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Summary

Found while going through 48h of runner logs. 12 occurrences of:

ERROR  Failed to extract ready pods from {'api_version': None,
 'kind': None,
 'metadata': {'annotations': {'cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/daemonset-pod': 'true'},
 ...
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Root cause

is_pod_ready() defaults conditions = [] — clearly anticipating the absent case — then overwrites it unconditionally:

def is_pod_ready(pod) -> bool:
    conditions = []
    if isinstance(pod, V1Pod):
        conditions = pod.status.conditions   # None on a just-created pod
    ...
    for condition in conditions:             # TypeError

status.conditions is None on a pod the API server has accepted but kubelet hasn't reported on yet. Every one of the 12 hits is a GKE cluster-autoscaler gke-system-balloon-pod-* whose creation_timestamp equals the log timestamp to the second — discovery raced pod creation. extract_ready_pods() caught the TypeError and returned 0 through the exception path instead of the correct 0.

The outcome is harmless, which is why it went unnoticed, but it's a swallowed crash rather than an expected condition.

Changes

1. Fix the readpod.status.conditions or [] in both branches, matching the idiom already used in core/model/jobs.py:52.

2. Stop dumping the whole resource into the log line. Each ERROR interpolated the entire pretty-printed V1Pod: 182–377 lines apiece, ~2,900 lines of a 3,193-line log. That buries the traceback that actually matters, and would do the same for a genuine failure — so this isn't just about the 12 benign hits. New resource_ref() helper logs Kind namespace/name, with the full object kept at logging.debug. Applied to all six extract_* handlers (containers ×2, ready pods, total pods, volumes ×2) since they shared the pattern.

Deliberately not demoting these to DEBUG: with the or [] fix the benign case stops raising entirely, and a real extraction failure still deserves an ERROR — just a legible one.

Tests

10 new tests in tests/discovery/test_discovery.py: None/empty/populated conditions, Ready True/False/Unknown, non-Ready conditions ignored, extract_ready_pods emitting no ERROR for the unpopulated case, and resource_ref identifying a resource without pasting its spec (and surviving a resource with no metadata).

  • poetry run pytest tests/discovery/test_discovery.py → 10 passed
  • Full suite: 18 failures before and after this change (pre-existing test_scope_matching / test_kind_cluster / test_discovery_recovery_on_failure, all sandbox-environment related and unrelated to this diff); passing count goes 340 → 350, which is exactly the 10 new tests.

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is_pod_ready() defaulted `conditions = []` and then overwrote it with
`pod.status.conditions` unconditionally. That field is None on a pod the API
server has accepted but kubelet has not reported on yet, so the iteration
raised TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable. extract_ready_pods()
caught it and logged an ERROR, returning 0 via the exception path instead of
the correct 0.

In 48h of runner logs that is 12 occurrences, every one a GKE cluster-autoscaler
gke-system-balloon-pod-* discovered in the same second it was created. The
outcome was harmless but it is a swallowed crash, not an expected condition, so
fix the read: `pod.status.conditions or []`, matching the idiom already used in
core/model/jobs.py.

Also stop interpolating the resource itself into the extract_* failure logs.
Each of those 12 ERRORs dumped the entire pretty-printed V1Pod — 182 to 377
lines apiece, about 2,900 lines of a 3,193-line log — which buries the
traceback that actually matters and would do the same for a genuine failure.
Log `Kind namespace/name` via a new resource_ref() helper and keep the full
object at debug level. Applied to all six extract_* handlers (containers,
ready pods, total pods, volumes) since they shared the pattern.

Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The discovery module adds concise Kubernetes resource references for error logs, moves full resources to debug logs, and handles missing pod status conditions without raising errors. Regression tests cover readiness states, extraction behavior, and logging.

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Discovery handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resource references and extraction logging
src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py
Adds resource_ref and uses concise references for container, pod, and volume extraction errors. Full resources are logged at debug level.
Null-safe pod readiness validation
src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py, tests/discovery/test_discovery.py
Treats missing or None pod conditions as empty. Tests cover readiness states, ready-pod extraction, and logging.

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This localized change prevents expected pod states from producing misleading errors and makes genuine extraction failures easier to diagnose; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py (2)

875-876: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the intentional broad fallback or narrow the exception.

resource_ref() runs during exception handling, so a fallback is useful. However, except Exception also hides unexpected failures while reading resource properties. Add an inline justification and a local Ruff suppression if this boundary must never raise. Otherwise, catch only the expected access and conversion errors.

