contract risk.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed The PR only changes periodic CI YAML schedules; no Ginkgo test code was added or modified, so there’s no IPv4/disconnected-network compatibility issue to flag.
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed Diff only changes periodic job cron/minimum_interval values in YAML; no MD5/SHA1/DES/RC4/3DES/ECB, custom crypto, or secret comparisons appear.
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed Diff only changes cron/minimum_interval; no privileged, host* namespace, or allowPrivilegeEscalation fields appear in modified manifests.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (4)
ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml (1)

153-153: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Confirm capacity for the synchronized annual window.

These jobs now all run at 04:00 UTC on December 1, alongside the corresponding 4.22 and standard jobs. Consider staggering platforms/releases or confirm that the CI capacity can absorb the burst.

Based on the supplied PR objective, the synchronized schedule appears intentional; this is an operational capacity check.

Also applies to: 209-209, 252-252, 267-267, 397-397

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml`
at line 153, Confirm that CI capacity can absorb the synchronized annual burst
of jobs scheduled at 04:00 UTC on December 1 across the affected platform and
release configurations, preserving the intentional schedule unless capacity
validation identifies a required staggering change.
ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics.yaml (1)

161-161: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Confirm capacity for the synchronized annual window.

These standard 4.21 jobs share the same 04:00 UTC December 1 schedule as the MCE and 4.22 variants. Consider staggering them or validate the capacity impact.

Based on the supplied PR objective, the synchronized schedule appears intentional; this is an operational capacity check.

Also applies to: 225-230, 240-240

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics.yaml`
at line 161, Validate that the shared 04:00 UTC December 1 schedule for the
standard 4.21 jobs and the referenced MCE and 4.22 variants fits available
operational capacity; if not, stagger the cron schedules while preserving the
intended annual execution window.
ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics-mce.yaml (1)

169-169: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Confirm capacity for the synchronized annual window.

These jobs share the same 04:00 UTC December 1 schedule as the other changed release and platform variants. Consider staggering them or explicitly validate the expected capacity burst.

Based on the supplied PR objective, the synchronized schedule appears intentional; this is an operational capacity check.

Also applies to: 229-229, 248-248, 272-272, 303-303, 318-318, 438-438

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics-mce.yaml`
at line 169, Validate that the shared 04:00 UTC December 1 schedules across the
affected periodic jobs have sufficient capacity for the synchronized annual
burst. If capacity is insufficient, stagger the cron schedules; otherwise
preserve the intentional synchronized timing and document or otherwise confirm
the capacity validation for these job entries.
ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics.yaml (1)

180-180: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Confirm capacity for the synchronized annual window.

These standard 4.22 jobs share the same 04:00 UTC December 1 schedule as the other changed variants. Consider staggering them or validate the capacity impact.

Based on the supplied PR objective, the synchronized schedule appears intentional; this is an operational capacity check.

Also applies to: 243-248, 258-258

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics.yaml`
at line 180, Validate the capacity impact of the synchronized 04:00 UTC December
1 schedules for the standard 4.22 jobs, including the variants referenced by the
review. If capacity is insufficient, stagger the cron schedules; otherwise
preserve the intentional synchronized annual window.
🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Nitpick comments:
In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml`:
- Line 153: Confirm that CI capacity can absorb the synchronized annual burst of
jobs scheduled at 04:00 UTC on December 1 across the affected platform and
release configurations, preserving the intentional schedule unless capacity
validation identifies a required staggering change.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics.yaml`:
- Line 161: Validate that the shared 04:00 UTC December 1 schedule for the
standard 4.21 jobs and the referenced MCE and 4.22 variants fits available
operational capacity; if not, stagger the cron schedules while preserving the
intended annual execution window.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics-mce.yaml`:
- Line 169: Validate that the shared 04:00 UTC December 1 schedules across the
affected periodic jobs have sufficient capacity for the synchronized annual
burst. If capacity is insufficient, stagger the cron schedules; otherwise
preserve the intentional synchronized timing and document or otherwise confirm
the capacity validation for these job entries.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics.yaml`:
- Line 180: Validate the capacity impact of the synchronized 04:00 UTC December
1 schedules for the standard 4.22 jobs, including the variants referenced by the
review. If capacity is insufficient, stagger the cron schedules; otherwise
preserve the intentional synchronized annual window.

ℹ️ Review info
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Configuration used: Repository YAML (base), Central YAML (inherited)

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro Plus

Run ID: 17687155-4e4e-4eb5-8fb7-ffca21949287

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 2397ec0 and d054a81.

⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (2)
  • ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics.yaml is excluded by !ci-operator/jobs/**
  • ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22-periodics.yaml is excluded by !ci-operator/jobs/**
📒 Files selected for processing (4)
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics-mce.yaml
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.21__periodics.yaml
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics-mce.yaml
  • ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-release-4.22__periodics.yaml

…c CI jobs

Changed cron schedule to run on 1st Dec and increased minimum_interval
to 2190h for persistently failing jobs. Excludes IBM Cloud tests
already removed upstream.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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[REHEARSALNOTIFIER]
@amogh-redhat: the pj-rehearse plugin accommodates running rehearsal tests for the changes in this PR. Expand 'Interacting with pj-rehearse' for usage details. The following rehearsable tests have been affected by this change:

Test name Repo Type Reason
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-x86-power-heterogeneous-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-e2e-aws-ovn-proxy-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-ibmz-s390x-mgmt-ovn-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-power-ovn-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-ibmz-ovn-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-kubevirt-metal-ovn-multinet-default-net N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-mce-e2e-agent-disconnected-ovn-ipv6-metal-conformance N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hypershift-release-4.21-periodics-e2e-powervs-ovn N/A periodic Ci-operator config changed
Interacting with pj-rehearse

Comment: /pj-rehearse to run up to 5 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse skip to opt-out of rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse {test-name}, with each test separated by a space, to run one or more specific rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse more to run up to 10 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse max to run up to 25 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse auto-ack to run up to 5 rehearsals, and add the rehearsals-ack label on success
Comment: /pj-rehearse list to get an up-to-date list of affected jobs
Comment: /pj-rehearse abort to abort all active rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed to allow rehearsals of tests that have the restrict_network_access field set to false. This must be executed by an openshift org member who is not the PR author

Once you are satisfied with the results of the rehearsals, comment: /pj-rehearse ack to unblock merge. When the rehearsals-ack label is present on your PR, merge will no longer be blocked by rehearsals.
If you would like the rehearsals-ack label removed, comment: /pj-rehearse reject to re-block merging.

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