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Add a design doc for DPU extension service integration with DPF. The design describes how tenant-created extension services can be installed through the DPF Helm service lifecycle while only running on DPUs selected by instance attachments.

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  • Documentation
    • Added Stage 1 designs for Helm-chart extension services managed through DPF resources.
    • Defines chart validation, security rules, stable workload and placement identifiers, and lifecycle handling.
    • Documents asynchronous creation, updates, deletion, retries, recovery, ownership checks, and conflict handling.
    • Adds lifecycle states and Helm-chart service type information to the service response.
    • Covers attachment and detachment behavior, status reporting, compatibility, testing, and launch prerequisites.
    • Preserves existing Kubernetes pod extension-service behavior.

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Adds a Stage 1 design for DPF_HELM_CHART extension services. It defines API contracts, deterministic DPF resources, durable reconciliation, attachment and status handling, cleanup gates, rollout compatibility, testing, and launch prerequisites.

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DPF Helm Chart Extension Services

Layer / File(s) Summary
Service model and API contracts
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md, docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md
Defines DPF_HELM_CHART, lifecycle states, Helm data validation, chart qualification, security rules, placement identifiers, and preserved KUBERNETES_POD behavior.
Durable resource reconciliation
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md, docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md
Defines persisted desired state, synchronous creation, in-place updates, optimistic concurrency, retry handling, recovery, and the restart-safe resource worker.
Attachment, status, and cleanup lifecycle
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md, docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md
Defines DPUDevice label synchronization, DPF-backed status projection, detach and deletion termination gates, soft deletion, and ownership checks.
Integration, rollout, and validation
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md, docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md
Lists NICo integration changes, capability-gated rollout rules, test coverage, acceptance scenarios, and external launch confirmations.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4670

