fix(e2e): grant cross-namespace RBAC for Polaris dashboard proxy access

The E2E Headlamp instance runs in privilegedescalation-dev but needs to proxy
to the Polaris dashboard service in the polaris namespace to fetch audit results.

Root cause:
- E2E tests consistently fail with 'Polaris dashboard not reachable' because
  the in-cluster Headlamp (running as ServiceAccount headlamp-e2e-test in
  privilegedescalation-dev) lacks permission to proxy to polaris-dashboard
  in the polaris namespace
- The default RBAC only covered the privilegedescalation-dev namespace
- The error manifests as a 503 from the Kubernetes API proxy, causing
  the loading spinner to persist indefinitely in E2E runs

Fix:
- Add a new Role + RoleBinding for the polaris namespace that grants
  get+proxy on the polaris-dashboard service
- The ARC runner's ServiceAccount (runners-privilegedescalation-gha-rs-no-permission
  in arc-runners) is the subject for both bindings, matching the existing pattern
- Add a pre-flight check in deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh that warns if Polaris
  proxy RBAC is missing, so CI output makes the issue self-diagnosing

Note: This RBAC change must be applied to the cluster before E2E runs will
pass. The deploy script detects and warns about the missing permission.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
This commit is contained in:
Hugh Hackman
2026-04-27 01:12:08 +00:00
parent dff1265435
commit 4826604a02
2 changed files with 34 additions and 0 deletions
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@@ -44,3 +44,30 @@ roleRef:
kind: Role
name: e2e-ci-runner
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: e2e-ci-runner
namespace: polaris
rules:
# E2E Headlamp needs to proxy to the Polaris dashboard service to fetch audit results.
# The service account in privilegedescalation-dev is granted get+proxy on polaris-dashboard.
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["services/proxy"]
verbs: ["get"]
resourceNames: ["polaris-dashboard"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: e2e-ci-runner-binding
namespace: polaris
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: runners-privilegedescalation-gha-rs-no-permission
namespace: arc-runners
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: e2e-ci-runner
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
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@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ if ! kubectl auth can-i delete configmaps -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --quiet 2>/dev/nul
exit 1
fi
echo "Checking RBAC for Polaris dashboard proxy access..."
if ! kubectl auth can-i get services/proxy -n polaris --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
echo "WARNING: Missing RBAC — cannot proxy to polaris-dashboard in namespace 'polaris'." >&2
echo " E2E tests that depend on Polaris data may fail." >&2
echo " Apply the polaris namespace RBAC: kubectl apply -f deployment/e2e-ci-runner-rbac.yaml" >&2
fi
echo "=== E2E Headlamp Deployment ==="
echo " Image: ghcr.io/headlamp-k8s/headlamp:${HEADLAMP_VERSION}"
echo " Namespace: $E2E_NAMESPACE"