PTPCI: Slim down nightly runs

[nocturnalastro]

Summary by CodeRabbit

This PR reduces and reshapes Telco 5G/PTP nightly CI coverage for the OpenShift release configuration by removing several e2e-telco5g-ptp jobs across older nightly streams and reworking the remaining schedules in newer ones.

Practically, this:

• drops the PTP nightly job from multiple release branches where it is no longer needed,
• removes the older e2e-telco5g-ptp-upstream variant in some streams,
• adjusts cron timing and runtime settings for the remaining Telco 5G jobs,
• and, in 4.18, replaces the old PTP job with newer network-flow-matrix job variants for Telco 5G coverage.

It also makes a small resource request adjustment to the e2e-aws-driver-toolkit job in one release config.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

Nightly OpenShift release configs drop several e2e-telco5g-ptp jobs, add network-flow-matrix Telco 5G variants in 4.18, and retune telco cron/env settings in 4.22 and 5.0. Two e2e-aws-driver-toolkit resource request blocks are also updated.

Changes

AWS driver toolkit resource updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Resource requests ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.13.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.17.yaml	e2e-aws-driver-toolkit keeps a CPU-only request in 4.13 and changes its resources.requests block again in 4.17.

Telco 5G periodic job changes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remove ptp jobs ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.12.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.13.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.14.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.15.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.16.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.17.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.19.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.20.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.21.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.23.yaml	e2e-telco5g-ptp entries are deleted from the 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, and 4.23 nightly configs.
Add network-flow-matrix jobs ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.18.yaml	4.18 replaces e2e-telco5g-ptp with Telco 5G network-flow-matrix variants and updated cron, T5CI_JOB_TYPE, workflow, and cluster_profile wiring.
Retune schedules ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml	4.22 updates the e2e-telco5g-ptp cron and removes e2e-telco5g-ptp-upstream; 5.0 updates both job crons and switches SKIP_OCP_INSTALL to false for upstream.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~25 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title matches the main change: reducing or trimming nightly test runs.
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	PASS: The PR only edits ci-operator YAML job definitions; no Go/Ginkgo test titles or dynamic test names were added or changed.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PR only changes ci-operator YAML configs; diff has 0 Go files and no Ginkgo test implementations to inspect.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR only edits nightly CI YAML job schedules/resources; no Ginkgo test code was added or modified, so the MicroShift check is not applicable.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	Config-only PR; no new Ginkgo test bodies. Added single-node variants use SNO-specific refs/workflows, so no new SNO-risky test found.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	Only ci-operator release YAML test-job configs changed; no deployment manifests, operator code, or controllers were modified.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	PR only edits ci-operator nightly YAMLs; no process-level OTE binary code or stdout writes were touched.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: This PR only edits ci-operator nightly YAMLs (job removals/cron tweaks); no Ginkgo test code or new It()/Describe() blocks were added, so the IPv6/disconnected check is not applicable.
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	Touched nightly YAMLs only; precise scans found no MD5/SHA1/DES/RC4/3DES/Blowfish/ECB or custom-crypto patterns.
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	Touched YAMLs only remove jobs or tweak cron/resources; searches found no privileged:true, host* , SYS_ADMIN, or allowPrivilegeEscalation:true fields.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	PR only edits CI YAML job schedules/tests; diff search found no logging changes or sensitive strings.

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[openshift-merge-bot]

[REHEARSALNOTIFIER]
@nocturnalastro: the pj-rehearse plugin accommodates running rehearsal tests for the changes in this PR. Expand 'Interacting with pj-rehearse' for usage details. The following rehearsable tests have been affected by this change:

Test name	Repo	Type	Reason
periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.18-e2e-aws-driver-toolkit	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed

The following jobs are not rehearsable without the network-access-rehearsals-ok, and approved labels present on this PR. This is due to the restrict_network_access field being set to false. The network-access-rehearsals-ok label can be added by any openshift org member other than the PR's author by commenting: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed:

Test name
periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-4.22-e2e-telco5g-ptp
periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-e2e-telco5g-ptp-upstream
periodic-ci-openshift-release-main-nightly-5.0-e2e-telco5g-ptp

Interacting with pj-rehearse

Comment: /pj-rehearse to run up to 5 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse skip to opt-out of rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse {test-name}, with each test separated by a space, to run one or more specific rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse more to run up to 10 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse max to run up to 25 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse auto-ack to run up to 5 rehearsals, and add the rehearsals-ack label on success
Comment: /pj-rehearse list to get an up-to-date list of affected jobs
Comment: /pj-rehearse abort to abort all active rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed to allow rehearsals of tests that have the restrict_network_access field set to false. This must be executed by an openshift org member who is not the PR author

Once you are satisfied with the results of the rehearsals, comment: /pj-rehearse ack to unblock merge. When the rehearsals-ack label is present on your PR, merge will no longer be blocked by rehearsals.
If you would like the rehearsals-ack label removed, comment: /pj-rehearse reject to re-block merging.

[coderabbitai]

Actionable comments posted: 1

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml`:
- Around line 1812-1816: The job configuration is increasing CI load instead of
reducing it, so revert the schedule and install-path change in the affected
release job definition. Update the cron in the job stanza to keep the run
frequency slimmed down again, and restore the SKIP_OCP_INSTALL setting so the
job does not force the full install path; check the surrounding job block in
openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml to keep the intended lightweight
behavior.

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📥 Commits

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⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (1)

• ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/openshift-release-main-periodics.yaml is excluded by !ci-operator/jobs/**

📒 Files selected for processing (13)

• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.12.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.13.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.14.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.15.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.16.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.17.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.18.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.19.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.20.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.21.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.22.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.23.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml

💤 Files with no reviewable changes (11)

• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.20.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.13.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.18.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.16.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.12.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.15.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.23.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.19.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.14.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.17.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-4.21.yaml

[coderabbitai]

🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

This upstream job now expands nightly load instead of slimming it down.

Changing the cron from weekly to 0 6 * * 0-5 makes this run six times per week, and SKIP_OCP_INSTALL: "false" now exercises the full install path. That materially increases CI consumption and looks opposite to this PR’s stated goal.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In
`@ci-operator/config/openshift/release/openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml`
around lines 1812 - 1816, The job configuration is increasing CI load instead of
reducing it, so revert the schedule and install-path change in the affected
release job definition. Update the cron in the job stanza to keep the run
frequency slimmed down again, and restore the SKIP_OCP_INSTALL setting so the
job does not force the full install path; check the surrounding job block in
openshift-release-main__nightly-5.0.yaml to keep the intended lightweight
behavior.

[nocturnalastro]

But we removed many others.

[openshift-ci]

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Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
ci/prow/generated-config	b2957ba	link	true	/test generated-config

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