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fix(egress-proxy): probe reports DNS failure distinctly, not as a TCP connect [#104] - #256

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Bugbot follow-up on the v1.7.1 release PR #254 (rolls under the §8.2 egress epic, client-runtime#104). Low severity, message-accuracy. Chart-only.

Bug

The non-enforcement WARNING block (…reached ${HOST}:443 directly (curl exit $rc; the TCP connect succeeded)) was printed for every curl exit code outside {7,28} — including exit 6 (DNS resolution failure), where no TCP connection was ever attempted. The output could flatly contradict what happened and mislead troubleshooting.

Fix

Split the verdict into a case:

curl exitmeaningverdict
7 / 28connect refused / timed out — TCP never establishedblockedOK, exit 0 (pass)
6DNS resolution failed — no TCP attemptedinconclusive → accurate "could not resolve host" message, exit 1 (fail)
else (0, or TLS/HTTP-layer 35/52/56/60 — all require a completed TCP connect)host reachednot enforced → exit 1 (fail)

Exit 6 fails rather than passing, so a broken-DNS cluster never masquerades as "enforced." The default probe host is an IP (1.1.1.1), so exit 6 only arises for a hostname probe on a cluster with broken DNS.

Tests

helm unittest248/248, lint clean. The suite now also asserts the script reports the DNS case distinctly (could not resolve host).

Chart stays at 1.7.1 (unreleased). After merge to develop I'll re-sync sync/develop-to-main-v1.7.1 so PR #254 carries it.

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Chart-only messaging and probe branching for the §8.2 helm test hook; no runtime auth or data-path changes.

Overview
The egress enforcementhelm test probe no longer treats curl exit 6 (DNS resolution failure) like a successful TCP connect to the canary host.

Verdict logic moves from a simple {7,28} check to a case on exit code: 7/28 still mean blocked (pass); 6 is inconclusive — it prints a dedicated “could not resolve host” warning, advises using an external IP (e.g. 1.1.1.1) or fixing DNS, and fails the test so broken DNS cannot look like enforcement. All other codes still imply the TCP handshake succeeded and trigger the existing “lockdown not enforced” failure path. Inline comments document the three buckets.

Helm unittest now asserts the rendered script includes could not resolve host for the DNS branch.

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…connect succeeded" [#104]
Bugbot (PR #254): the non-enforcement WARNING ("...reached :443 ... the TCP connect
succeeded") was emitted for every non-{7,28} curl exit code, including exit 6 (DNS
resolution failure) where no TCP connection was ever attempted — so the failure
output could contradict what actually happened and mislead troubleshooting.
Split the verdict into a case:
7|28 => TCP never established => egress blocked (pass, exit 0)
6 => INCONCLUSIVE: could not resolve host, no TCP attempted => fail (exit 1)
with an accurate message (never claim "enforced" on a DNS failure)
else (0, or TLS-/HTTP-layer errors 35/52/56/60 that all require a completed TCP
connect) => host reached => NOT enforced (exit 1)
Default probe host is an IP, so exit 6 only arises for a hostname probe on a cluster
with broken DNS. helm-unittest 248/248; lint clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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👋 Heads-up — Code review queue is at 14 / 8

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…light helm test, inert) (#254)
* test(charts): add helm-unittest suite for mysql-storage-pvc template (#250)
The mysql-storage-pvc template (PVC + bare-metal hostPath PV backing the
per-cluster MySQL state store) had no dedicated suite. Add one covering:
- dynamic-PVC-only path (hostPath.enabled=false, managed default)
- hostPath PV+PVC pair, claimRef binding, fixed release-scoped path
- the helm.sh/resource-policy:keep annotation protecting the state store
- access-mode defaulting, pvc size, and storageClass wiring
Tests-only; no source/template/values changes. Security invariants unchanged.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test(charts): add helm-unittest suite for logs-pvc template (#251)
The logs-pvc template (PV + PVC for client logs) had no dedicated
helm-unittest suite. Adds tests/logs_pvc_test.yaml covering the
dynamic-provisioning PVC path and the hostPath PV+PVC path.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Merge pull request #253 from tracebloc/feat/104-egress-enforcement-check
feat(egress-proxy): deploy-time egress-enforcement pre-flight (non-blocking) [client-runtime#104]
* fix(egress-proxy): enforcement check probes TCP reachability, not HTTP code [#104] (#255)
Bugbot (PR #254): the check treated curl HTTP code 000 as proof of a block, but a
TCP connection that succeeds (egress OPEN) then fails TLS verification also yields
000 — so `helm test` could pass on a non-enforcing CNI when probing an IP whose
cert doesn't validate (the default 1.1.1.1 without -k). It conflated "TLS failed"
with "egress blocked", defeating the check.
Key the verdict off TCP reachability via curl's exit code instead of the HTTP
status, and add -k so TLS is explicitly irrelevant: exit 28 (timeout) / 7 (connect
failed) => egress blocked => test PASSES (exit 0); any other outcome (0 success, or
a TLS-/HTTP-layer error such as 35/52/60 — all of which require the TCP connect to
have already succeeded) => egress reached => NOT enforced => test FAILS (exit 1).
Tests assert the verdict keys on the exit code (rc=$?, -k) and guard against a
regression to the old http_code/000 logic. helm-unittest 248/248; lint clean.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(egress-proxy): probe reports DNS failure distinctly, not as "TCP connect succeeded" [#104] (#256)
Bugbot (PR #254): the non-enforcement WARNING ("...reached :443 ... the TCP connect
succeeded") was emitted for every non-{7,28} curl exit code, including exit 6 (DNS
resolution failure) where no TCP connection was ever attempted — so the failure
output could contradict what actually happened and mislead troubleshooting.
Split the verdict into a case:
7|28 => TCP never established => egress blocked (pass, exit 0)
6 => INCONCLUSIVE: could not resolve host, no TCP attempted => fail (exit 1)
with an accurate message (never claim "enforced" on a DNS failure)
else (0, or TLS-/HTTP-layer errors 35/52/56/60 that all require a completed TCP
connect) => host reached => NOT enforced (exit 1)
Default probe host is an IP, so exit 6 only arises for a hostname probe on a cluster
with broken DNS. helm-unittest 248/248; lint clean.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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