CORS-4550: Promote GCD to Default

[patrickdillon]

Move GCD to default featureset. Promoted via SBAR.

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@patrickdillon: This pull request references CORS-4550 which is a valid jira issue.

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Move GCD to default featureset. Promoted via SBAR.

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• features.md
• features/features.go
• payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-4-10-Hypershift-Default.yaml
• payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-4-10-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change enables GCPSovereignCloudInstall in the default feature set. The feature matrix marks it enabled for Hypershift and SelfManagedHA defaults, while OKD remains unchanged. The Hypershift and SelfManagedHA default feature-gate manifests move it from disabled to enabled. TechPreview and DevPreview behavior remains unchanged.

Suggested reviewers:jsafrane, haircommander, jcmoraisjr

Merge Risk:⚪ Minimal · up to 33f9e

This localized change promotes GCD to the default feature set; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the issue and states that GCD moves to the default featureset.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains that GCD moves to the default featureset and notes the SBAR promotion.
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	The diff changes only feature-gate metadata and generated manifests. It adds no Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When titles, dynamic or otherwise.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	The patch changes feature metadata and feature-gate manifests only. It adds or modifies no Ginkgo tests, so the listed test-quality requirements do not apply.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The commit changes only feature-gate documentation, Go registration, and YAML manifests; it adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or test-like paths to assess.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The commit changes only feature-gate metadata and YAML manifests; it adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or multi-node test assumptions.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	The diff changes only feature-gate registration, documentation, and enabled/disabled lists; no deployment, controller, or scheduling constraint is added.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	The PR changes only feature metadata, one feature-gate initializer, and two YAML manifests; it adds no process-level stdout write or OTE binary setup.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The patch changes only feature metadata and YAML manifests; the diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or network/external connectivity code.
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	The PR only promotes GCPSovereignCloudInstall in feature metadata and manifests; the added lines contain no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, Blowfish, ECB, or crypto code.
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	The diff only promotes GCPSovereignCloudInstall in FeatureGate data; no changed file adds privileged, host namespace, SYS_ADMIN, root, or allowPrivilegeEscalation settings.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	The diff only changes feature-gate metadata and manifests; it adds no logging calls or sensitive-data indicators.

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