bug: no CI tests the latest release

[MikeSpreitzer]

Describe the bug

Bug #588 was not detected by KubeFlex CI.

Steps To Reproduce

See above

Expected Behavior

Some things only happen in the release process. They should be tested by CI.

Additional Context

No response

[shivansh-source]

The failure path existed exclusively in the release artifact generation step, which CI never validated.

[shivansh-source]

The chart generation logic (make chart) only runs in the release workflow and is not exercised by PR CI or E2E tests. As a result, regressions in release artifacts (like #588) can ship undetected. The correct fix is to add CI coverage that runs make chart and validates the rendered Helm chart (e.g. via helm template) on pull requests.

[shivansh-source]

/assign

[MikeSpreitzer]

The correct fix is to add CI coverage that runs make chart and validates the rendered Helm chart (e.g. via helm template) on pull requests.

Well, to get complete and accurate coverage, the CI test would have to do what is done when making a release. In other words, make a test release. And then test that test release.

We could just with just introducing a way to test a release.

[shivansh-source]

@MikeSpreitzer this should be closed i think