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This PR prevents a ProviderConfig from being deleted while a managed resource
that uses it is still terminating.

It:

  • Adds finalizer.providerconfigusage.crossplane.io to a ProviderConfigUsage
    and makes the managed reconciler the owner of both ends of that finalizer:
    Protect adds it right after a successful Connect, Untrack removes it
    after the managed resource has removed its own finalizer, on both the Delete
    and the Orphan/no-Delete paths. Track never touches the finalizer and
    preserves existing finalizers when it updates the usage.
  • Exposes this through a new ProviderConfigUsageCleaner interface
    (Protect/Untrack), implemented by both existing trackers, and turns it
    on by default. The managed reconciler derives its cleaner from the managed
    resource's scope and the single ProviderConfigUsage kind of that scope
    registered with the manager's scheme, which is the kind the provider's
    connector records usages with. managed.WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner
    overrides the default, for schemes that register no or several usage kinds
    of a scope, and passing NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner() turns
    protection off. NewReconciler's signature is unchanged.
  • Skips adding the usage finalizer when the usage is already being deleted,
    since the API server rejects new finalizers on a terminating object. The
    usage is recreated and protected on the next reconcile once it is gone.
  • Teaches the ProviderConfig reconciler to release a terminating, finalized
    usage whose owner is gone, was replaced, or has itself finished teardown
    (deleting, with no finalizers other than the garbage collector's), reading the
    owner through an uncached API reader. It also strips the finalizer before
    deleting a usage that has no owner reference.
  • Changes the delayed-delete gate from Delay external delete call when other finalizers exist #855 to count only non-GC finalizers
    (meta.NonGCFinalizers), so foregroundDeletion and orphan no longer
    hold back external deletion. Without this the usage finalizer deadlocks
    foreground deletion.
  • Emits warning events when protecting or releasing a usage fails.

Why is this needed?

During foreground deletion, a ProviderConfigUsage can be garbage-collected
before its managed resource finishes deleting its external resource. The
ProviderConfig controller then observes no remaining usages and removes its
in-use.crossplane.io finalizer. The managed resource's next reconciliation
fails because its ProviderConfig has already disappeared, leaving the resource
stuck in deletion.

The gate change is needed independently: any controller that adds its own
finalizer to a ProviderConfigUsage deadlocks foreground deletion on the
current gate.

Provider integration

None required. A provider gets ProviderConfig deletion protection by upgrading
crossplane-runtime: the reconciler finds the provider's usage kind in the
manager's scheme, so no code change or option is needed, including for upjet
family providers that register both a cluster-scoped and a namespaced usage
kind. managed.WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner(tracker) is available to
override the choice, where tracker is a ProviderConfigUsageTracker or
LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker built with the same client and usage type
the connector uses, and WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner(NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner())
turns protection off.

Testing

Tested with locally built provider-kubernetes and provider-aws-iam (with
provider-aws-config) on kind: foreground and background cascades of
cluster-scoped and namespaced managed resources with the ProviderConfig
deleted concurrently, composed claims with both compositeDeletePolicy values,
a paused managed resource, migration of usages created without the finalizer,
and namespace deletion. Both providers were also built from their upstream
trees with only the runtime replaced, to confirm the default applies without
any provider change.

Design: crossplane/crossplane#7594
Fixes: crossplane/crossplane#4661

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Walkthrough

The change adds explicit ProviderConfig usage protection and release operations. ProviderConfig reconciliation validates owner teardown through uncached API reads. Managed reconciliation configures usage cleanup through an option and excludes Kubernetes garbage-collection finalizers from deletion delays.

Changes

ProviderConfig usage contract and tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Usage contract and tracking
pkg/meta/meta.go, pkg/meta/meta_test.go, pkg/resource/providerconfig.go, pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go
NonGCFinalizers replaces the previous finalizer helper. The usage cleaner now exposes Protect and Untrack. Modern and legacy trackers manage usage finalizers through these methods while preserving existing finalizers during tracking.

ProviderConfig owner reaping

Layer / File(s) Summary
ProviderConfig owner reaping
pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go, pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go
The reconciler reads terminating owners through the API reader, requeues unresolved owners, and releases usage finalizers when owners are absent, recreated, orphaned, or fully torn down. Tests cover owner teardown, orphan cleanup, user counts, unreadable owners, and warning events.

