refactor(config)!: remove preserveVipOnLeadershipLoss

The option complicated the VIP lifecycle across Services and elections. VIP
addresses are now always released on leadership loss, and the final ARP claim
owns the address deletion.

BREAKING CHANGE: the --preserveVipOnLeadershipLoss flag is removed, and the
vip_preserve_on_leadership_loss environment variable and the
preserveVipOnLeadershipLoss config key are no longer honoured.

Signed-off-by: Marcel Fest <marcel.fest@telekom.de>
This commit is contained in:
Marcel Fest
2026-09-04 13:12:59 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent a251e05fe4
commit 95a95d332f
7 changed files with 1 additions and 44 deletions

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@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ func init() {
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initConfig.EnableARP, "arp", false, "Enable Arp for VIP changes")
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initConfig.EnableWireguard, "wireguard", false, "Enable Wireguard for services VIPs")
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initConfig.EnableRoutingTable, "table", false, "Enable Routing Table for services VIPs")
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initConfig.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss, "preserveVipOnLeadershipLoss", false, "Preserve ARP VIP addresses on interface when leadership is lost (default: false for backward compatibility)")
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initConfig.LoseLeadership, "loseLeadership", false, "Lose leadership when VIP interface goes down")
kubeVipCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&initConfig.LoseLeadershipTimeoutSeconds, "loseLeadershiptTimeoutSeconds", 30, "Timeout before re-electing a leader when the VIP interface is down")

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@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Remove(instance *Instance) {
m.RemoveWithIPDelete(instance, true)
}
// RemoveOnLeadershipLoss removes an ARP instance when leadership is lost
func (m *Manager) RemoveOnLeadershipLoss(instance *Instance) {
// Use the inverse of PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss to decide whether to delete the IP
// If preserve is true, don't delete IP (deleteIP = false)
// If preserve is false, delete IP (deleteIP = true), This is the legacy behavior
deleteIP := !m.config.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss
m.RemoveWithIPDelete(instance, deleteIP)
}
func (m *Manager) RemoveWithIPDelete(instance *Instance, deleteIP bool) {
m.mu.Lock()
defer m.mu.Unlock()

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@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ func (cluster *Cluster) layer2Update(ctx context.Context, network vip.Network, c
<-ctx.Done() // if cancel() execute
log.Debug("ending layer 2 update", "ip", ipString, "interface", network.Interface(), "ms", c.ArpBroadcastRate)
cluster.arpMgr.RemoveOnLeadershipLoss(arpInstance)
cluster.arpMgr.Remove(arpInstance)
}
func waitNDPResponder(ctx context.Context, ifaceName string) (*vip.NdpResponder, error) {

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@@ -327,18 +327,6 @@ func ParseEnvironment(c *Config) error {
c.ArpBroadcastRate = 3000
}
// Determine if VIP should be preserved on leadership loss
// true: VIP addresses remain on interface, only ARP/NDP broadcasting stops
// false (default): VIP addresses are deleted on leadership loss (legacy behavior)
env = os.Getenv(vipPreserveOnLeadershipLoss)
if env != "" {
b, err := strconv.ParseBool(env)
if err != nil {
return err
}
c.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss = b
}
// Wireguard Mode
env = os.Getenv(vipWireguard)
if env != "" {
@@ -952,10 +940,6 @@ func mergeConfigValues(baseConfig, fileConfig *Config) {
if !baseConfig.StartAsLeader && fileConfig.StartAsLeader {
baseConfig.StartAsLeader = fileConfig.StartAsLeader
}
if !baseConfig.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss && fileConfig.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss {
baseConfig.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss = fileConfig.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss
}
// Service configuration
if baseConfig.Namespace == "" && fileConfig.Namespace != "" {
baseConfig.Namespace = fileConfig.Namespace

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@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ const (
// vip_arpRate - defines the rate of gARP broadcasts
vipArpRate = "vip_arpRate"
// vipPreserveOnLeadershipLoss - if true, VIP addresses will remain on interface when leadership is lost
vipPreserveOnLeadershipLoss = "vip_preserve_on_leadership_loss"
// vipLeaderElection - defines if the kubernetes algorithm should be used
vipLeaderElection = "vip_leaderelection"

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@@ -687,16 +687,6 @@ func generatePodSpec(c *Config, image, imageVersion string, inCluster bool) (*co
}
}
if c.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss {
preserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss := []corev1.EnvVar{
{
Name: vipPreserveOnLeadershipLoss,
Value: strconv.FormatBool(c.PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss),
},
}
newEnvironment = append(newEnvironment, preserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss...)
}
if c.DebounceTime != debouncer.DefaultTime {
debTime := corev1.EnvVar{
Name: debounceTime,

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@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ type Config struct {
// ArpBroadcastRate, defines how often kube-vip will update the network about updates to the network
ArpBroadcastRate int64 `yaml:"arpBroadcastRate"`
// PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss, if true, VIP addresses will remain on interface when leadership is lost (only ARP/NDP broadcasting stops)
// If false, VIP addresses are deleted on leadership loss (legacy behavior)
PreserveVIPOnLeadershipLoss bool `yaml:"preserveVipOnLeadershipLoss"`
// LoseLeadership enables leadership loss if VIP interface(physical) is down
LoseLeadership bool `yaml:"loseLeadership"`