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Summary

  • Add design doc for replacing PromQL unless lifecycle exclusions with Alertmanager silences managed by a HyperFleet silence reconciler.
  • MVP targets in-cluster RC Alertmanager v2; Observatorium/shared RHOBS API is documented only as a future path.

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  • Doc renders correctly in GitHub (mermaid diagram, relative links)
  • Links to existing design docs and alert rule templates resolve

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  • Documentation
    • Added a design proposal for lifecycle-alert silencing.
    • Documented automatic silence creation, renewal, expiration, cleanup, and recovery after restarts.
    • Described authentication, migration considerations, timeout exemptions, scope boundaries, and future integration options.
    • Defined a transport-independent interface for managing alert silences.

Document the proposed HyperFleet silence reconciler and migration
path off PromQL unless exclusions for ROSAENG-62370.

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The design proposes a regional HyperFleet reconciler that manages Alertmanager lifecycle silences. It defines reconciliation, persistence, access control, migration validation, scope boundaries, and future Observatorium integration.

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Lifecycle alert silencing

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Alerting model and architecture
docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md
Documents the current PromQL suppression model and regional alerting architecture.
Silence reconciliation and client contract
docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md
Defines lifecycle intent handling, Alertmanager silence operations, TTL policies, persistence, authentication, matchers, exemptions, and the SilenceClient interface.
Migration and future integration
docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md
Defines dual-run validation, operational boundaries, implementation follow-up, and future Observatorium tenant API integration.

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@MitaliBhalla MitaliBhalla changed the title docs: add lifecycle alert silencing design ROSAENG-62370: docs: add lifecycle alert silencing design Aug 13, 2026
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@MitaliBhalla: This pull request references ROSAENG-62370 which is a valid jira issue.

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Summary

  • Add design doc for replacing PromQL unless lifecycle exclusions with Alertmanager silences managed by a HyperFleet silence reconciler.
  • MVP targets in-cluster RC Alertmanager v2; Observatorium/shared RHOBS API is documented only as a future path.

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  • Doc renders correctly in GitHub (mermaid diagram, relative links)
  • Links to existing design docs and alert rule templates resolve

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108-112: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Expand dual-run validation before removing unless.

The listed e2e checks cover install, install-timeout, and ready. Add delete-path parity, renewal, restart recovery, duplicate-silence cleanup, and Alertmanager API failure tests before removing the PromQL guard. If limited support or maintenance enters the MVP, cover those states as well.

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In `@docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md` around lines 108 - 112, Expand the
Migration validation checklist before removing unless from SLA alert
expressions: add e2e coverage for delete-path parity, renewal, restart recovery,
duplicate-silence cleanup, and Alertmanager API failures, and include
limited-support or maintenance states if they are part of the MVP.
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In `@docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md`:
- Line 26: Update both repository-relative alert-rule links in the lifecycle
alert-silencing documentation to use ../../argocd/... instead of ../argocd/...,
so they resolve from the docs directory to the root-level argocd directory.
- Around line 92-94: Update the Auth (MVP) design to define AWS IAM
authentication and authorization for the reconciler’s direct Alertmanager
POST/DELETE silence requests, using an IAM-enforcing proxy; alternatively,
explicitly document an approved exception before implementation. Replace the
current ServiceAccount and NetworkPolicy-only statement.
- Line 14: Update the lifecycle alert-silencing recommendation to use DELETE
/api/v2/silence/{silenceID} for expiry, describe POST /api/v2/silences as
supporting creation and updates via postableSilence.id, remove the “no
update-by-ID” statement, and pin the deployed Alertmanager version.
- Line 65: Update the lifecycle description around silence ID persistence and
endsAt recovery to define a stable owner key, single-writer reconciliation, and
explicit handling for missing IDs; require reconciliation and expiration of
every active silence owned by the reconciler. Correct the Alertmanager v2
semantics to state that POST with an existing silence ID updates it, and
document any DELETE-then-POST requirement only as a transport constraint.

Apply the same fix in `@docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md` around lines 69
- 72: The renewal-specific remediation is covered by the consolidated lifecycle
reconciliation guidance.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@docs/design/lifecycle-alert-silencing.md`:
- Around line 108-112: Expand the Migration validation checklist before removing
unless from SLA alert expressions: add e2e coverage for delete-path parity,
renewal, restart recovery, duplicate-silence cleanup, and Alertmanager API
failures, and include limited-support or maintenance states if they are part of
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Run prettier on the design doc, correct Alertmanager v2 API paths,
fix argocd relative links, and document idempotent renewal and
in-cluster auth boundaries.

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Questions from me :)

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Document that renewal extends endsAt by the full window again
(rolling), with a worked example for the installing case.

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Renewal extends the silence for another full window from the time of the renew — it's a rolling TTL, not a small top-up.

For installing / deleting:

  • Create: endsAt = now + 6h
  • Renew trigger: reconciler sees < 1h remaining on the current silence
  • Renew: POST same silence id with endsAt = now + 6h again

So if install started at T0, initial silence expires T0+6h. At ~T0+5h (when <1h left), we roll endsAt to ~T0+11h. We keep doing that on each reconcile pass while the cluster stays in installing. When state flips to available, we DELETE the silence — no need to wait for TTL.

Same pattern for limited_support: 24h window, renew when <4h left, each renew sets endsAt = now + 24h.

Pushed a small doc update with a table + worked example on the branch.

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Restructure per design template, address review feedback on sharding,
orphan handling, maintenance definition, exemptions, and auth wording.

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