Managed deletion integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Managed deletion integration
pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go, pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_modern_test.go
NewReconciler uses the original constructor signature. WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner configures the cleaner. The reconciler protects usage after connection and untracks it after finalizer removal. Kubernetes propagation finalizers do not delay external deletion.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0fa13

The PR improves ProviderConfig deletion safety, but a missing usage can still be treated as successfully protected, allowing ProviderConfig or credential deletion during managed-resource teardown; the exported cleaner contract also requires provider updates. These bounded risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ManagedReconciler
  participant ProviderConfigUsageCleaner
  participant ProviderConfigReconciler
  participant APIServer
  ManagedReconciler->>ProviderConfigUsageCleaner: Protect connected managed resource
  ProviderConfigUsageCleaner->>APIServer: Add usage finalizer
  ProviderConfigReconciler->>APIServer: Read terminating owner
  APIServer-->>ProviderConfigReconciler: Return owner state
  ProviderConfigReconciler->>APIServer: Remove usage finalizer after teardown
  ManagedReconciler->>ProviderConfigUsageCleaner: Untrack deleted managed resource
  ProviderConfigUsageCleaner->>APIServer: Remove usage finalizer
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue [#4661] by protecting ProviderConfigUsage during managed-resource termination, preventing premature ProviderConfig deletion, handling stale usages, and ignoring Kubernetes ga…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation, API changes, reconciler updates, and tests support the stated ProviderConfigUsage lifecycle objectives. No unrelated code changes are identified.
Breaking Changes ✅ Passed PASS. The aggregate diff from the repository merge base adds exported APIs but removes or renames none. managed.NewReconciler retains its original signature, and the baseline already had the existin…
Title check ✅ Passed The title is 57 characters, stays under the 72-character limit, and clearly describes the main change: protecting ProviderConfigs while managed resources terminate.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the ProviderConfig protection lifecycle, finalizer changes, reconciler behavior, cleanup, testing, and the reason for the change.

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Actionable comments posted: 4

🧹 Nitpick comments (9)
pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go (1)

279-290: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Could the Terminating message name what is blocking deletion?

The message "Blocking deletion while usages still exist" tells a user that something blocks the delete, but not which usage or which owner. A user then has to list ProviderConfigUsage objects and inspect owner references by hand.

Would you include the usage count and the name of one blocking owner, for example the first usage whose owner is still tearing down? The reconciler already resolves that owner in the loop above.

As per path instructions: "Conditions must be actionable for users (not developers), stable/deterministic, with proper Type/Reason/Message format."

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go` around lines 279 - 290, The
deletion-blocking message in the WasDeleted branch should identify the blocking
usage count and one deterministic owner already resolved by the reconciliation
loop. Update the message used by log.Debug, the warning event, and
Terminating().WithMessage to include that owner’s name, while preserving the
existing status update and requeue behavior.

Source: Path instructions

pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_modern_test.go (2)

72-72: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Ordering assertion is clever. Could finalizerRemoved be scoped to the case?

Asserting that Untrack runs only after RemoveFinalizer succeeded is exactly the invariant this PR depends on, and the failure message states it plainly. Thank you.

finalizerRemoved is declared at line 72, outside the case table and outside the subtest loop. Today only DeleteSuccessfulDeletionPolicyOrphan touches it, so the test is correct. Because subtests run in map iteration order, a second case that used the same variable would become order dependent.

Would you move the flag into a closure created per case, so the state cannot leak between subtests?

Also applies to: 195-206

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_modern_test.go` at line 72, Scope
finalizerRemoved to each test case by creating it inside the per-case subtest
closure rather than before the case table or loop. Update the related
RemoveFinalizer and Untrack callbacks in the subtest setup to use that local
flag, preventing state from leaking between cases or depending on map iteration
order.

46-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Could the test assert which panic it caught?

Guarding the new required dependency with a test is a good addition. Thank you.

The call passes nil for the manager and an empty resource.ManagedKind, so several statements in NewReconciler would panic. recover() == nil accepts any of them. If the nil-cleaner check ever moves below m.GetScheme(), this test keeps passing on a nil-pointer dereference instead of the intended guard.

Would you assert the recovered value matches the panic message?

💚 Proposed change
 func TestNewReconcilerRequiresProviderConfigUsageCleaner(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() {
-		if recover() == nil {
-			t.Error("NewReconciler(...): expected a panic when the ProviderConfigUsageCleaner is nil")
-		}
+		r := recover()
+		if r == nil {
+			t.Fatal("NewReconciler(...): expected a panic when the ProviderConfigUsageCleaner is nil")
+		}
+
+		want := "managed reconciler requires a ProviderConfigUsageCleaner"
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, fmt.Sprint(r)); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("NewReconciler(...): -want panic, +got panic:\n%s", diff)
+		}
 	}()
 
 	NewReconciler(nil, resource.ManagedKind{}, nil)
 }
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_modern_test.go` around lines 46 - 54,
Update TestNewReconcilerRequiresProviderConfigUsageCleaner to capture the
recovered panic value and assert that it matches the specific panic message
produced for a nil ProviderConfigUsageCleaner. Keep the test setup unchanged,
but ensure it fails if NewReconciler panics for an unrelated reason such as
dereferencing the nil manager.
pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go (1)

440-448: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Could you add a reason field to the TestUntrack cases?

