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Author: patelspratik

v1/providers/nebius/instance.go

@@ -1670,20 +1670,17 @@ func generateDockerFirewallWriteFiles() string {
 	// NAT/FORWARD rules that can make `docker run -p host:container` reachable
 	// from the public internet even when UFW says incoming traffic is denied.
 	//
-	// DOCKER-USER is Docker's documented filter hook for this traffic. The
-	// ordering is important: some Nebius images run cloud-init before Docker has
-	// created DOCKER-USER, and Docker may create/reset the chain during daemon
-	// startup. We therefore install both:
-	//   - an immediate cloud-init run for images where Docker is already active
-	//   - a docker.service ExecStartPost hook for images where Docker starts later
+	// DOCKER-USER is Docker's documented filter hook for this traffic. The script
+	// ensures the chain exists before configuring it. If Docker already created
+	// the chain, the create command fails harmlessly and the script continues.
 	//
 	// The generated script exits successfully even if an iptables command fails
 	// because failing Docker startup would be worse operationally. Validation
 	// tests assert that the rule set is actually present and blocks published
 	// ports.
 	//
-	// UFW persists its own rules in /etc/ufw; only DOCKER-USER needed a Docker
-	// startup hook after removing netfilter-persistent.
+	// UFW persists its own rules in /etc/ufw; Docker firewall rules are applied
+	// through cloud-init and the docker.service post-start hook.
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 write_files:
   - path: %s

v1/providers/shadeform/firewall.go

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ const (
 	ufwDefaultAllowPort2222 = "ufw allow 2222/tcp"
 	ufwForceEnable          = "ufw --force enable"
 
+	// Ensure DOCKER-USER exists before clearing it. Docker normally creates this
+	// chain, but firewall setup can run before Docker has initialized iptables.
+	ipTablesCreateDockerUserChain = "iptables -N DOCKER-USER || true"
+
 	// Clear DOCKER-USER policy.
 	ipTablesResetDockerUserChain = "iptables -F DOCKER-USER"
 
@@ -83,6 +87,7 @@ func (c *ShadeformClient) getUFWCommands(firewallRules v1.FirewallRules) []strin
 
 func (c *ShadeformClient) getIPTablesCommands() []string {
 	commands := []string{
+		ipTablesCreateDockerUserChain,
 		ipTablesResetDockerUserChain,
 		ipTablesAllowDockerUserOutbound,
 		ipTablesAllowDockerUserOutboundInit0,

v1/providers/shadeform/firewall_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestShadeformIPTablesCommandsCreateDockerUserChainBeforeFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	client := &ShadeformClient{}
+	commands := strings.Join(client.getIPTablesCommands(), "\n")
+
+	createChainIndex := strings.Index(commands, "iptables -N DOCKER-USER")
+	flushChainIndex := strings.Index(commands, "iptables -F DOCKER-USER")
+
+	assert.Greater(t, createChainIndex, -1)
+	assert.Greater(t, flushChainIndex, createChainIndex)
+}