fix: evaluate activation conditions outside the workflow executor's monitor

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Moves the activation condition evaluation and the event source register/deregister out of handleReconcile and into NodeReconcileExecutor, so the blocking informer sync no longer happens while the executor's monitor is held. The delete and cleanup paths already work this way.

A node whose activation or reconcile precondition does not hold defers its delete cascade to onNodeExecutionFinished, a new hook that runs with the monitor held, right after the node's execution mark is cleared. Work scheduled from there carries its own mark, so reconcile() cannot return while a delete it scheduled is still running.

Two behaviour notes:

• a throwing activation or reconcile precondition is now recorded against its own dependent rather than its parent, and one on a top-level dependent is aggregated instead of escaping reconcile() raw. This changes getErroredDependents() keys.
• the informer sync now blocks a workflow pool thread instead of the reconciling thread.

The second commit is unrelated cleanup, happy to drop it.

Fixes #3617

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved dependent-resource cleanup when reconcile or activation conditions are not met.
  • Ensured deletion cascades complete before reconciliation returns.
  • Prevented condition errors in one dependent from interrupting other dependents.
  • Improved handling and reporting of errors encountered while scheduling dependent deletions.
  • Ensured cleanup notifications occur reliably, including when execution errors occur.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for concurrent condition evaluation, deletion timing, cascading cleanup, scheduling failures, and error isolation.

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Walkthrough

The workflow executor now evaluates activation and reconcile conditions during node execution. It defers condition-failure deletion until execution finishes, adds completion-hook handling, and tests concurrent deletion, scheduling rejection, and condition-error isolation.

Changes

Workflow condition execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Execution lifecycle and delete-condition checks operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/AbstractWorkflowExecutor.java, operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowCleanupExecutor.java	Adds a node-completion hook, records hook exceptions, guarantees completion notification, and uses positive post-delete condition checks.
Asynchronous condition evaluation operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutor.java	Submits nodes before condition evaluation, tracks unmet conditions, and deletes the node after execution finishes.
Concurrency and error-path validation operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutorTest.java	Tests delete completion, concurrent condition evaluation, rejected scheduling, condition-error attribution, and typed test setup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WorkflowReconcileExecutor
  participant NodeReconcileExecutor
  participant DependentResourceNode
  WorkflowReconcileExecutor->>NodeReconcileExecutor: submit node for RECONCILE
  NodeReconcileExecutor->>DependentResourceNode: evaluate activation and reconcile conditions
  NodeReconcileExecutor->>WorkflowReconcileExecutor: record unmet condition
  WorkflowReconcileExecutor->>DependentResourceNode: handleDelete after execution finishes

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: moving activation-condition evaluation outside the workflow executor's monitor to avoid monitor contention.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue [#3617] requires activation-conditioned informer startup to avoid the workflow executor monitor. The change submits nodes from handleReconcile and performs precondition evaluation and event-so…
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Pull request overview

Aligns reconcile execution with delete/cleanup paths by moving activation/precondition evaluation and event source registration out from under the WorkflowReconcileExecutor monitor to reduce blocking while holding the lock.

Changes:

• Moved activation condition + event source register/deregister into NodeReconcileExecutor.doRun
• Added unmarkAsExecuting helper to support the “conditions not met” cascade semantics
• Added a test to ensure activation condition isn’t evaluated on the reconciling thread

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutorTest.java	Adds a regression test asserting activation conditions run off the reconciling thread
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutor.java	Moves condition evaluation + event source registration out of the monitor and adjusts “not met” path
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/AbstractWorkflowExecutor.java	Introduces unmarkAsExecuting helper for early execution relinquish

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operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutorTest.java:787

• The added regression test only rendezvous inside Condition; it never blocks dynamicallyRegisterEventSource or an event source's start(). As a result, the suite would still pass if the registration call were accidentally moved back under the executor monitor, even though that is the blocking operation behind #3617. Please add a test event source whose startup blocks until a second activation-conditioned dependent reaches the same rendezvous.

  void activationConditionsEvaluatedConcurrently() {
    // they can only meet at the barrier if neither of them holds the executor's monitor
    var rendezvousCondition = rendezvousCondition(new CyclicBarrier(2));

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[csviri]

@afalhambra-hivemq could we please target main with this PR since it is a bugfix essentially?

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@afalhambra-hivemq could we please target main with this PR since it is a bugfix essentially?

Ah right, yes. Re-targeted now to main.

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operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutorTest.java (1)

718-718: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use var for the new local variables.

Replace the explicit local types with var.

Proposed change

-    TestDeleterDependent drDeleter2 = new TestDeleterDependent("DR_DELETER_2");
+    var drDeleter2 = new TestDeleterDependent("DR_DELETER_2");

-    Condition<?, TestCustomResource> blockedNotMetCondition =
+    var blockedNotMetCondition =

-    ExecutorService rejectingSecondSubmit = mock();
+    var rejectingSecondSubmit = mock(ExecutorService.class);

As per coding guidelines, “Prefer var over explicit type declarations except for short types such as int, long, and String.”

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In
`@operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/WorkflowReconcileExecutorTest.java`
at line 718, Replace the explicit local type declarations with var for
drDeleter2, blockedNotMetCondition, and rejectingSecondSubmit, preserving the
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- Line 718: Replace the explicit local type declarations with var for
drDeleter2, blockedNotMetCondition, and rejectingSecondSubmit, preserving the
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• operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/AbstractWorkflowExecutor.java
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