The new coverage is valuable — asserting the UID-derived key and the namespace choice per scope is exactly what matters here. Thank you.

The sibling test TestUntrackRejectsMismatchedScope carries a reason on each case, but TestUntrack does not. The repository test conventions ask for a reason field so a failure message explains the expectation. Would you add one for consistency?

♻️ Proposed change
 	for name, tc := range map[string]struct {
+		reason  string
 		cleaner func(client.Client) ProviderConfigUsageCleaner
 		mg      func() Managed
 		wantNS  string
 	}{
 		"Legacy": {
+			reason: "The cluster-scoped tracker must look its usage up by the managed resource's UID, ignoring any namespace.",
 			cleaner: func(c client.Client) ProviderConfigUsageCleaner {
 				return NewLegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker(c, &fake.LegacyProviderConfigUsage{})
 			},
 			// The namespace of a cluster-scoped managed resource is ignored.
 			mg: func() Managed { return &fake.LegacyManaged{} },
 		},
 		"Modern": {
+			reason: "The namespaced tracker must look its usage up by the managed resource's UID within its namespace.",
 			cleaner: func(c client.Client) ProviderConfigUsageCleaner {
 				return NewProviderConfigUsageTracker(c, &fake.ProviderConfigUsage{})
 			},
 			mg:     func() Managed { return &fake.ModernManaged{} },
 			wantNS: namespace,
 		},
 	} {

Then include tc.reason in the assertion messages.

As per path instructions: "Check for proper test case naming and reason fields".

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go` around lines 440 - 448, Add a reason
string field to each table-driven case in TestUntrack, describing the expected
UID-derived key and namespace behavior for that scope. Include tc.reason in the
relevant assertion messages, matching the convention used by
TestUntrackRejectsMismatchedScope.

Source: Path instructions

pkg/resource/providerconfig.go (2)

244-258: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Correct, and the scope guard is a good call.

Rejecting a scope mismatch before any API call is the right choice — it prevents a namespaced tracker from silently probing a cluster-scoped key. The IgnoreNotFound early return also correctly makes Untrack idempotent when the usage is already gone.

Two optional thoughts, both non-blocking:

  1. The two Untrack bodies differ only in the type assertion, the concrete usage type, and the namespace assignment. A shared unexported helper taking the resolved ObjectKey would remove the copy and keep the two paths from drifting later.
  2. errFmtPCUNotModern and errFmtPCUNotLegacy embed %T. The managed reconciler surfaces this error in a Synced condition, so a user reads a Go type name. Would a message naming the resource kind and scope read better for them? These are programming errors, so I do not feel strongly.

As per path instructions: "Ensure all error messages are meaningful to end users, not just developers - avoid technical jargon".

Also applies to: 315-328

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go` around lines 244 - 258, Update
errFmtPCUNotModern and errFmtPCUNotLegacy, including their uses in both Untrack
paths, to report the expected resource kind and scope in user-facing terms
instead of embedding the Go type via %T. Keep the scope-mismatch validation
behavior unchanged while making the resulting Synced condition understandable to
end users.

Source: Path instructions


165-197: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Nice contract shape — one question about the nop cleaner's discoverability.

The ProviderConfigUsageCleaner interface, the function adapter, and NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner read well, and storing the client.Client on the tracker keeps Untrack self-contained. Thank you for keeping the constructor signature unchanged.

One small thought: the doc comment on NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner explains when to use it, but the managed reconciler now panics if a caller passes nil. Would you consider referencing managed.NewReconciler from this comment so provider authors find the nop cleaner quickly when they hit the panic? Purely a docs nicety.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go` around lines 165 - 197, Update the comment
for NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner to reference managed.NewReconciler as the
reconciler that requires a non-nil cleaner, while preserving the existing
guidance that it is intended for managed resources without ProviderConfigUsage.
pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_legacy_test.go (1)

2168-2168: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Mechanical updates look right. One coverage thought.

Both call sites now pass resource.NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner(), which keeps these tests focused on their original behavior.

