Fix TargetAllocator reconcilation loop and missing RBAC for events.k8…

.chloggen/fix-anyconfig-deep-copy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
+component: operator
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Fix AnyConfig.DeepCopyInto performing shallow copy, causing TargetAllocator Deployment infinite reconciliation loop"
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [4950]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: |
+  AnyConfig.DeepCopyInto used maps.Copy which only copied top-level map entries, leaving nested
+  maps as shared references. When ApplyDefaults injected TLS profile settings (min_version) into
+  the collector's scrape config, it mutated the informer cache through the shared reference. This
+  caused the TargetAllocator config hash to alternate between two values on every reconciliation,
+  triggering an infinite Deployment update loop. The fix uses JSON round-tripping for a true deep copy.

.chloggen/fix-events-rbac.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
+component: operator
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add missing RBAC permission for events.k8s.io API group
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [4950]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: |
+  The operator uses k8s.io/client-go/tools/events which targets the events.k8s.io API group,
+  but the ClusterRole only granted permission for the core API group. This caused "Server rejected
+  event" errors when recording events on managed resources in other namespaces.

apis/v1beta1/config.go

@@ -51,13 +51,27 @@ type AnyConfig struct {
 	Object map[string]any `json:"-" yaml:",inline"`
 }
 
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+// DeepCopyInto copies all properties into another AnyConfig instance.
+// It performs a true deep copy by JSON round-tripping to ensure nested maps/slices
+// are fully independent of the source, preventing shared-reference mutations.
 func (c *AnyConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *AnyConfig) {
 	*out = *c
 	if c.Object != nil {
-		in, out := &c.Object, &out.Object
-		*out = make(map[string]any, len(*in))
-		maps.Copy((*out), *in)
+		b, err := json.Marshal(c.Object)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Fallback to shallow copy if JSON marshal fails.
+			in, out := &c.Object, &out.Object
+			*out = make(map[string]any, len(*in))
+			maps.Copy((*out), *in)
+			return
+		}
+		out.Object = make(map[string]any)
+		if err = json.Unmarshal(b, &out.Object); err != nil {
+			// Fallback to shallow copy if JSON unmarshal fails.
+			in, out := &c.Object, &out.Object
+			*out = make(map[string]any, len(*in))
+			maps.Copy((*out), *in)
+		}
 	}
 }
 

apis/v1beta1/config_test.go

@@ -1480,3 +1480,69 @@ func TestTelemetryIncompleteConfigAppliesDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "0.0.0.0", *telemetry.Metrics.Readers[0].Pull.Exporter.Prometheus.Host)
 	require.Equal(t, 8888, *telemetry.Metrics.Readers[0].Pull.Exporter.Prometheus.Port)
 }
+
+func TestAnyConfigDeepCopyInto_NestedMapIndependence(t *testing.T) {
+	src := AnyConfig{Object: map[string]any{
+		"prometheus": map[string]any{
+			"config": map[string]any{
+				"scrape_configs": []any{
+					map[string]any{
+						"job_name": "kubelet",
+						"tls_config": map[string]any{
+							"ca_file":              "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt",
+							"insecure_skip_verify": true,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}}
+
+	dst := src.DeepCopy()
+
+	// Mutate a nested map in the copy (simulates TLS profile injection).
+	scrapeConfigs := dst.Object["prometheus"].(map[string]any)["config"].(map[string]any)["scrape_configs"].([]any)
+	tlsConfig := scrapeConfigs[0].(map[string]any)["tls_config"].(map[string]any)
+	tlsConfig["min_version"] = "TLS12"
+
+	// Source nested map must be unaffected.
+	srcTLS := src.Object["prometheus"].(map[string]any)["config"].(map[string]any)["scrape_configs"].([]any)[0].(map[string]any)["tls_config"].(map[string]any)
+	assert.NotContains(t, srcTLS, "min_version", "DeepCopy must produce independent nested maps; source was mutated through the copy")
+}
+
+func TestAnyConfigDeepCopyInto_NilObject(t *testing.T) {
+	src := AnyConfig{Object: nil}
+	dst := src.DeepCopy()
+	assert.Nil(t, dst.Object)
+}
+
+func TestAnyConfigDeepCopyInto_EmptyObject(t *testing.T) {
+	src := AnyConfig{Object: map[string]any{}}
+	dst := src.DeepCopy()
+	assert.NotNil(t, dst.Object)
+	assert.Empty(t, dst.Object)
+	// Mutating dst should not affect src.
+	dst.Object["key"] = "value"
+	assert.Empty(t, src.Object)
+}
+
+func TestAnyConfigDeepCopyInto_PreservesValues(t *testing.T) {
+	src := AnyConfig{Object: map[string]any{
+		"string_val": "hello",
+		"number_val": float64(42),
+		"bool_val":   true,
+		"nested": map[string]any{
+			"inner": "value",
+			"list":  []any{"a", "b"},
+		},
+	}}
+
+	dst := src.DeepCopy()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello", dst.Object["string_val"])
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(42), dst.Object["number_val"])
+	assert.Equal(t, true, dst.Object["bool_val"])
+	nested := dst.Object["nested"].(map[string]any)
+	assert.Equal(t, "value", nested["inner"])
+	assert.Equal(t, []any{"a", "b"}, nested["list"])
+}