The design currently defines conflicting lifecycle, API, resource-naming, update, credential, and cleanup behavior across its documents, which could lead to inconsistent implementations or unsafe deletion and recovery handling. Merge should wait until these contracts are aligned or explicitly accepted by the owning team.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant API
  participant StateStore
  participant ExtensionServiceResourceWorker
  participant DPF
  participant InstanceLifecycle
  API->>StateStore: Persist desired Helm service state
  StateStore->>ExtensionServiceResourceWorker: Provide pending resource state
  ExtensionServiceResourceWorker->>DPF: Create or update DPUService
  DPF-->>ExtensionServiceResourceWorker: Return resource identity and status
  InstanceLifecycle->>DPF: Reconcile placement and termination state
  DPF-->>API: Expose lifecycle and per-DPU status
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In `@docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md`:
- Around line 364-391: Add a composite primary key or UNIQUE constraint to
extension_service_attachments covering instance_id, dpu_machine_id, service_id,
and service_version, and define foreign keys linking these columns to the
referenced instance, DPU, and service-version records. Preserve the existing
defaults and state checks while enforcing one attachment per versioned service
assignment at the database boundary.
- Line 400: Correct the documentation identifiers and grammar in the referenced
sentences: separate “objects.” from “Deployment” on the line containing “shared
DPUDeployment objects.Deployment,” and at the sentence around “INSTANCE_DPUS”
and “ExtensionServiceReconciliationController,” use the exact correct
identifiers and rewrite the sentence for clear operator-facing meaning.
- Around line 571-574: Correct the deployment-stage reference in the ALL_DPUS
readiness description so it identifies ALL_DPUS as Stage 1, consistent with the
document’s contract. Leave the INSTANCE_DPUS Stage 2 description and readiness
semantics unchanged.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md`:
- Around line 350-351: Update the extension_service_attachments table definition
to enforce one row per instance, DPU, service, and version with a composite
primary key or UNIQUE constraint, and add foreign keys for its referenced
entities. Ensure the schema rejects duplicate attachments and prevents orphaned
attachment records.
- Line 591: Clarify the controller flow for rows with desired_state 'DELETING'
so they are actually claimed and processed. Prefer extending the existing
durable controller process to handle both 'ACTIVE' and 'DELETING' states;
otherwise define the deletion queue, polling, retry, and restart behavior
alongside the existing worker flow.
- Around line 194-207: Define and document Helm value merge semantics:
deep-merge tenant values first, then apply NICo-owned values with NICo
precedence. Reject tenant values at reserved paths or descendants, including
parent-path type conflicts for imagePullSecrets and
serviceDaemonSet.nodeSelector. For ALL_DPUS qualified charts, require templates
to render no default serviceDaemonSet.nodeSelector so the generated NICo
selector is the sole placement mechanism.
- Line 527: Update the selector-label lifecycle described in Stage 2 to use
atomic attachment aggregation: remove a generated label from a DPU only when no
active extension_service_attachments rows for that DPU still reference the same
service UUID and version; otherwise retain it. Add coverage for two instances
sharing one DPU and version, verifying removing one instance preserves the label
until the final attachment is removed.
- Around line 461-465: Expand the state-machine documentation around the
controller flow to include transition tables for both version and attachment
states. Document every success, skip, retry, polling, restart, deletion,
maintenance, and error transition, including the persisted state used to resume
reconciliation, and ensure the tables match the Mermaid flow and controller
rules.
- Line 17: Extend the API model around the extension-service kind enum and its
request/response serialization to support the exact wire value DPF_HELM_CHART
alongside kubernetes_pod. Update parsing, display, persistence, and any
validation so create and read operations preserve this value and its
Helm-specific fields and credentials without altering existing kubernetes_pod
behavior.
- Around line 467-470: Define the canonical hash contract for the detached DPF
service name and INSTANCE_DPUS label in the design: specify UUID/version
serialization, hash algorithm, base32 encoding, casing, padding removal,
20-character truncation, and collision handling. Add deterministic test vectors
covering the resulting dpf_service_name and Node label key, and ensure the
uniqueness and selector requirements reference this contract.
- Around line 394-395: Expand the direct DPUService integration section to
define the SDK contract: add repository operations for applying, updating,
waiting for readiness, and deleting owned detached DPUService resources, and
describe the corresponding DPF controller support. Alternatively, specify use of
the DPUDeployment lifecycle instead, including how it handles creation, updates,
readiness, and deletion; retain the existing releaseName and nodeSelectorTerms
CRD integration.
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- For `ALL_DPUS`, it tracks site-wide deployment of the detached `DPUService`.
- For `INSTANCE_DPUS`, it tracks registration of the reusable detached `DPUService`. Instance-specific state is stored in `extension_service_attachments`.

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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Enforce attachment identity at the database boundary.

The design requires one attachment row per instance, DPU, service, and version, but the supplied extension_service_attachments table still lacks a composite key or UNIQUE constraint and foreign keys. Retries or concurrent reconciliation can create duplicate or orphaned attachment state.

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instance, DPU, service, and version with a composite primary key or UNIQUE
constraint, and add foreign keys for its referenced entities. Ensure the schema
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md`:
- Around line 471-472: Update the create-response sentence in the design
document to clearly state that a create response does not imply a chart has been
fetched or a workload is healthy.
- Around line 285-295: Align the extension-service naming and configuration
contract in the documented examples and tests around the UUID hash generation:
use one canonical resource prefix, label namespace, ownership label, and
management namespace consistently across generated DPUService names, Helm
release names, node labels, lookup, ownership verification, synchronization, and
deletion references.
- Around line 552-570: The MVP decision must require explicit DPF terminated
status and must not infer termination from missing labels or list entries.
Update the August 14, 2026 MVP note and the related cleanup/deletion sections to
preserve Unknown as incomplete, aligning launch gates and acceptance tests with
the strict termination semantics described by the DPF-to-NICo state mapping.