The modern test file gained a case that asserts Untrack runs after the managed resource finalizer is removed. The legacy file has no equivalent, so the legacy deletion path never exercises a real cleaner. Since LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker.Untrack has its own scope check, would a legacy ordering case be worth adding here too?

Also applies to: 2889-2889

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_legacy_test.go` at line 2168, Add a legacy
deletion-ordering test using a real provider-config usage cleaner instead of the
no-op cleaner, covering that LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker.Untrack runs after
the managed resource finalizer is removed and exercises its scope check. Keep
the existing call sites focused with NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner where they
do not need cleaner behavior.
pkg/meta/meta.go (1)

208-223: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for FinalizersExcludingPropagation.

pkg/meta/meta_test.go tests FinalizerExists, AddFinalizer, and RemoveFinalizer, but it does not call FinalizersExcludingPropagation. Add cases for empty finalizers and only propagation finalizers to make these termination branches covered.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/meta/meta.go` around lines 208 - 223, Add table-driven tests for
FinalizersExcludingPropagation in meta_test.go covering an object with no
finalizers and an object containing only Kubernetes propagation finalizers,
asserting both return an empty slice. Reuse the existing metav1 object/test
patterns and ensure the tests exercise both termination branches.
pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go (1)

435-454: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Great scenario coverage — would you consolidate the single-case tests?

These four tests cover the states that matter: orphaned owner, live ProviderConfig, unreadable owner, and mixed readable and unreadable owners. Thank you for covering the mixed case; it is the one most likely to regress.

Two consistency thoughts:

  1. Each of these is a single scenario in its own function, while TestReapProviderConfigUsageWhoseOwnerFinishedTeardown uses the table-driven reason style the repository asks for. Could the four be folded into one or two table-driven tests keyed by owner state and ProviderConfig state? That would also remove the repeated fake.Manager and NewReconciler setup.
  2. TestReapOrphanedProviderConfigUsage builds its fake.ProviderConfigUsage inline at lines 441-454, even though terminatingUsage at line 622 produces the same shape. Reusing the helper would keep the fixtures aligned.

Both are non-blocking.

As per path instructions: "Enforce table-driven test structure: PascalCase test names (no underscores), args/want pattern".

Also applies to: 641-646, 705-712, 782-789

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go` around lines 435 - 454,
Consolidate the four single-scenario tests covering orphaned, live, unreadable,
and mixed owners into one or two table-driven tests using PascalCase names and
args/want-style cases. Reuse the shared fake.Manager and NewReconciler setup
within the table-driven flow, and replace the inline ProviderConfigUsage fixture
in TestReapOrphanedProviderConfigUsage with the existing terminatingUsage helper
so all equivalent fixtures stay consistent.

Source: Path instructions

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go`:
- Around line 881-892: Confirm the breaking-change label covers all three
exported API changes: the required usage parameter in NewReconciler in
pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go (881-892), the finalizer behavior and
matching-cleaner requirement in ProviderConfigUsageTracker.Track in
pkg/resource/providerconfig.go (228-239), and the same documentation in
LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker.Track (299-311).
- Around line 1082-1089: The Untrack failure handling in Reconcile currently
wraps updateStatus() with errUntrackProviderConfig, hiding the actual untrack
error. In pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go lines 1082-1089 and 1331-1338,
use errUntrackProviderConfig when wrapping the Untrack error for the condition
and returned error, and use errUpdateManagedStatus when wrapping any
updateStatus() failure.

In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go`:
- Around line 225-256: Bound the repeated rechecks in the terminating
ProviderConfigUsage reconciliation path by adding a counter or timeout around
the recheck = true and shortWait requeue behavior. Stop requeueing after the
configured limit and emit the unreadable-owner warning only once per transition
instead of on every reconciliation, while preserving continued rechecks within
the bound.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go`:
- Around line 490-492: Update the doc comment immediately above
TestUntrackRejectsMismatchedScope to name that test function accurately, while
preserving its description of rejecting mismatched scopes.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/meta/meta.go`:
- Around line 208-223: Add table-driven tests for FinalizersExcludingPropagation
in meta_test.go covering an object with no finalizers and an object containing
only Kubernetes propagation finalizers, asserting both return an empty slice.
Reuse the existing metav1 object/test patterns and ensure the tests exercise
both termination branches.

In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_legacy_test.go`:
- Line 2168: Add a legacy deletion-ordering test using a real provider-config
usage cleaner instead of the no-op cleaner, covering that
LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker.Untrack runs after the managed resource
finalizer is removed and exercises its scope check. Keep the existing call sites
focused with NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner where they do not need cleaner
behavior.

