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RFE-9146: Docs followup for service account impersonation #17093

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions frontend/packages/console-app/locales/en/console-app.json
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"Add shared applications, services, event sources, or source-to-image builders to your project. Cluster administrators can customize the content made available in the catalog.": "Add shared applications, services, event sources, or source-to-image builders to your project. Cluster administrators can customize the content made available in the catalog.",
"Add storage": "Add storage",
"Add to favorites": "Add to favorites",
"Add Users": "Add Users",
"Add users": "Add users",
"Address": "Address",
"Admin secret name": "Admin secret name",
"Admin secret namespace": "Admin secret namespace",
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"Images": "Images",
"ImageStreams": "ImageStreams",
"Impersonate {{kind}} \"{{name}}\"": "Impersonate {{kind}} \"{{name}}\"",
"Impersonate Group {{name}}": "Impersonate Group {{name}}",
"Impersonate group {{name}}": "Impersonate group {{name}}",
"Impersonate service account {{name}}": "Impersonate service account {{name}}",
"Impersonate user {{name}}": "Impersonate user {{name}}",
"In progress": "In progress",
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions frontend/packages/console-app/src/actions/hooks/useGroupActions.ts
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Expand Up @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const useGroupActions = (obj: GroupKind): Action[] => {
}),
impersonate: (): Action => ({
id: 'impersonate-group',
label: t('Impersonate Group {{name}}', { name: obj?.metadata?.name }),
label: t('Impersonate group {{name}}', { name: obj?.metadata?.name }),
cta: () => {
startImpersonate('Group', obj?.metadata?.name);
navigate(window.SERVER_FLAGS.basePath);
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}),
addUsers: (): Action => ({
id: 'add-users',
label: t('Add Users'),
label: t('Add users'),
cta: () => launchOverlay(AddGroupUsersModal, { group: obj }),
accessReview: asAccessReview(GroupModel, obj, 'patch'),
}),
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/modals/add-group-users-modal.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const AddGroupUsersModal: OverlayComponent<AddGroupUsersModalProps> = ({ group,

return (
<Modal isOpen onClose={closeOverlay} variant="small">
<ModalHeader title={t('Add Users')} labelId="add-group-users-modal-title" />
<ModalHeader title={t('Add users')} labelId="add-group-users-modal-title" />
<ModalBody>
{!group?.metadata?.name ? (
<Alert isInline variant={AlertVariant.danger} title={t('Error occurred')}>
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions frontend/public/components/modals/__tests__/impersonate-user-modal-integration.spec.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { createStore } from 'redux';
import { ProjectModel } from '@console/dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/models';
import * as UIActions from '../../../actions/ui';
import type { GroupKind } from '../../../module/k8s';
import { useK8sWatchResource } from '../../utils/k8s-watch-hook';
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stopImpersonate: jest.fn(),
}));

jest.mock('../../utils/list-dropdown', () => ({
...jest.requireActual('../../utils/list-dropdown'),
useProjectOrNamespaceModel: () => [ProjectModel, true],
}));
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jest.mock('../../utils/list-dropdown', () => ({
useProjectOrNamespaceModel: () => [ProjectModel, true] as const,
}));
jest.mock('../../utils/list-dropdown', () => ({
...jest.requireActual('../../utils/list-dropdown'),
useProjectOrNamespaceModel: () => [ProjectModel, true] as const,
}));


const mockGroups: GroupKind[] = [
{
apiVersion: 'user.openshift.io/v1',
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions frontend/public/components/modals/__tests__/impersonate-user-modal.spec.tsx
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import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
import { ProjectModel } from '@console/dynamic-plugin-sdk/src/models';
import type { GroupKind } from '../../../module/k8s';
import { useK8sWatchResource } from '../../utils/k8s-watch-hook';
import { ImpersonateUserModal } from '../impersonate-user-modal';
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{selectedKey || 'Select project'}
</button>
),
useProjectOrNamespaceModel: () => [ProjectModel, true] as const,
}));