In `@docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md`:
- Around line 187-216: The lifecycle-state documentation uses inconsistent Ready
versus Active terminology. Replace the internal controller state Ready with
Active, or explicitly define and consistently apply a Ready-to-ACTIVE mapping
across controller flows, persistence, and API responses; update the related
lifecycle sections to use the same vocabulary.
- Around line 479-486: Keep pending and applied Helm revisions separate: in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 479-486, persist the
candidate update without overwriting confirmed V1.data or version_ctr; in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
476-492, use pending resource fields for retries and promote the candidate only
after DPF accepts it, keeping persisted and external state consistent.
- Around line 64-66: The Stage 1 documentation must define a secure, usable
credential contract rather than leaving credential support ambiguous. In
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 64-66, either remove the
credential-support goal or specify the supported credential path; in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
51-64, align the design by documenting secure private-repository and
image-credential handling, or explicitly retain public-only qualification with
rejection of unsupported credentials.
- Around line 692-715: Use one consistent termination proof across both design
documents: in docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 692-715,
remove the August 14 label-only inference or explicitly revise the cleanup
guarantee and launch criteria; in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
552-597, keep Unknown incomplete and require explicit DPF termination if that
remains the launch contract.
- Around line 157-172: Clarify exclusive reconciliation ownership in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 157-172: state whether
ExtensionServiceStateController exclusively performs all external DPUService
calls or only service-level state operations, including how other lifecycle
paths are excluded. In
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
623-640, define the resource worker’s exclusive claim, restart-safe retry
behavior, and hand-off rules for create, update, and delete states, ensuring
only one reconciler owns each operation and failures remain recoverable.
- Around line 543-544: Align the display-name reuse lifecycle across both design
documents: in docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 543-544,
explicitly state whether reuse is allowed only after the service reaches
DELETED; in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
613-621, document the corresponding database uniqueness constraint and
soft-deleted lookup behavior so both documents describe the same
operator-visible lifecycle.
- Around line 15-18: Correct the documentation grammar and spelling throughout
the referenced passages: change “it’s pod spec” to “its pod spec,” write “etc.”
with its period, fix “attachement,” change “should also creates” to “should also
create,” remove the space before the comma in “check, it,” add the missing
article in “For a DPF_HELM_CHART service,” and replace “ex.” with “e.g.”.
- Around line 597-600: Align mixed-service compatibility with the implemented
API validation and deployment behavior: update
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 597-600 to either permit
mixed DPF_HELM_CHART and KUBERNETES_POD services or document their prohibition,
then update
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
708-709 so mixed-instance behavior, target selection, and status-source tests
reflect the same decision.
- Around line 106-110: Make the per-DPU/per-DPUService status API the
authoritative launch gate: in docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md
lines 106-110, remove the promise of degraded aggregate-status support or
explicitly define it as disabled before launch; in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
68-78, retain the mandatory status gate and align deployment cleanup flows with
that requirement.
- Around line 174-185: Define a single lifecycle contract for existing
KUBERNETES_POD services: preserve the API-visible lifecycle_state as None while
treating any internal Active state as implementation-only. Update the migration
and rollout documentation, response mapping, and compatibility tests
consistently, including the referenced sections.
- Around line 164-172: Select one create-response contract and make the API
handlers, durable queue, ExtensionServiceStateController, and tests consistent
with it. Update docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md:164-172
accordingly, and align compensation, timeout, and recovery behavior in
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md:451-469
with the same asynchronous or synchronous model.
- Around line 294-325: Canonicalize the DPF Helm service data contract across
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 294-325 and
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
165-186: select one technically correct schema for the chart-name and privilege
fields, then make both the documented example/table and the implementation’s
parsing, normalization, DPUService mapping, and tests use it consistently.
- Around line 381-399: Use one canonical generated-resource identity across
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services.md lines 381-399 and
docs/design/dpf-helm-chart-extension-services-implementation-design.md lines
285-341. Align the DPUService name and label prefixes, ownership label,
namespace behavior, hash derivation, and all examples with the public design and
implementation tests; update both sites consistently.
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