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What type of PR is this?

• feature

What this PR does / why we need it

SNEP-394 retries a failed capture in place, bounded by a limit that is configurable cluster-wide and per capture. This adds the setting and its resolution. Nothing retries yet — this is the surface the retry loop reads.

• PodSnapshot.spec.checkpointRetryLimit carries the per-capture value. The operator copies it onto the PodSnapshotContent, which is the work order the agent actually reads.
• checkpoint.retryLimit in the agent config is the cluster default, rendered by the chart.
• ResolveRetryLimit picks between them: the request wins when it has a value, absent falls back to the cluster default.

Both are pointers so absent is distinct from an explicit 0: 0 asks for no retry, absent expresses no preference. The cluster default is 0, so retry is opt-in and an upgrade changes no existing capture's behaviour.

The name was chosen to pair with #247's restore-side setting (restore.retryLimit), per the SNEP.

Which issue(s) this PR addresses

Part of #632

How was this tested?

• ResolveRetryLimit is table-tested for precedence, for absent versus explicit zero on both sides, and the config rejects a negative limit.
• An operator test asserts the limit reaches the work order, and that absent stays absent — the agent reads the content, so a value that is not copied is a value that does nothing.
• CRDs regenerated with make generate; both copies in sync. make linux-test, operator and api suites pass; golangci-lint clean across all three modules.

Does this PR introduce an API change?

PodSnapshot.spec.checkpointRetryLimit sets how many times a failed capture may be retried in place, and the agent's checkpoint.retryLimit sets the cluster-wide default. Both default to no retries, so existing captures are unaffected.

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• make linux-test passes.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Configure the number of additional attempts after a failed checkpoint capture, with a default of no retries.
  • Set a retry limit for individual pod snapshots or through a SnapshotJob template; when unset, the cluster-wide default applies.
  • An explicit limit of 0 means the capture is attempted once, without retries.
• Bug Fixes
  • Negative retry limits are rejected.

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• api/v1alpha1/crds/nvidia.com_snapshotjobs.yaml
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• operator/internal/controller/snapshotjob_podsnapshot.go
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Walkthrough

The change adds an optional checkpoint retry limit to PodSnapshot and SnapshotJob APIs. SnapshotJob construction copies the configured value to generated PodSnapshots. Agent configuration resolves request values against the configured cluster default, which Helm chart settings expose.

Changes

Checkpoint retry limit

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Snapshot retry-limit contract and propagation api/v1alpha1/podsnapshot_types.go, api/v1alpha1/crds/nvidia.com_podsnapshots.yaml, api/v1alpha1/snapshotjob_types.go, api/v1alpha1/crds/nvidia.com_snapshotjobs.yaml, operator/internal/controller/snapshotjob_podsnapshot.go, operator/internal/controller/snapshotjob_podsnapshot_test.go	PodSnapshotSpec and the SnapshotJob PodSnapshot template add an optional, nonnegative checkpointRetryLimit. SnapshotJob construction copies the template value into the generated PodSnapshot. Tests cover positive, zero, and absent values.
Configure and resolve retry limit agent/internal/types/config.go, agent/internal/types/config_test.go, charts/snapshot/values.yaml, charts/snapshot/values.schema.json, charts/snapshot/templates/configmap.yaml	The agent resolves a present request value, including 0, before the configured limit and default. Validation rejects negative configured values. Helm values default to 0, and the generated checkpoint configuration includes retryLimit.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 40.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 10 functions across 9 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Breaking Api Changes		No breaking API change matches the check. The API diff only adds optional CheckpointRetryLimit *int32 fields with unchanged JSON tags: checkpointRetryLimit,omitempty on PodSnapshotSpec and `PodS…
Rbac Least Privilege		The PR diff changes API types, configuration, CRDs, chart values, and SnapshotJob copying logic. It adds no kubebuilder RBAC marker and does not modify an RBAC Helm manifest. The existing Helm RBAC te…

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Explanation

No breaking API change matches the check. The API diff only adds optional CheckpointRetryLimit *int32 fields with unchanged JSON tags: checkpointRetryLimit,omitempty on PodSnapshotSpec and PodSnapshotTemplate. Both new fields have // +optional and Minimum=0. No existing exported field is removed, renamed, or type/tag-changed. The self == oldSelf immutability markers on PodSnapshotSpec and PodSnapshotContentSpec are unchanged.

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Minor · Preserve CheckpointRetryLimit in the work order. · podsnapshot_types.go:53-59

api/v1alpha1/podsnapshot_types.go:53-59
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve CheckpointRetryLimit in the work order.

When a PodSnapshot is reconciled, buildPodSnapshotContent creates a PodSnapshotContentSpec without reading snap.Spec.CheckpointRetryLimit. PodSnapshotContentSpec has no corresponding field, so both an absent value and an explicit 0 become absent before the agent can consume them.

An absent value correctly selects the cluster default. An explicit 0 can incorrectly select a positive cluster default, causing retries when the request requires no retries. Add the field to PodSnapshotContentSpec, regenerate its CRD and deepcopy code, and copy the pointer in buildPodSnapshotContent. The future agent retry loop must then pass that value to ResolveRetryLimit.

Suggested fix

 type PodSnapshotContentSpec struct {
 	PodSnapshotRef v1.ObjectReference `json:"snapshotRef"`
 	Source         PodSnapshotContentSource `json:"source"`
 	Storage        *PodSnapshotContentStorage `json:"storage,omitempty"`
+	// CheckpointRetryLimit overrides the cluster-wide retry limit for this capture.
+	// +optional
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
+	CheckpointRetryLimit *int32 `json:"checkpointRetryLimit,omitempty"`
 }

 	Spec: snapshotv1alpha1.PodSnapshotContentSpec{
 		PodSnapshotRef: ...,
+		CheckpointRetryLimit: snap.Spec.CheckpointRetryLimit,
 		Source: snapshotv1alpha1.PodSnapshotContentSource{
 			PodRef:   ...,
 			NodeName: pod.Spec.NodeName,
 		},
 	},

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Review comment at @api/v1alpha1/podsnapshot_types.go around lines 53 - 59:
Add CheckpointRetryLimit to PodSnapshotContentSpec and copy the pointer from the
PodSnapshot in buildPodSnapshotContent, preserving the distinction between an
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Review comments at @api/v1alpha1/podsnapshot_types.go:
- Around line 53-59: Add CheckpointRetryLimit to PodSnapshotContentSpec and copy
the pointer from the PodSnapshot in buildPodSnapshotContent, preserving the
distinction between an unset value and explicit zero; regenerate the CRD and
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