In `@pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler_modern_test.go`:
- Line 72: Scope finalizerRemoved to each test case by creating it inside the
per-case subtest closure rather than before the case table or loop. Update the
related RemoveFinalizer and Untrack callbacks in the subtest setup to use that
local flag, preventing state from leaking between cases or depending on map
iteration order.
- Around line 46-54: Update TestNewReconcilerRequiresProviderConfigUsageCleaner
to capture the recovered panic value and assert that it matches the specific
panic message produced for a nil ProviderConfigUsageCleaner. Keep the test setup
unchanged, but ensure it fails if NewReconciler panics for an unrelated reason
such as dereferencing the nil manager.

In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go`:
- Around line 435-454: Consolidate the four single-scenario tests covering
orphaned, live, unreadable, and mixed owners into one or two table-driven tests
using PascalCase names and args/want-style cases. Reuse the shared fake.Manager
and NewReconciler setup within the table-driven flow, and replace the inline
ProviderConfigUsage fixture in TestReapOrphanedProviderConfigUsage with the
existing terminatingUsage helper so all equivalent fixtures stay consistent.

In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go`:
- Around line 279-290: The deletion-blocking message in the WasDeleted branch
should identify the blocking usage count and one deterministic owner already
resolved by the reconciliation loop. Update the message used by log.Debug, the
warning event, and Terminating().WithMessage to include that owner’s name, while
preserving the existing status update and requeue behavior.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go`:
- Around line 440-448: Add a reason string field to each table-driven case in
TestUntrack, describing the expected UID-derived key and namespace behavior for
that scope. Include tc.reason in the relevant assertion messages, matching the
convention used by TestUntrackRejectsMismatchedScope.

In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go`:
- Around line 244-258: Update errFmtPCUNotModern and errFmtPCUNotLegacy,
including their uses in both Untrack paths, to report the expected resource kind
and scope in user-facing terms instead of embedding the Go type via %T. Keep the
scope-mismatch validation behavior unchanged while making the resulting Synced
condition understandable to end users.
- Around line 165-197: Update the comment for NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner
to reference managed.NewReconciler as the reconciler that requires a non-nil
cleaner, while preserving the existing guidance that it is intended for managed
resources without ProviderConfigUsage.
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Comment thread pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go Outdated
Comment thread pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go
Comment on lines 225 to 256
if !meta.WasDeleted(pcu) || !meta.FinalizerExists(pcu, resource.ProviderConfigUsageFinalizer) {
continue
}

// Read the owner from the API server, not the cache. This reconciler
// runs inside providers that configure their own manager cache; an
// informer restricted by selector or namespace, or one that isn't
// synced, reports a live owner as not found. Releasing the usage on a
// false not-found lets the ProviderConfig and its credentials go while
// the owner is still deleting its external resource.
owner := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
owner.SetAPIVersion(ref.APIVersion)
owner.SetKind(ref.Kind)

err := r.apiReader.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Namespace: pcu.GetNamespace(), Name: ref.Name}, owner)
if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
// We can't tell whether the owner still needs its ProviderConfig -
// its kind may no longer be served, for example. Keep blocking
// deletion and surface why, rather than risking orphaned external
// resources.
log.Debug(errGetPCUOwner, "error", err)
r.record.Event(pc, event.Warning(reasonAccount, errors.Wrap(err, errGetPCUOwner)))

recheck = true
continue
}

if err == nil && owner.GetUID() == ref.UID && !ownerFinishedTeardown(owner) {
// Recheck the usage after its owner has had time to finish deleting.
recheck = true
continue
}

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Bound the recheck loop before requeueing indefinitely

Thank you for the API-reader change. When a terminating ProviderConfigUsage has a live owner that is not deleting, this path keeps recheck = true and returns RequeueAfter: shortWait each reconciliation. The reconciler only watches usages and ProviderConfigs, and current tests do not cover whether a bounded backoff/timer is intended for this steady-state. If the goal is to keep rechecking, add a counter/timeout so these requeues do not continue for the whole lifetime of the managed resource, and emit the unreadable-owner warning once per transition rather than on every pass.

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Keep ProviderConfigUsages alive until their managed resources finish teardown,
ignore Kubernetes propagation finalizers during external deletion, and reap
terminating usages whose owners are gone or have completed teardown.

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pkg/meta/meta_test.go (1)

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Use the required args/want table shape.

Rename the o field to args and pass tc.args to FinalizersExcludingPropagation. This keeps the test aligned with the repository test structure.