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In `@src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py` around lines 875 - 876, Update the
exception handling in resource_ref() to catch only the expected
resource-property access and conversion errors; if the broad fallback must
remain to ensure this exception-handling path never raises, add an inline
justification and a local Ruff suppression for that specific handler.

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896-897: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Defer full-resource formatting until DEBUG logging is enabled.

Each f"...{resource}" expression serializes the full resource before logging.debug() checks the log level. The pinned Kubernetes model builds its representation from the full object dictionary, so failed extractions still perform the expensive conversion when DEBUG logging is disabled. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Use parameterized logging at all six sites.

Proposed fix
-        logging.debug(f"Resource that failed containers extraction: {resource}")
+        logging.debug("Resource that failed containers extraction: %s", resource)

Apply the same pattern to the ready-pod, total-pod, and volume handlers.

Also applies to: 918-920, 989-990, 1013-1014, 1057-1058, 1077-1078

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In `@src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py` around lines 896 - 897, Replace the
eager f-string resource formatting in all six logging sites, including the
handlers around resource_ref(resource), with parameterized logging arguments so
resource serialization is deferred until the message is emitted. Apply this to
both error and debug messages in the container, ready-pod, total-pod, and volume
extraction handlers while preserving the existing messages and exc_info
behavior.

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tests/discovery/test_discovery.py (2)

106-111: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise an extraction failure in the logging test.

This test calls resource_ref() directly. It does not enter any of the six extraction exception handlers. Trigger one representative extraction failure and assert that the ERROR record contains the concise reference and does not contain the full resource dump.

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In `@tests/discovery/test_discovery.py` around lines 106 - 111, Update
test_resource_ref_identifies_resource_without_dumping_it to trigger a
representative extraction failure through the relevant logging path instead of
calling resource_ref() directly. Capture the resulting ERROR record and assert
it includes the concise resource reference “kube-system/balloon-pod-pcrkw” while
excluding “managed_fields” and the full resource dump.

57-103: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the Hikaru Pod branch.

All new fixtures construct V1Pod, but is_pod_ready() has a separate Pod path at Lines 933-934. Add equivalent cases for unset conditions and a Ready=True condition using the Hikaru model.

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In `@tests/discovery/test_discovery.py` around lines 57 - 103, Extend the
discovery readiness tests to cover the Hikaru Pod branch in is_pod_ready, using
Hikaru model fixtures for unset conditions and a Ready=True condition. Assert
unset conditions return False and the ready condition returns True, while
preserving the existing V1Pod coverage.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py`:
- Around line 929-934: Update is_pod_ready to safely handle None status for both
V1Pod and Pod before accessing conditions, defaulting conditions to an empty
list so extract_ready_pods does not raise AttributeError; add a regression test
covering status=None.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py`:
- Around line 875-876: Update the exception handling in resource_ref() to catch
only the expected resource-property access and conversion errors; if the broad
fallback must remain to ensure this exception-handling path never raises, add an
inline justification and a local Ruff suppression for that specific handler.
- Around line 896-897: Replace the eager f-string resource formatting in all six
logging sites, including the handlers around resource_ref(resource), with
parameterized logging arguments so resource serialization is deferred until the
message is emitted. Apply this to both error and debug messages in the
container, ready-pod, total-pod, and volume extraction handlers while preserving
the existing messages and exc_info behavior.

In `@tests/discovery/test_discovery.py`:
- Around line 106-111: Update
test_resource_ref_identifies_resource_without_dumping_it to trigger a
representative extraction failure through the relevant logging path instead of
calling resource_ref() directly. Capture the resulting ERROR record and assert
it includes the concise resource reference “kube-system/balloon-pod-pcrkw” while
excluding “managed_fields” and the full resource dump.
- Around line 57-103: Extend the discovery readiness tests to cover the Hikaru
Pod branch in is_pod_ready, using Hikaru model fixtures for unset conditions and
a Ready=True condition. Assert unset conditions return False and the ready
condition returns True, while preserving the existing V1Pod coverage.
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Comment thread src/robusta/core/discovery/discovery.py Outdated
Drop the resource_ref helper and its six call sites — out of scope for the
TypeError this PR is about, which the conditions fix makes moot anyway since
the ERROR stops firing.

Use getattr so a pod with status=None is covered too, per review: that path
raised AttributeError rather than TypeError but reached the same log.

Signed-off-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
@Avi-Robusta Avi-Robusta changed the title Stop logging an ERROR for pods whose status is not populated yet ROB-889 Stop logging an ERROR for pods whose status is not populated yet Aug 13, 2026
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