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: Logging & Tracing,Monitoring,Observability
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-    createdAt: "2026-03-27T16:38:21Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-04-10T09:34:47Z"
     description: Provides the OpenTelemetry components, including the Collector
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.29.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v3
@@ -315,13 +315,6 @@ spec:
           - patch
           - update
           - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - events
-          verbs:
-          - create
-          - patch
         - apiGroups:
           - ""
           resources:
@@ -331,6 +324,14 @@ spec:
           - get
           - list
           - watch
+        - apiGroups:
+          - ""
+          - events.k8s.io
+          resources:
+          - events
+          verbs:
+          - create
+          - patch
         - apiGroups:
           - apps
           resources:

bundle/openshift/manifests/opentelemetry-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: Logging & Tracing,Monitoring,Observability
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-    createdAt: "2026-03-27T16:38:22Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-04-10T09:34:52Z"
     description: Provides the OpenTelemetry components, including the Collector
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.29.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v3
@@ -315,13 +315,6 @@ spec:
           - patch
           - update
           - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - events
-          verbs:
-          - create
-          - patch
         - apiGroups:
           - ""
           resources:
@@ -331,6 +324,14 @@ spec:
           - get
           - list
           - watch
+        - apiGroups:
+          - ""
+          - events.k8s.io
+          resources:
+          - events
+          verbs:
+          - create
+          - patch
         - apiGroups:
           - apps
           resources:

config/rbac/role.yaml

@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ rules:
   - patch
   - update
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - events
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
@@ -39,6 +32,14 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  - events.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - apps
   resources:

internal/controllers/clusterobservability_controller.go

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func NewClusterObservabilityReconciler(params ClusterObservabilityReconcilerPara
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=opentelemetry.io,resources=instrumentations,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=namespaces,verbs=get;list;watch
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=events,verbs=create;patch
+//+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=events.k8s.io,resources=events,verbs=create;patch
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=configmaps,verbs=get;list;watch
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=daemonsets,verbs=get;list;watch
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=deployments,verbs=get;list;watch

internal/controllers/opentelemetrycollector_controller.go

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func NewReconciler(p Params) *OpenTelemetryCollectorReconciler {
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=pods;configmaps;services;serviceaccounts,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=events,verbs=create;patch
+// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=events.k8s.io,resources=events,verbs=create;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=daemonsets;deployments;statefulsets,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=autoscaling,resources=horizontalpodautoscalers,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=policy,resources=poddisruptionbudgets,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete

internal/controllers/targetallocator_controller.go

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func NewTargetAllocatorReconciler(
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=pods;configmaps;services;serviceaccounts,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups="",resources=events,verbs=create;patch
+// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=events.k8s.io,resources=events,verbs=create;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=deployments,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=policy,resources=poddisruptionbudgets,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=monitoring.coreos.com,resources=servicemonitors;podmonitors,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete

tests/e2e/smoke-simplest/00-assert.yaml

@@ -52,3 +52,16 @@ spec:
     port: 4318
     protocol: TCP
     targetPort: 4318
+---
+# Verify the operator can emit events via the events.k8s.io API group.
+apiVersion: events.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Event
+metadata:
+  namespace: ($namespace)
+reason: Info
+note: applied status changes
+reportingController: opentelemetry-operator
+regarding:
+  kind: OpenTelemetryCollector
+  name: simplest
+type: Normal