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Switch the e2e workflow's controller, operator, and exporterset-controller build jobs from multi-stage docker-build (pulls ~1.5GB go-toolset image) to the CI-optimized path that compiles on the runner with cached Go modules and packages into minimal ubi-micro containers.

Add docker-build-exporter-set-controller-ci as a standalone target so the e2e workflow can build the ESC image independently (docker-build-ci builds controller + ESC together, but e2e needs them in separate parallel jobs). Update cache keys to include Containerfile.prebuilt.

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The E2E workflow now builds controller, operator, and exporter-set-controller images with CI-specific Make targets. Image caches include the relevant Containerfile.prebuilt files. A new target cross-compiles and stages the exporter-set-controller binary.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Exporter-set-controller CI build target
controller/Makefile
Adds docker-build-exporter-set-controller-ci. The target cross-compiles the Linux binary with CGO disabled, stages it, and builds the precompiled image.
E2E image build wiring
.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
Updates controller, operator, and exporter-set-controller cache keys and cache-miss commands to use CI-specific targets and prebuilt Containerfiles.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to acca6

The workflow may reuse an image built with an outdated Go toolchain when only the repository Go version changes, potentially producing incorrect or inconsistent e2e images. The cache keys should include .go-version before merge; the remaining duplicate-build issue is limited to CI efficiency.

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Suggested labels: build-pr-images

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With staged Linux bits inside the shop.
Prebuilt layers filled the cache,
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86-86: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove non-CI Containerfiles from these cache keys.

The changed CI targets build from Containerfile.prebuilt. The keys also hash controller/Containerfile, controller/Containerfile.operator, and controller/Containerfile.exporter-set-controller, which these targets do not read. Changes to those files cause unnecessary image rebuilds.

Keep each key limited to files consumed by its target.

Also applies to: 128-128, 171-171

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In @.github/workflows/e2e.yaml at line 86, Update the cache keys for the
affected image-build targets in the workflow to hash only files consumed by each
target, removing non-CI Containerfiles such as Containerfile,
Containerfile.operator, and Containerfile.exporter-set-controller while
retaining Containerfile.prebuilt and the relevant source and dependency files.
Apply the same adjustment to all referenced cache-key instances.

88-91: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Use a controller-only CI target for this job.

controller/Makefile Lines 147-153 also compile and containerize exporter-set-controller, but this job saves only the controller image. The exporter-set-controller job invokes the standalone target at Lines 173-176. When both caches miss, the workflow builds the exporter-set-controller image twice.

Add a target that builds only the controller image and use it here. Keep docker-build-ci for callers that require both images.

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Suggested workflow change
-          make -C controller docker-build-ci
+          make -C controller docker-build-controller-ci
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In @.github/workflows/e2e.yaml around lines 88 - 91, Update the controller
Makefile by adding a controller-only Docker build target, leaving
docker-build-ci unchanged for callers that need both images. Change the “Build
controller image” step to invoke the new target, matching the standalone
exporter-set-controller target pattern so the controller image is built only
once when caches miss.
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/e2e.yaml:
- Line 86: Update the image cache keys at all three workflow locations to
include .go-version in each hashFiles(...) call, covering the controller-image
cache keys for every matrix/build stage and ensuring Go version changes
invalidate the cached image.

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Nitpick comments:
In @.github/workflows/e2e.yaml:
- Line 86: Update the cache keys for the affected image-build targets in the
workflow to hash only files consumed by each target, removing non-CI
Containerfiles such as Containerfile, Containerfile.operator, and
Containerfile.exporter-set-controller while retaining Containerfile.prebuilt and
the relevant source and dependency files. Apply the same adjustment to all
referenced cache-key instances.
- Around line 88-91: Update the controller Makefile by adding a controller-only
Docker build target, leaving docker-build-ci unchanged for callers that need
both images. Change the “Build controller image” step to invoke the new target,
matching the standalone exporter-set-controller target pattern so the controller
image is built only once when caches miss.
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Switch the e2e workflow's controller, operator, and exporterset-controller
build jobs from multi-stage docker-build (pulls ~1.5GB go-toolset image) to
the CI-optimized path that compiles on the runner with cached Go modules
and packages into minimal ubi-micro containers.

Add docker-build-exporter-set-controller-ci as a standalone target so
the e2e workflow can build the ESC image independently (docker-build-ci
builds controller + ESC together, but e2e needs them in separate parallel
jobs). Update cache keys to include Containerfile.prebuilt.

Signed-off-by: Benny Zlotnik <bzlotnik@redhat.com>
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hmm controller image goes down to 1.5min from 4min, nice!

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Merged via the queue into jumpstarter-dev:main with commit d3044ba Aug 17, 2026
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