// Stub ResourceDropdown: emits a fixed service account selection on click
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30 changes: 22 additions & 8 deletions frontend/public/components/modals/impersonate-user-modal.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ import {
import { RhUiCloseIcon, RhUiErrorFillIcon } from '@patternfly/react-icons';
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
import { ResourceDropdown } from '@console/shared/src/components/dropdown/ResourceDropdown';
import { GroupModel, ServiceAccountModel } from '../../models';
import { GroupModel, NamespaceModel, ServiceAccountModel } from '../../models';
import type { GroupKind, K8sResourceKind } from '../../module/k8s';
import { FieldLevelHelp } from '../utils/field-level-help';
import { useK8sWatchResource } from '../utils/k8s-watch-hook';
import { NsDropdown } from '../utils/list-dropdown';
import { NsDropdown, useProjectOrNamespaceModel } from '../utils/list-dropdown';

const SELECT_ALL_KEY = '__select_all__';
const MAX_VISIBLE_CHIPS = 5;
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const [showAllGroups, setShowAllGroups] = useState(false);
const [groupSearchFilter, setGroupSearchFilter] = useState('');

const [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded] = useProjectOrNamespaceModel();
const serviceAccountNamespaceStrings = useMemo(() => {
if (!projectNamespaceModelLoaded || projectNamespaceModel.kind === NamespaceModel.kind) {
return {
label: t('Service account namespace'),
placeholder: t('Select a namespace'),
};
}
return {
label: t('Service account project'),
placeholder: t('Select a project'),
};
}, [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded, t]);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the model instead of the creation permission to select terminology.

useProjectOrNamespaceModel() returns [model, canCreate]. This code treats the second value as projectNamespaceModelLoaded. When the model is ProjectModel but the user cannot create projects, this branch displays namespace wording for the project selector. This affects the label, placeholder, and validation text.

Destructure only the model and guard the empty hook result:

Proposed fix 
-  const [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded] = useProjectOrNamespaceModel();
+  const [projectNamespaceModel] = useProjectOrNamespaceModel();
   const serviceAccountNamespaceStrings = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!projectNamespaceModelLoaded || projectNamespaceModel.kind === NamespaceModel.kind) {
+    if (!projectNamespaceModel || projectNamespaceModel.kind === NamespaceModel.kind) {
       return {
         label: t('Service account namespace'),
         placeholder: t('Select a namespace'),
@@
-  }, [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded, t]);
+  }, [projectNamespaceModel, t]);

Add a test for [ProjectModel, false] to prevent this regression.

Based on frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/user-preferences/namespace/NamespaceDropdown.tsx, the hook's second tuple value is canCreate, not a load state. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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const [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded] = useProjectOrNamespaceModel();
const serviceAccountNamespaceStrings = useMemo(() => {
if (!projectNamespaceModelLoaded || projectNamespaceModel.kind === NamespaceModel.kind) {
return {
label: t('Service account namespace'),
placeholder: t('Select a namespace'),
};
}
return {
label: t('Service account project'),
placeholder: t('Select a project'),
};
}, [projectNamespaceModel, projectNamespaceModelLoaded, t]);
const [projectNamespaceModel] = useProjectOrNamespaceModel();
const serviceAccountNamespaceStrings = useMemo(() => {
if (!projectNamespaceModel || projectNamespaceModel.kind === NamespaceModel.kind) {
return {
label: t('Service account namespace'),
placeholder: t('Select a namespace'),
};
}
return {
label: t('Service account project'),
placeholder: t('Select a project'),
};
}, [projectNamespaceModel, t]);
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In `@frontend/public/components/modals/impersonate-user-modal.tsx` around lines 73
- 85, Update the useProjectOrNamespaceModel destructuring in the
serviceAccountNamespaceStrings useMemo to use only the returned model, guarding
an empty hook result before checking its kind; determine project versus
namespace terminology solely from whether the model is ProjectModel, regardless
of the second tuple value, and add coverage for [ProjectModel, false] preserving
project label, placeholder, and validation text.


