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Clean up the ko retry tests

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@cloudonly is already working on this.

Since Oct 30, 2026.

  • #3496 by @cloudonly — open

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
66/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go, shell
Domain
testing

Research direction

Read ko_test.go and the scripts it writes at runtime, then inspect the existing testdata/ layout and shellcheck setup. Move the fake ko scripts into testdata/ so shellcheck covers them; the optional buildBackoff change requires checking both kube/apply.go and its tests. Run the relevant tests and shellcheck to confirm the scripts are covered and behavior is unchanged.

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Description

area/dev-infra area/reliability area/tests kind/cleanup

From #3446 (cherry-picked in #3459).

  • Move the fake ko scripts that ko_test.go writes at run time into testdata/, so shellcheck covers them.
  • Optional: stop swapping the buildBackoff package variable in tests. kube/apply.go does the same, so change both or neither.
Dominant language
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