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fix: default exitOnStopLeading to true in LeaderElectionConfigurationBuilder #3619

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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion docs/content/en/docs/documentation/operations/leader-election.md
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Expand Up @@ -44,7 +44,16 @@ See details under [configurations](configuration.md) page.
the lease.
2. Once leadership is acquired, event processing begins normally.
3. If leadership is lost (e.g. the leader pod becomes unresponsive), another instance acquires the lease
and takes over reconciliation. The instance that lost the lead is terminated (`System.exit()`)
and takes over reconciliation. The instance that lost the lead is terminated (`System.exit(1)`), so
that it is restarted by Kubernetes and no two instances reconcile the same resources in parallel.
This does not happen on a graceful shutdown (`Operator.stop()`), only when the lead is lost while
the operator is running.

{{% alert title="Note" color="primary" %}}
Exiting on lost leadership is always on in production. `LeaderElectionConfigurationBuilder` exposes
`buildForTest(boolean exitOnStopLeading)` to turn it off, but as the name says this is only meant for
tests, where terminating the JVM would kill the test run.
{{% /alert %}}

### Identity and Namespace Inference

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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions ...ore/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/LeaderElectionConfiguration.java
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class LeaderElectionConfiguration {
public static final Duration LEASE_DURATION_DEFAULT_VALUE = Duration.ofSeconds(15);
public static final Duration RENEW_DEADLINE_DEFAULT_VALUE = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
public static final Duration RETRY_PERIOD_DEFAULT_VALUE = Duration.ofSeconds(2);
public static final boolean EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE = true;

private final String leaseName;
private final String leaseNamespace;
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RETRY_PERIOD_DEFAULT_VALUE,
identity,
null,
true);
EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE);
}

/**
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Duration leaseDuration,
Duration renewDeadline,
Duration retryPeriod) {
this(leaseName, leaseNamespace, leaseDuration, renewDeadline, retryPeriod, null, null, true);
this(
leaseName,
leaseNamespace,
leaseDuration,
renewDeadline,
retryPeriod,
null,
null,
EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE);
}

/**
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return Optional.ofNullable(leaderCallbacks);
}

/**
* Whether the process should exit (via {@code System.exit(1)}) when this instance stops leading
* outside of a graceful shutdown. Defaults to {@value #EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE};
* {@code false} is only meant for testing purposes, see {@link
* LeaderElectionConfigurationBuilder#buildForTest(boolean)}.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Do not describe false as test-only. The public deprecated LeaderElectionConfiguration constructor accepts exitOnStopLeading = false, so production code can still create such a configuration. State that true is the default and that buildForTest(boolean) is the supported builder path for tests. Do not claim that production always exits.

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In
`@operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/LeaderElectionConfiguration.java`
around lines 148 - 149, Update the documentation near
LeaderElectionConfigurationBuilder#buildForTest(boolean) to state that true is
the default and identify buildForTest(boolean) as the supported builder path for
tests. Remove the claim that false is only for testing or that production always
exits, since the deprecated public constructor still permits
exitOnStopLeading=false.

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*/
public boolean isExitOnStopLeading() {
return exitOnStopLeading;
}
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+ " instead");
}

/**
* Builds the configuration with {@code exitOnStopLeading} set to {@value
* LeaderElectionConfiguration#EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE}, meaning that the process exits
* when this instance stops leading outside of a graceful shutdown, so that another replica can
* take over without two instances reconciling in parallel.
*/
public LeaderElectionConfiguration build() {
return buildForTest(false);
return build(EXIT_ON_STOP_LEADING_DEFAULT_VALUE);
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}

/**
* Same as {@link #build()}, but allows turning off the exit on stop leading behavior. This should
* only be used for testing purposes, since without exiting, two instances might reconcile the
* same resources in parallel.
*/
public LeaderElectionConfiguration buildForTest(boolean exitOnStopLeading) {
return build(exitOnStopLeading);
}

private LeaderElectionConfiguration build(boolean exitOnStopLeading) {
return new LeaderElectionConfiguration(
leaseName,
leaseNamespace,
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