fix(nvca): fail closed on missing CA in cluster-validator TLS probe

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TL;DR

The cluster-validator's in-cluster routing probe (probeKubernetesAPIServiceIP) fell back to InsecureSkipVerify: true when the standard service-account CA bundle was unreadable, disabling TLS hostname/certificate verification. This PR removes that pattern: when the CA bundle can't be read or parsed, the probe now fails closed (reports routing as unproven) instead of connecting without verification.

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The fallback only fired when /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt is missing or unreadable — an abnormal state (non-standard service account setup, restricted PodSecurity config) where the connection can't be trusted anyway. In normal operation the validator runs as an in-cluster pod with the standard SA mount, so this branch was never exercised in production. inClusterTLSConfig() now returns (*tls.Config, bool), with false telling the caller to skip the network call and report the probe as failed. inClusterCAPath changed from const to var so tests can point it at a fixture file.

For the Reviewer

Please review internal/clustervalidator/connectivity.go (inClusterTLSConfig, probeKubernetesAPIServiceIP).

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• go test ./internal/clustervalidator/... — full package suite passes, including new tests covering missing CA, invalid CA, and valid CA cases.
• go vet ./internal/clustervalidator/... — clean.
• No QA needed beyond CI; this only changes behavior on a fallback path not exercised in production pods.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Kubernetes API connectivity checks now require a valid, readable service-account CA certificate.
  • Checks fail safely when the CA certificate is missing or invalid instead of using insecure TLS verification.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for missing, invalid, and valid CA certificates.
  • Added validation that API probing fails safely when certificate verification cannot be configured.

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Walkthrough

The connectivity validator now requires a readable, parseable in-cluster CA bundle. It fails closed when the bundle is missing or invalid. Tests cover valid and invalid CA configurations and Kubernetes API probing.

Changes

Connectivity TLS validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Require verified in-cluster TLS src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/clustervalidator/connectivity.go	The in-cluster CA path is mutable for tests. inClusterTLSConfig returns a TLS configuration and success flag. API probing returns false when CA loading fails.
Validate CA loading and probe failure src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/clustervalidator/connectivity_test.go	Tests cover missing, malformed, and valid CA bundles. Tests also verify failed Kubernetes API probing when the CA file is missing.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b8e68

The change makes the TLS probe fail closed when its CA bundle is unavailable or invalid, avoiding unverified connections. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Probe as probeKubernetesAPIServiceIP
  participant TLS as inClusterTLSConfig
  participant CA as Service-account CA bundle
  Probe->>TLS: Request TLS configuration
  TLS->>CA: Read and parse CA bundle
  CA-->>TLS: Return CA data or failure
  TLS-->>Probe: Return TLS configuration and success flag
  Probe-->>Probe: Return false when CA loading fails

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Inline comments:
In
`@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/clustervalidator/connectivity_test.go`:
- Around line 58-92: Combine the three inClusterTLSConfig
tests—TestInClusterTLSConfig_MissingCA_FailsClosed,
TestInClusterTLSConfig_InvalidCA_FailsClosed, and
TestInClusterTLSConfig_ValidCA_VerifiesTLS—into one table-driven test with named
subtests and per-case CA-path setup. Keep each scenario’s expected ok and cfg
assertions, including the valid case’s TLS configuration checks, and preserve
restoration of inClusterCAPath.

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