feat(charts): registryMirrors gains overridePath and skipFallback

[Fedor Batonogov (batonogov)]

Closes #264.

What

The registryMirrors values knob could only carry endpoint URL strings, so a Harbor-style pull-through cache — which puts the registry name in the pull path and already includes /v2 in the endpoint URL — was not expressible: containerd appends /v2 again unless overridePath is set, and the cache answers with its HTML portal (pulls fail with unexpected media type text/html). Talos has supported the setting since v1.3 in the legacy machine.registries.mirrors schema and since v1.12 in the RegistryMirrorConfig document; the chart simply never emitted it.

Each mirror now accepts optional per-mirror keys:

registryMirrors:
  docker.io:
    endpoints: [https://mirror.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io]
    overridePath: true
    skipFallback: true

Schema choice

Per-mirror keys were chosen over map-form endpoints (endpoints: [{url, overridePath}]) because the legacy schema carries both settings only at mirror level — a per-endpoint values shape could not render there, and the knob is meant to keep one values file portable across both schemas and presets. On the multidoc schema overridePath is stamped onto every endpoint of the mirror (RegistryMirrorConfig has no mirror-level form); all endpoints of one mirror share a path layout in practice. skipFallback is mirror-level in both schemas.

Guards (existing talm.guard.registries style)

• overridePath / skipFallback must be bools when set;
• mapping endpoints are refused with a message naming the per-mirror shape (previously they hit the confusing "has no scheme" message);
• skipFallback on a pinned pre-v1.9 contract fails fast (the key is unknown to older Talos and the strict node-side decode rejects the whole config). overridePath needs no such guard: present in the legacy schema since v1.3.

Compatibility

Chart-only fix: the vendored machinery (v1.14) strict-decodes both fields in both schemas; no engine or vendored-machinery changes. When neither key is set the rendered output is byte-identical to before — existing values files and golden renders are unaffected.

Testing

• pkg/engine/contract_machine_test.go: 8 new contract tests (multidoc render + strict-decode via configloader, legacy render, unset-omitted, false-emitted, non-bool fail for both keys, map-endpoint fail, pre-1.9 skipFallback fail). go test ./... passes; golangci-lint run ./pkg/engine/ clean.
• Offline talm template repro from the issue re-run with a local build: preset default (v1.12) and v1.13 render per-endpoint overridePath: true + mirror-level skipFallback: true; v1.11 legacy renders both as mirror siblings; v1.8 + skipFallback fails fast with the guarded message.
• docs/manual-test-plan.md: extends the existing B10c (Registry mirrors) subsection.

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📝 Walkthrough

Registry mirror values now support overridePath and skipFallback. Templates validate these settings and render them in multidocument and legacy schemas. Contract tests and the manual test plan cover output, omission when unset, and invalid configurations.

Changes: Registry mirror configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document the mirror options charts/cozystack/values.yaml, charts/generic/values.yaml, charts/talm/templates/_helpers.tpl	Chart comments describe overridePath and skipFallback, including the Talos version requirement and a Harbor-style endpoint example.
Validate and render mirror settings charts/talm/templates/_helpers.tpl, pkg/engine/contract_machine_test.go, docs/manual-test-plan.md	Templates validate endpoint shape and option types, enforce the version requirement for skipFallback, and emit the options in both schemas. Tests and the manual plan cover rendered values, omitted settings, and invalid inputs.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RegistryMirrorValues
  participant RegistryGuard
  participant RegistryRenderer
  participant TalosSchema
  RegistryMirrorValues->>RegistryGuard: Validate endpoint shapes and option values
  RegistryGuard->>RegistryRenderer: Pass valid mirror settings
  RegistryRenderer->>TalosSchema: Emit multidocument or legacy settings

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Suggested reviewers: lexfrei

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b4666

The implementation appears mergeable, but a second endpoint assertion would protect the promised behavior for mirrors with multiple endpoints.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		Issue #264 requires per-mirror overridePath and skipFallback support in both schemas. The chart emits overridePath per endpoint in multidoc output and as a mirror field in legacy output. It emit…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #264. The helper changes implement registry mirror validation and schema-specific rendering. The values files document the new registry mirror fields. The contract tests …
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 90.91% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 1 files. (4 skipped: 4 …
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding overridePath and skipFallback support to registryMirrors.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

pkg/engine/contract_machine_test.go: 1

1304-1344: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a second endpoint to the multidoc contract test.

harborStyleMirror() currently contains one endpoint, so the test does not detect a regression that emits overridePath for the first endpoint but omits it for later endpoints. No other test asserts overridePath on multiple endpoints.

Suggested fix

-			"endpoints":    []any{"https://mirror.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io"},
+			"endpoints": []any{
+				"https://mirror.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io",
+				"https://backup.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io",
+			},
@@
 	assertContains(t, out, "- url: https://mirror.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io\n    overridePath: true")
+	assertContains(t, out, "- url: https://backup.example.com/v2/proxy-docker.io\n    overridePath: true")

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Review comment at @pkg/engine/contract_machine_test.go around lines 1304 - 1344:
Update TestContract_Machine_RegistryMirrors_OverridePath_Multidoc_Cozystack to
provide two endpoints in its mirror fixture and assert that each rendered
endpoint has overridePath: true. Keep the existing decode-validity check and
leave the legacy contract test unchanged.

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Review comments at @pkg/engine/contract_machine_test.go:
- Around line 1304-1344: Update
TestContract_Machine_RegistryMirrors_OverridePath_Multidoc_Cozystack to provide
two endpoints in its mirror fixture and assert that each rendered endpoint has
overridePath: true. Keep the existing decode-validity check and leave the legacy
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