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Found one issue in pkg/event/event.go:103:

The Eventf call passes reason for both the reason and action parameters:

r.kube.Eventf(obj, nil, string(e.Type), string(e.Reason), string(e.Reason), "%s", e.Message)

Per Kubernetes API docs, action should describe what the controller did (e.g., empty string, "Created", "Updated"), not why. Suggest changing the 5th parameter to an empty string or appropriate action.

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Thank you @ezgidemirel, left some comments for consideration.

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// is not registered with the supplied manager's runtime.Scheme. The returned
// Reconciler uses a no-op external system by default; callers should supply an
// ExternalConnector that can manage resources in a real system.
func NewReconciler(m manager.Manager, of resource.ManagedKind, usage resource.ProviderConfigUsageCleaner, o ...ReconcilerOption) *Reconciler {

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How about making usage a ReconcilerOption? managed.NewReconciler then becomes a variadic function, providers not participating will not set the option (e.g., WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner) and then we can default to the new NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner in defaultMRManaged in case the provider does not specify the option.

We would then remove the nil check and the panic below.

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Done. NewReconciler is back to (m, of, o ...ReconcilerOption), defaultMRManaged sets NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner(), and the nil check and panic are gone. This also removes the compile-time break for every provider, which was the main reason I'd made it required

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change: newNopChangeLogger(),
conditions: new(conditions.ObservedGenerationPropagationManager),
}
r.managed.ProviderConfigUsageCleaner = usage

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We may consider moving this to a ReconcilerOption, e.g., WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner (similar to, for example, WithFinalizer). Please see the comments above.

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Done, WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner. Its doc comment explains that the reconciler owns both ends of the finalizer and that the cleaner need not be the same tracker instance the connector uses, only one
built with the same client and usage type

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Kind: gvk.Kind,
Name: mg.GetName(),
})
meta.AddFinalizer(pcu, ProviderConfigUsageFinalizer)

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Looks like we are unconditionally adding the PCU finalizer here, regardless of whether the provider implementation has opted-in for implementing the new PCU protection. I think this violates what's discussed in the corresponding design. We had better make this conditional, or update the design to reflect what's implemented in this PR. We should also cover the AllowUpdateIf below, i.e., make that conditional also, if we are conditionally adding the finalizer here.

We also need to consider these for the LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker implementation below.

The current reaper implementation seems to be helping us here (in this unconditional finalizer implementation), in a way not discussed in the design. If the provider supplies a NopProviderConfigUsageCleaner, which does not actually remove the PCU finalizer unconditionally added here, then the reaper effectively removes the finalizer in both background & foreground cascading deletes when the controller MR of the PCU has been removed/replaced or has already removed its MR finalizer.

However, please also see the comment on the reaper implementation for the edge case when PCU's ref is nil...

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You were right, and I went further than making it conditional: Track no longer touches the finalizer at all, on both trackers. The reconciler owns both ends through the cleaner: Protect runs right after a
successful Connect and adds the finalizer if it's missing, reading from the cache and writing only when absent; Untrack removes it after the MR's own finalizer, on both the Delete and Orphan paths. A
provider that doesn't pass the option gets the no-op cleaner and never creates a finalized usage, which is the rule the design asks for. AllowUpdateIf is back to the reference-change check, and Track
applies with a preserveFinalizers hook so a ProviderConfig reference change doesn't strip a finalizer the reconciler put there.

On the reaper: agreed it was doing more than the design said, and I've kept that behavior deliberately and documented it. It releases a terminating, finalized usage when the owner is gone, was replaced, or
is itself deleting with only GC finalizers left, so it backstops foreground as well as background. With the finalizer now opt-in it's a backstop for a wired provider's failed release, not a rescue for
unwired ones. The one-pager is updated to match.

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Hi @ezgidemirel,
Now that the managed reconciler is responsible for both adding the PCU finalizer and removing it once the corresponding MR no longer needs it (deleted/replaced or non-GC finalizer have been removed), would it be possible to use the actual (non-noop) ProviderConfigUsageCleaner implementation as the default one? This way we would have the fix automatically rolled out to the providers once they update their crossplane-runtime versions. We should be able to determine the appropriate ProviderConfigUsageCleaner implementation, LegacyProviderConfigUsageTracker or ProviderConfigUsageTracker, based on the GVK of the MR being reconciled as the GVK information is already available in managed.NewReconciler.

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Hi @ulucinar, thanks for the idea! Now that the reconciler owns both ends of the finalizer it's safe. Done in 0d4f5d6.

defaultMRManaged instantiates the MR kind to decide legacy vs. modern, then
looks up the single ProviderConfigUsage kind of that scope registered with the manager's scheme, which is the same kind the provider's connector records usages with.

WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner stays as an override for a scheme that registers no or several usage kinds of a scope, and passing NewNopProviderConfigUsageCleaner() is how a provider turns protection off.

The same commit also makes Protect skip a usage that already has a deletion timestamp, since the API server rejects new finalizers there.

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But now that we are (unconditionally) adding a PCU finalizer, if this boundary condition holds, merely deleting the PCU will not be sufficient: PCU will be stuck in deletion state. I think we need to remove the finalizer here first, if it exists, before making the delete call.

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Done. If the usage has no controller reference and carries our finalizer, the reconciler removes the finalizer and updates the usage before issuing the delete

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pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go (1)

50-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make warning errors actionable for users.

These messages are wrapped into warning events during reconciliation. They do not identify the affected ProviderConfigUsage or tell the user what to check next. Build the event error at the call site with the usage identity and an action such as checking API availability, permissions, or the owner resource.

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In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go` around lines 50 - 51, Update the
reconciliation call sites that use errGetPCUOwner and errReleasePCU so the
warning-event errors include the affected ProviderConfigUsage identity, the
failed operation, and actionable guidance such as checking API availability,
permissions, or the owner resource; keep the constants only as operation context
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pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go (1)

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Use the repository's required args/want table structure for these tests.

Move case inputs into args and expected values into want, while preserving the existing release-before-delete assertions. Apply this consistently at the listed sites.

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In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go` at line 501, Convert
TestReapProviderConfigUsageWithoutController into a table-driven test using a
cases table with args and want fields, preserving the release-before-delete
assertion in each expected result. Follow the repository pattern with a
PascalCase test name, and use cmp.Diff together with cmpopts.EquateErrors() when
comparing errors.

Apply the same fix in `@pkg/resource/providerconfig_test.go` around lines 482 -
486: Covers the wiring inputs and expected result structure.

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In `@pkg/meta/meta.go`:
- Line 212: Preserve the exported FinalizersExcludingPropagation API by adding a
deprecated compatibility wrapper that delegates to NonGCFinalizers, unless this
release is explicitly marked breaking-change. Keep NonGCFinalizers as the
current implementation and ensure both functions return identical results.

Apply the same fix in `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go` at line 180: Covers the
related ProviderConfigUsageCleaner contract and lifecycle compatibility changes.

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In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go`:
- Around line 50-51: Update the reconciliation call sites that use
errGetPCUOwner and errReleasePCU so the warning-event errors include the
affected ProviderConfigUsage identity, the failed operation, and actionable
guidance such as checking API availability, permissions, or the owner resource;
keep the constants only as operation context if still needed.

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- Line 501: Convert TestReapProviderConfigUsageWithoutController into a
table-driven test using a cases table with args and want fields, preserving the
release-before-delete assertion in each expected result. Follow the repository
pattern with a PascalCase test name, and use cmp.Diff together with
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Comment thread pkg/meta/meta.go
// the Kubernetes garbage collector uses to implement deletion propagation -
// foregroundDeletion and orphan. Neither belongs to a controller, and neither
// makes a claim on an external system.
func NonGCFinalizers(o metav1.Object) []string {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Treat the exported API changes as a breaking change, or preserve compatibility.

This PR renames FinalizersExcludingPropagation to NonGCFinalizers and changes ProviderConfigUsageCleaner integration: Protect is required, ProviderConfigUsageCleanerFn is removed, and Track no longer adds the usage finalizer. Existing downstream providers may fail to compile or may omit deletion protection unless the migration is explicit. Add the breaking-change label and document the replacement APIs, or retain deprecated compatibility wrappers and the previous protection behavior.

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In `@pkg/meta/meta.go` at line 212, Preserve the exported
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Address review feedback on the deletion-protection change:

- Make the usage cleaner a ReconcilerOption, WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner,
  defaulting to a no-op, instead of a required NewReconciler parameter.
- Stop adding ProviderConfigUsageFinalizer in Track. The reconciler now owns
  both ends of the finalizer: Protect adds it after Connect and Untrack
  removes it after teardown, so a provider that does not wire the cleaner
  never gets a finalizer nothing will remove. Track preserves whatever
  finalizers the usage already carries when it updates the reference.
- Rename FinalizersExcludingPropagation to NonGCFinalizers and name the two
  garbage collector finalizers it excludes.
- Emit warning events when protecting or releasing a usage fails.
- Release the usage finalizer before deleting a usage that has no owner
  reference, so it cannot be left terminating forever.
- Drop the numControllerFinalizers helper.

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pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go (1)

501-558: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the required table-driven test structure.