// Fetch available groups from the cluster
const [groups, groupsLoaded, groupsLoadError] = useK8sWatchResource<GroupKind[]>({
groupVersionKind: {
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setServiceAccountNameError('');

if (impersonateKind === 'User' && !username.trim()) {
setUsernameError(t('Username is required'));
setUsernameError(t('Select a username'));
return false;
}

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let isValid = true;

if (!serviceAccountNamespace.trim()) {
setServiceAccountNamespaceError(t('Service account namespace is required'));
setServiceAccountNamespaceError(serviceAccountNamespaceStrings.placeholder);
isValid = false;
}

if (!serviceAccountName.trim()) {
setServiceAccountNameError(t('Service account name is required'));
setServiceAccountNameError(t('Select a service account'));
isValid = false;
}

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variant={AlertVariant.warning}
isInline
title={t(
'Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a username or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.',
'Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a user name or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.',
)}
/>

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<Radio
id="impersonate-kind-service-account"
name="impersonate-kind"
label={t('ServiceAccount')}
label={t('Service account')}
isChecked={impersonateKind === 'ServiceAccount'}
onChange={() => {
setImpersonateKind('ServiceAccount');
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) : (
<>
<FormGroup
label={t('Service account namespace')}
label={serviceAccountNamespaceStrings.label}
fieldId="impersonate-service-account-namespace"
isRequired
>
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion frontend/public/components/secret.tsx
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},
{
id: SecretFilterValues.sa,
title: t('Service Account Token'),
title: t('Service account token'),
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},
{
id: SecretFilterValues.opaque,
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion frontend/public/components/secrets/create-secret/types.ts
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image = 'Image',
source = 'Source',
tls = 'TLS',
sa = 'Service Account Token',
sa = 'Service account token',
opaque = 'Opaque',
}
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"Immutable, if set to true, ensures that data stored in the ConfigMap cannot be updated": "Immutable, if set to true, ensures that data stored in the ConfigMap cannot be updated",
"Impersonate": "Impersonate",
"Impersonate user": "Impersonate user",
"Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a username or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.": "Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a username or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.",
"Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a user name or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.": "Impersonating a user or service account grants you their exact permissions. You must enter a user name or service account, but you can also enter a group to simulate the permissions of a member of that group.",
"Import code from your Git repository to be built and deployed": "Import code from your Git repository to be built and deployed",
"Import from Git": "Import from Git",
"Import more YAML": "Import more YAML",
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"Select {{resource}} to pause": "Select {{resource}} to pause",
"Select a configuration to receive updates. Updates can be configured to receive information from Red Hat or a custom update service.": "Select a configuration to receive updates. Updates can be configured to receive information from Red Hat or a custom update service.",
"Select a key": "Select a key",
"Select a namespace": "Select a namespace",
"Select a project": "Select a project",
"Select a resource": "Select a resource",
"Select a service account": "Select a service account",
"Select a username": "Select a username",
"Select a version": "Select a version",
"Select a workload": "Select a workload",
"Select all": "Select all",
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"Send resolved alerts to this receiver?": "Send resolved alerts to this receiver?",
"Served": "Served",
"Service": "Service",
"Service account": "Service account",
"Service account name": "Service account name",
"Service account name is required": "Service account name is required",
"Service account name to impersonate": "Service account name to impersonate",
"Service account namespace": "Service account namespace",
"Service account namespace is required": "Service account namespace is required",
"Service Account Token": "Service Account Token",
"Service account project": "Service account project",
"Service account token": "Service account token",
"Service key": "Service key",
"Service Level Agreement (SLA)": "Service Level Agreement (SLA)",
"Service mesh": "Service mesh",
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"User preferences": "User preferences",
"User Research Team": "User Research Team",
"Username": "Username",
"Username is required": "Username is required",
"Username to impersonate": "Username to impersonate",
"Users": "Users",
"Users are automatically added the first time they log in.": "Users are automatically added the first time they log in.",
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