v1.20.1 release missing console.navigation/section extension for Pipelines menu

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Description

After upgrading OKD from 4.21-12 to 4.21-13 with OpenShift Pipelines Operator v1.20.1, the "Pipelines" menu item disappeared from the Administrator perspective in the OpenShift console.

Root Cause

The released pipelines-console-plugin image (registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel9@sha256:88b939f3bd9ae454ca5b905037d5f316aa279b8f9d7676125f089541ea46bd91) is missing the console.navigation/section extension that defines the "Pipelines" navigation section.

The source code in console-extensions.json correctly includes this extension:

{
  "type": "console.navigation/section",
  "properties": {
    "perspective": "admin",
    "id": "pipelines",
    "name": "%plugin__pipelines-console-plugin~Pipelines%",
    "insertAfter": "builds",
    "insertBefore": "servicecatalog",
    "dataAttributes": {
      "data-quickstart-id": "qs-nav-pipelines",
      "data-test": "nav-pipelines"
    }
  },
  "flags": {
    "required": ["OPENSHIFT_PIPELINE"]
  }
}

However, when inspecting the deployed plugin manifest from the released image, this extension is not present:

oc exec -n openshift-pipelines deployment/pipelines-console-plugin -- \
  cat /usr/share/nginx/html/plugin-manifest.json | \
  jq '.extensions[] | select(.type == "console.navigation/section")'
# Returns empty

Impact

• The "Pipelines" section does not appear in the left navigation menu under the Administrator perspective
• Users cannot navigate to Pipelines, Tasks, or Triggers via the menu
• Pipeline actions and visualizations still work (accessible via direct URLs)

Environment

• OKD 4.21.0-okd-scos.ec.13
• OpenShift Pipelines Operator v1.20.1
• pipelines-console-plugin image: registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel9@sha256:88b939f3bd9ae454ca5b905037d5f316aa279b8f9d7676125f089541ea46bd91

Workaround

We worked around this by building the plugin from source and patching the operator CSV to use our custom image:

1. Build from source using a BuildConfig pointing to the repo
2. Patch the CSV to override the IMAGE_PIPELINES_CONSOLE_PLUGIN environment variable

Expected Behavior

The released image should include the console.navigation/section extension so the Pipelines menu appears in the Administrator perspective.