Convert this test to a case table with args, want, and a reason field. Compare the observed result with cmp.Diff. This will keep the orphan-cleanup cases consistent as more outcomes are added.

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In `@pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler_test.go` around lines 501 - 558,
Convert TestReapProviderConfigUsageWithoutController into a table-driven test
using PascalCase case names and args, want, and reason fields. Replace the
standalone released/deleted assertions with a comparable observed result and
report mismatches using cmp.Diff, applying cmpopts.EquateErrors() if errors are
included. Preserve the existing finalizer-release-before-delete behavior for the
test case.

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In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go`:
- Around line 176-180: Restore backward compatibility for the exported
ProviderConfigUsageCleaner interface and both exported Track methods: avoid
requiring external implementations to add Protect, and preserve the existing
finalizer behavior of Track. If the new protection API cannot be made
compatible, treat the change as an explicit breaking change with migration
guidance.
- Around line 45-46: Update the finalizer error constants at
pkg/resource/providerconfig.go:45-46 so wrapped add/remove failures include the
affected ProviderConfigUsage identity, operation, underlying cause, and
actionable recovery guidance. Update the lookup/release error reporting at
pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go:50-51 to include the owner and
ProviderConfigUsage identity, underlying cause, and an end-user recovery step;
keep messages clear and non-technical.

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- Around line 501-558: Convert TestReapProviderConfigUsageWithoutController into
a table-driven test using PascalCase case names and args, want, and reason
fields. Replace the standalone released/deleted assertions with a comparable
observed result and report mismatches using cmp.Diff, applying
cmpopts.EquateErrors() if errors are included. Preserve the existing
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Comment on lines +45 to +46
errAddPCUFinalizer = "cannot add ProviderConfigUsage finalizer"
errRemovePCUFinalizer = "cannot remove ProviderConfigUsage finalizer"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make the new lifecycle errors actionable.

These errors do not identify the affected ProviderConfigUsage or tell users how to recover. Include the usage identity, failed operation, underlying cause, and a next step when one exists.

  • pkg/resource/providerconfig.go#L45-L46: add ProviderConfigUsage identity and recovery context when wrapping finalizer add or remove failures.
  • pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go#L50-L51: add owner and ProviderConfigUsage identity plus recovery context when reporting lookup or release failures.

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error constants at pkg/resource/providerconfig.go:45-46 so wrapped add/remove
failures include the affected ProviderConfigUsage identity, operation,
underlying cause, and actionable recovery guidance. Update the lookup/release
error reporting at pkg/reconciler/providerconfig/reconciler.go:50-51 to include
the owner and ProviderConfigUsage identity, underlying cause, and an end-user
recovery step; keep messages clear and non-technical.

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Comment on lines +176 to +180
type ProviderConfigUsageCleaner interface {
// Protect the managed resource's ProviderConfigUsage, so the garbage
// collector can't take it while the resource still needs its
// ProviderConfig.
Protect(ctx context.Context, mg Managed) error

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Preserve the public usage-cleaner contract.

Thanks for separating protection from tracking. Adding Protect makes existing external ProviderConfigUsageCleaner implementations fail to compile. Changing both exported Track methods also removes finalizer behavior that existing callers can rely on.

Restore backward compatibility, or mark this PR as a breaking change and provide migration guidance.

As per coding guidelines: **/[!_]*.go: “do not remove, rename, or change the signatures or potentially compatibility-breaking behavior of exported functions, types, methods, or fields in public Go code without the breaking-change label.”

Also applies to: 250-252, 345-347

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In `@pkg/resource/providerconfig.go` around lines 176 - 180, Restore backward
compatibility for the exported ProviderConfigUsageCleaner interface and both
exported Track methods: avoid requiring external implementations to add Protect,
and preserve the existing finalizer behavior of Track. If the new protection API
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Derive the managed reconciler's usage cleaner instead of defaulting to a
no-op. The managed resource's scope selects the tracker family, and the
single ProviderConfigUsage kind of that scope registered with the manager's
scheme supplies the usage type, which is the kind the provider's connector
records usages with. A provider therefore gets ProviderConfig deletion
protection by upgrading crossplane-runtime, with no code change.

WithProviderConfigUsageCleaner remains as an override for schemes that
register no or several usage kinds of a scope, and as the way to turn
protection off by supplying the no-op cleaner.

Skip adding the usage finalizer when the usage is already being deleted.
The API server refuses new finalizers on a terminating object; the usage is
recreated and protected on the next reconcile once it is gone.

Signed-off-by: ezgidemirel <ezgidemirel91@gmail.com>
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ProviderConfigUsage does not work when deletion policy is set to Foreground

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