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Is this a BUG FIX or a FEATURE ?:

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What this PR does / why we need it:

Removing an ISIS/SRv6 underlay left the router unable to reload FRR. The controller writes an ISIS-free config, but frr-reload.py emits "no isis passive" on the loopback after it has already detached the interface from the ISIS nstance.

FRR rejects that with a YANG "area-tag" error, the reload aborts, and isisd keeps the stale "isis passive" line, poisoning every subsequent reload. This affects any ISIS-to-no-ISIS transition in production; the e2e flake in #645
was only where it surfaced.

Clear ISIS in the correct order via vtysh between frr-reload.py's --test and --reload steps: remove the interface-level passive setting while the ISIS instance still exists, then remove the instance. This is a workaround for upstream FRR bug FRRouting/frr#10133.

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Fixes #645

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Configuration reloads now remove stale ISIS settings that are no longer present in the desired configuration.
    • Obsolete ISIS router instances and interface-level passive settings are cleared to keep the active network configuration in sync.
    • Improved error handling provides clearer, password-redacted feedback when configuration state cannot be read or updated.
    • Configuration testing and reloads now better handle multiple ISIS instances and passive-interface settings.

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The FRR configuration update detects and clears stale ISIS interface and router state after configuration testing and before reload. Tests cover teardown command generation and adapt the fake vtysh helper for configuration reads.

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ISIS cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detect and teardown stale ISIS state
internal/frrconfig/frrconfig.go, internal/frrconfig/frrconfig_test.go
The code reads running and desired configuration, identifies obsolete ISIS state, removes passive interface settings, deletes obsolete ISIS routers, and tests the generated commands.
Run cleanup before reload
internal/frrconfig/frrconfig.go, internal/frrconfig/frrconfig_test.go
Update runs cleanup before reload and returns cleanup errors. The fake vtysh helper returns an empty running configuration for command-style invocations.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Update
  participant vtysh
  participant DesiredConfig
  participant Reload
  Update->>vtysh: Read running configuration
  Update->>DesiredConfig: Read desired configuration
  Update->>vtysh: Execute ISIS teardown commands
  Update->>Reload: Reload configuration
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Suggested reviewers: qinqon, yahlifried

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6e3bf

The cleanup behavior lacks an end-to-end orchestration test, so a future ordering or invocation regression could reintroduce the reload failure without being caught by this suite.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 58.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 4 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: clearing stale ISIS state before an FRR reload when ISIS is removed.
Description check ✅ Passed The description follows the repository template. It identifies the change as a bug fix, explains the failure and solution, references issue #645, includes a release note of NONE, and confirms review o…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #645 tracks the flaky Helm e2e test. The PR clears stale ISIS state before the FRR reload, removes interface-level isis passive settings before ISIS instances, and adds TestNeedsISISTeardown
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The PR changes FRR ISIS teardown behavior and adds focused automated tests for that behavior. The changes support the failure tracked by issue #645. No unrelated changes are evident.
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e2etests/tests/l3vpn_routes.go (1)

535-535: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reset ISIS in this independent SRv6 cleanup.

This Describe block creates and removes its own UnderlaySRv6 copy. If the removal reload fails, CleanAll() can leave stale isis passive state before the readiness wait. Re-fetch the routers and call ResetISIS(routers, "ISIS") after CleanAll().

Proposed fix
 		Expect(infra.LeafSRV6Config.Reset()).To(Succeed())
 		Expect(Updater.CleanAll()).To(Succeed())
+		routers, err := openperouter.Get(cs, HostMode)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(openperouter.ResetISIS(routers, "ISIS")).To(Succeed())
 
 		By("waiting for all router pods to be ready after removing the underlay")
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In `@e2etests/tests/l3vpn_routes.go` at line 535, After Updater.CleanAll() in the
independent SRv6 cleanup, re-fetch the routers and call ResetISIS(routers,
"ISIS") before the readiness wait, ensuring stale ISIS passive state is cleared
when removal reloads fail.
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In `@e2etests/tests/l3vpn_routes.go`:
- Line 535: After Updater.CleanAll() in the independent SRv6 cleanup, re-fetch
the routers and call ResetISIS(routers, "ISIS") before the readiness wait,
ensuring stale ISIS passive state is cleared when removal reloads fail.

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I think this is a product issue, it should not be fixed at tests so we have two options:

  • open a fix at frr-reload.py to check the reoarder issue
  • add some code before frr-reload.py --reload:
    1. Run the existing frr-reload.py --test check.
    2. If the desired configuration removes the ISIS association, clear isis passive on the affected interface.
    3. Run frr-reload.py --reload to apply the removal.

@maiqueb maiqueb changed the title e2e: reset stale ISIS state after SRv6 underlay removal e2e: clear stale ISIS state from FRR config before ISIS-removal reload Sep 14, 2026
Removing an ISIS/SRv6 underlay left the router unable to reload FRR.
The controller writes an ISIS-free config, but frr-reload.py emits
"no isis passive" on the loopback after it has already detached the
interface from the ISIS instance. FRR rejects that with a YANG
"area-tag" error, the reload aborts, and isisd keeps the stale
"isis passive" line, poisoning every subsequent reload. This affects
any ISIS-to-no-ISIS transition in production; the e2e flake in openperouter#645
was only where it surfaced.

Clear ISIS in the correct order via vtysh between frr-reload.py's
--test and --reload steps: remove the interface-level passive setting
while the ISIS instance still exists, then remove the instance. This
is a workaround for upstream FRR bug
FRRouting/frr#10133.

Fixes openperouter#645

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Duarte Barroso <mdbarroso@redhat.com>

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internal/frrconfig/frrconfig_test.go (1)

200-207: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The Update tests make every vtysh read return an empty configuration, so they never exercise the new cleanup path through the production orchestration or assert that teardown precedes --reload. Make the fake return a stale ISIS configuration in one Update case and assert the generated vtysh command sequence and reload ordering.

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In `@internal/frrconfig/frrconfig_test.go` around lines 200 - 207, Update the
vtysh fake used by the Update tests so at least one Update case returns a stale
ISIS configuration instead of always returning empty output. Assert the
generated vtysh command sequence and verify stale-ISIS teardown occurs before
the --reload command, covering the production orchestration path.
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In `@internal/frrconfig/frrconfig_test.go`:
- Around line 200-207: Update the vtysh fake used by the Update tests so at
least one Update case returns a stale ISIS configuration instead of always
returning empty output. Assert the generated vtysh command sequence and verify
stale-ISIS teardown occurs before the --reload command, covering the production
orchestration path.

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