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higress-update-envoy-gateway

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Update Higress Envoy binary and gateway image dependencies for e2e validation. Use when Codex needs to build Envoy packages from the current Higress branch, upload those packages to higress-group/proxy releases, update Makefile.core.mk ENVOY_PACKAGE_URL_PATTERN and ENVOY_LATEST_IMAGE_TAG, run make build-gateway-local, retag the generated proxy/proxyv2 image as gateway, push the gateway image, or prepare a signed-off PR that lets Higress e2e tests consume a new Envoy build.

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Higress Envoy Gateway Dependency Update

Core Workflow

Run from the Higress repo root unless a step explicitly says otherwise.

  1. Verify context:

    • Check git status --short --branch.
    • Do not remove unrelated user changes or generated artifacts.
    • Use gh for GitHub release/PR checks and always pass --repo for non-current repos.

  2. Build Envoy packages from the current branch:

    git submodule update --init
make build-envoy

    Expected artifacts land in external/package/, typically:

    • envoy-alpha-<proxy-sha>.tar.gz
    • envoy-symbol-<proxy-sha>.tar.gz
    • matching .sha256 and .dwp files

  3. Publish Envoy package release in higress-group/proxy:

    • Create a new release tag by incrementing the requested RC/test tag, for example v2.2.4-rc.2-test-cpp-host.
    • Match the reference release asset names, even if local filenames include SHAs:
      • local envoy-alpha-<sha>.tar.gz uploads as envoy-amd64.tar.gz
      • local envoy-symbol-<sha>.tar.gz uploads as envoy-symbol-amd64.tar.gz
    • Use temporary renamed copies rather than renaming source artifacts: 
      cp external/package/envoy-alpha-<sha>.tar.gz /tmp/envoy-amd64.tar.gz
cp external/package/envoy-symbol-<sha>.tar.gz /tmp/envoy-symbol-amd64.tar.gz
gh release create <release-tag> /tmp/envoy-amd64.tar.gz /tmp/envoy-symbol-amd64.tar.gz \
  --repo higress-group/proxy --target <target-branch> --title <release-tag> --generate-notes
gh release view <release-tag> --repo higress-group/proxy --json tagName,targetCommitish,assets,url
    • If following an existing reference release, inspect it first with gh release view.

  4. Update Higress Makefile dependencies:

    • In Makefile.core.mk, set: 
      export ENVOY_PACKAGE_URL_PATTERN?=https://github.com/higress-group/proxy/releases/download/<release-tag>/envoy-symbol-ARCH.tar.gz
    • After building and pushing the gateway image, set: 
      ENVOY_LATEST_IMAGE_TAG ?= <gateway-image-tag>

  5. Build the local gateway image:

    make build-gateway-local

    Watch the log to confirm Envoy downloads from the new release URL. The build target may emit an image under a proxy-style repository/name, commonly:

    • higress-registry.cn-hangzhou.cr.aliyuncs.com/higress/proxyv2:<tag>

  6. Retag proxy image as gateway:

    docker tag higress-registry.cn-hangzhou.cr.aliyuncs.com/higress/proxyv2:<tag> \
  higress-registry.cn-hangzhou.cr.aliyuncs.com/higress/gateway:<tag>
docker images --format '{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}} {{.ID}} {{.CreatedSince}}' \
  higress-registry.cn-hangzhou.cr.aliyuncs.com/higress/gateway

    Verify the gateway:<tag> and proxyv2:<tag> image IDs match.

  7. Push the gateway image when requested:

    docker push higress-registry.cn-hangzhou.cr.aliyuncs.com/higress/gateway:<tag>

    Record the pushed digest in the final response.

  8. Commit and push Makefile changes:

    • Commit only intended tracked files. Do not add plugins/golang-filter/golang-filter_amd64.so or other build outputs unless explicitly requested.
    • Use DCO sign-off: 
      git add Makefile.core.mk
git commit -s -m "Update gateway envoy dependencies"
git push origin <branch>
    • If DCO fails after a previous unsigned commit: 
      git commit --amend --no-edit --signoff
git push --force-with-lease origin <branch>
gh pr checks <pr-number> --repo higress-group/higress

Practical Notes

  • make build-gateway-local may need Docker daemon access, network access, and write access to repo/submodule state.
  • If sandboxed commands fail with read-only filesystem errors, Docker socket permission errors, or network failures, rerun the same important command with elevated permissions and a concrete justification.
  • The default local gateway tag usually comes from the current Git revision shown in the build log as TAG=<sha>.
  • For e2e validation, the point of this workflow is to make install-dev, install-dev-wasmplugin, and local image update targets use the newly pushed gateway image through ENVOY_LATEST_IMAGE_TAG.