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This PR adds support for installing HolmesGPT without the Robusta runner, kubewatch, or their associated RBAC resources. This enables clusters to use Holmes for alert triage and Ask Holmes functionality while connecting directly to the Robusta platform.

Key Changes

  • Holmes-only configuration: Added robusta.holmesOnlyConfigfile template helper that generates a minimal config containing only the robusta_sink and global_config needed for Holmes to operate independently
  • Runner enablement flag: Added runner.enabled (default: true) to values.yaml to control whether runner, kubewatch, and related components are deployed
  • Conditional template rendering: Updated all runner/kubewatch/RBAC templates to check runner.enabled before rendering:
    • runner.yaml, forwarder.yaml, kubewatch-configmap.yaml
    • forwarder-service-account.yaml, runner-service-account.yaml
    • OpenShift SCC templates
    • playbooks-config.yaml now selects the appropriate config template based on runner enablement
  • Documentation: Added holmes-only.rst with setup instructions and example values
  • Helm testing: Added comprehensive golden file tests (test_helm_holmes_only.py) with scenarios for default, Holmes-only, OpenShift, and Prometheus Stack configurations
  • Release automation: Added holmes-bump.yaml workflow to ship chart updates with new Holmes versions independently of runner releases
  • Version stamping: Added stamp_versions.sh and set_holmes_version.sh scripts for managing version updates in releases

Implementation Details

  • Uses dig "enabled" true .Values.runner pattern to safely check the flag with backward compatibility (defaults to true for existing installs)
  • Holmes-only config strips out runner-specific settings like playbook repos and light actions, keeping only what Holmes needs
  • NOTES.txt conditionally displays installation messages based on runner enablement
  • Golden test files pin the rendered chart output to catch unintended changes to Holmes-only deployments

https://claude.ai/code/session_01UC2FoqU7gBoeW8TrKzTGqe

Captured before adding runner.enabled, so they pin today's output for
existing installs.

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runner.enabled=false skips the runner, kubewatch, their RBAC and the
OpenShift SCCs they use, and keeps robusta-playbooks-config-secret with
only what Holmes reads from it: cluster name, account id, signing key and
the robusta sink. Rendering fails without Holmes, without a robusta sink,
or while the bundled Alertmanager still sends to the runner service.

A missing key counts as true, so helm upgrade --reuse-values from an
older chart keeps the runner. Golden tests pin the default output.

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release.yaml now stamps CHART_VERSION and RUNNER_VERSION separately (both
the tag, so runner releases are unchanged). holmes-bump.yaml takes the
last runner release, bumps only the holmes dependency, publishes it as the
next patch chart version on the existing runner image, and opens a PR
bumping holmes on master.

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✅ Docker image ready for c36c56e (built in 34s)

⚠️ Warning: does not support ARM (ARM images are built on release only - not on every PR)

Use this tag to pull the image for testing.

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⚠️ Temporary images are deleted after 30 days. Copy to a permanent registry before using them:

gcloud auth configure-docker us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
docker pull us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/robusta-development/temporary-builds/robusta-runner:c36c56e
docker tag us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/robusta-development/temporary-builds/robusta-runner:c36c56e me-west1-docker.pkg.dev/robusta-development/development/robusta-runner-dev:c36c56e
docker push me-west1-docker.pkg.dev/robusta-development/development/robusta-runner-dev:c36c56e

Patch Helm values in one line:

helm upgrade --install robusta robusta/robusta \
  --reuse-values \
  --set runner.image=me-west1-docker.pkg.dev/robusta-development/development/robusta-runner-dev:c36c56e

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Adds a Holmes-only Helm installation mode that omits runner-dependent resources. Adds version-stamping scripts and workflows that publish Holmes chart updates with separate chart and runner versions.

Changes

Holmes-only Helm installation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Holmes-only chart rendering
helm/robusta/values.yaml, helm/robusta/templates/*
Adds runner.enabled and a Holmes-only playbooks configuration. When the runner is disabled, Helm omits runner-dependent resources and displays Holmes-only installation notes.
Holmes-only validation and instructions
tests/test_helm_holmes_only.py, tests/helm_golden/*, docs/setup-robusta/holmes-only.rst, docs/setup-robusta/index.rst
Adds tests and golden renders for runner-enabled and Holmes-only configurations. Documents the required values and Alertmanager configuration.

Chart versioning and publication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chart and runner version stamping
helm/set_holmes_version.sh, helm/stamp_versions.sh, helm/published_chart_versions.sh, .github/workflows/release.yaml
Adds scripts for updating Holmes and chart versions and listing published chart versions. The release workflow uses separate chart and runner versions for chart packaging and runner images.
Holmes chart publication and master update
.github/workflows/holmes-bump.yaml
Adds a manual or dispatch-triggered workflow. It validates versions, tests and publishes the chart, then opens a PR with updated Holmes dependencies and golden renders.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HolmesBump as holmes-bump workflow
  participant RunnerCheckout as runner release checkout
  participant ChartRepository as Helm chart repository
  participant GHCR as GitHub Container Registry
  participant Master as master branch
  HolmesBump->>RunnerCheckout: Check out runner tag and stamp chart versions
  HolmesBump->>ChartRepository: Upload Helm chart
  HolmesBump->>GHCR: Push chart OCI package
  HolmesBump->>Master: Update Holmes dependency and open PR
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Fix version stamping and make a failed chart-version lookup stop publication before merging. The OpenShift fixture also needs correction so it does not preserve a broken SCC rule.

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holmes-bump.yaml publishes chart patch versions without a release tag, and
upload_chart.sh would replace one silently. release.yaml now fails before
anything is built when robusta/robusta $CHART_VERSION is already in the
chart repo. Both workflows read the published versions from one script.

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- Line 41: Capture the output of helm/published_chart_versions.sh in a separate
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Inside the if, a failed lookup read as "not published" and the release
went on. The lookup now runs on its own, so its failure stops the step.

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arikalon1 and others added 2 commits October 14, 2026 14:28
The goldens embedded the Holmes image tag, so every Holmes bump failed
them. The test now writes the holmes dependency version as 0.0.0, like
the runner version, and holmes-bump.yaml no longer regenerates them.

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