chore: update DeclarativeValidation featuregate

Author: yongruilin

pkg/features/kube_features.go

@@ -150,20 +150,27 @@ const (
 	// Enable usage of Provision of PVCs from snapshots in other namespaces
 	CrossNamespaceVolumeDataSource featuregate.Feature = "CrossNamespaceVolumeDataSource"
 
-	// owner: @thockin
-	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/5073:
+	// owner: @jpbetz @aaron-prindle @yongruilin
+	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/5073
 	// beta: v1.33
 	//
-	// Enable declarative validation of APIs, where declared.
+	// Enables running declarative validation of APIs, where declared. When enabled, APIs with
+	// declarative validation rules will validate objects using the generated
+	// declarative validation code and compare the results to the regular imperative validation.
+	// See DeclarativeValidationTakeover for more.
 	DeclarativeValidation featuregate.Feature = "DeclarativeValidation"
 
-	// owner: @thockin
-	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/5073:
+	// owner: @jpbetz @aaron-prindle @yongruilin
+	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/5073
 	// beta: v1.33
 	//
-	// Enable declarative_validation_mismatch metric which outputs # of mismatch occurrences between
-	// hand-written and declarative validation rules.
-	DeclarativeValidationMismatchMetric featuregate.Feature = "DeclarativeValidationMismatchMetric"
+	// When enabled, declarative validation errors are returned directly to the caller,
+	// replacing hand-written validation errors for rules that have declarative implementations.
+	// When disabled, hand-written validation errors are always returned, effectively putting
+	// declarative validation in a "shadow mode" that monitors but does not affect API responses.
+	// Note: Although declarative validation aims for functional equivalence with hand-written validation,
+	// the exact number, format, and content of error messages may differ between the two approaches.
+	DeclarativeValidationTakeover featuregate.Feature = "DeclarativeValidationTakeover"
 
 	// owner: @atiratree
 	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/3973

pkg/features/versioned_kube_features.go

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ var defaultVersionedKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 
-	DeclarativeValidationMismatchMetric: {
+	DeclarativeValidationTakeover: {
 		{Version: version.MustParse("1.33"), Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},
 	},
 

test/featuregates_linter/test_data/versioned_feature_list.yaml

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
     lockToDefault: false
     preRelease: Beta
     version: "1.33"
-- name: DeclarativeValidationMismatchMetric
+- name: DeclarativeValidationTakeover
   versionedSpecs:
   - default: false
     lockToDefault: false