feat: add topologySpreadConstraints to the VPA helm chart - #10201
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The chart supports nodeSelector, affinity and tolerations on all three components, but has no way to set topologySpreadConstraints. Spreading replicas across zones therefore has to be approximated with pod anti-affinity, which is binary: required anti-affinity on a zone topologyKey allows at most one pod per zone, so any replica count above the number of zones is left unschedulable. It also cannot express minDomains or matchLabelKeys. Add a topologySpreadConstraints value to admissionController, recommender and updater, rendered with the same `with`/`toYaml` pattern already used for nodeSelector, affinity and tolerations. The value defaults to an empty list and is only rendered when set, so output is unchanged for existing users.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Helm chart adds topology spread constraint values for the admission controller, recommender, and updater. Each deployment template conditionally renders its configured constraints. The README documents the new values. ChangesVPA topology spread configuration
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The chart change is localized and preserves existing rendered output by default; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains. A minor follow-up is needed to document the complete supported topology spread constraint fields for users. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml`:
- Around line 106-108: Document the complete Kubernetes topology spread
constraint fields for admissionController, recommender, and updater. In
vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml lines
106-108, 308-310, and 402-404, update each topologySpreadConstraints description
to include maxSkew, minDomains, matchLabelKeys, nodeAffinityPolicy, and
nodeTaintsPolicy. Regenerate the corresponding rows in
vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md lines 177, 232,
and 265; all six sites require the documentation update.
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| # admissionController.topologySpreadConstraints -- Topology spread constraints for scheduling the Admission Controller, used to spread replicas across failure domains such as zones. | ||
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Document the complete topology spread constraint contract.
The source values comments and generated README rows describe the purpose of the option but omit its Kubernetes field shape. Add maxSkew, minDomains, matchLabelKeys, nodeAffinityPolicy, and nodeTaintsPolicy to the source documentation, then regenerate the README.
vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L106-L108: update the admission controller description.vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L308-L310: update the recommender description.vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L402-L404: update the updater description.vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L177-L177: regenerate the admission controller row.vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L232-L232: regenerate the recommender row.vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L265-L265: regenerate the updater row.
As per path instructions, document the supported Kubernetes fields in the values and generated README.
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vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L106-L108(this comment)vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L308-L310vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml#L402-L404vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L177-L177vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L232-L232vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md#L265-L265
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In `@vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml` around
lines 106 - 108, Document the complete Kubernetes topology spread constraint
fields for admissionController, recommender, and updater. In
vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/values.yaml lines
106-108, 308-310, and 402-404, update each topologySpreadConstraints description
to include maxSkew, minDomains, matchLabelKeys, nodeAffinityPolicy, and
nodeTaintsPolicy. Regenerate the corresponding rows in
vertical-pod-autoscaler/charts/vertical-pod-autoscaler/README.md lines 177, 232,
and 265; all six sites require the documentation update.
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Thanks, I also checked it locally and looks ok to me.
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What type of PR is this?
/kind feature
What this PR does / why we need it:
Adds a
topologySpreadConstraintsvalue to theadmissionController,recommenderandupdatercomponents of the VPA Helm chart.The chart already exposes
nodeSelector,affinityandtolerationson all three components, but there is currently no way to settopologySpreadConstraints. That leaves pod anti-affinity as the only way to spread replicas across failure domains, and anti-affinity is a poor substitute for it:requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecutionwithtopologyKey: topology.kubernetes.io/zonemeans "at most one pod per zone". There is no way to express "roughly even", so as soon asreplicasexceeds the number of zones the surplus pods are permanently unschedulable.maxSkewhandles this natively.minDomains, i.e. "use at least N zones" rather than merely satisfying skew within one.matchLabelKeys, so the skew calculation cannot be scoped to the current ReplicaSet revision during a rolling update.nodeAffinityPolicy/nodeTaintsPolicy, which matter when the components are pinned to a tainted node pool.This is relevant for anyone running the VPA components with
replicas > 1for availability — which the chart already supports, and which the recently added leader election makes practical for the recommender and updater.Implementation
The new value is rendered with the same
{{- with }}/toYamlpattern already used fornodeSelector,affinityandtolerationsin each deployment template, and is placed directly after thetolerationsblock in all three.It defaults to
[]and is only emitted when set, so rendered output is unchanged for existing users. Verified withhelm templateagainst default values: zero occurrences oftopologySpreadConstraints.Documented via helm-docs comments so the generated README table carries a description;
README.mdregenerated withhelm-docs(the only diff is the three new rows).Testing
helm lintpasses with default values and with spread constraints set.helm templatewith constraints on all three components renders them into the correct pod specs, includingminDomainsand bothDoNotScheduleandScheduleAnyway.kubectl apply --dry-run=client.helm templatewith default values produces notopologySpreadConstraintskeys.Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
None — I did not find an existing issue for this. Happy to open one first if the maintainers prefer that flow.
Special notes for your reviewer:
Chart.yamlis intentionally left untouched — the chart version bump appears to be handled separately by maintainers (e.g.chart(vpa): bump chart version to 0.10.0 to publish appVersion 1.7.0). Glad to add it here if you'd rather it ride along.Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?
Additional documentation e.g., KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals), usage docs, etc.:
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