NE-2480: Promote GatewayAPIWithoutOLM feature gate to Default

gcs278 · gcs278 · commit f9a88c4fa882 · 2026-06-02T09:13:12.000-04:00
Enable the GatewayAPIWithoutOLM feature gate by default on release-4.21.
This activates the Sail Library installation path, replacing OLM-based
Istio management for Gateway API.
diff --git a/features.md b/features.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 | GCPClusterHostedDNSInstall| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GatewayAPI| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | GatewayAPIController| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
+| GatewayAPIWithoutOLM| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | HighlyAvailableArbiter| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | ImageStreamImportMode| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
 | ImageVolume| <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span> | <span style="background-color: #519450">Enabled</span>  |
diff --git a/features/features.go b/features/features.go
@@ -945,4 +945,12 @@ var (
 								enhancementPR("https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/4381").
 								enableForClusterProfile(Hypershift, configv1.DevPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.TechPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.Default).
 								mustRegister()
+
+    FeatureGateGatewayAPIWithoutOLM = newFeatureGate("GatewayAPIWithoutOLM").
+                                    reportProblemsToJiraComponent("Routing").
+                                    contactPerson("miciah").
+                                    productScope(ocpSpecific).
+                                    enhancementPR("https://github.com/openshift/enhancements/pull/1933").
+                                    enableIn(configv1.DevPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.TechPreviewNoUpgrade, configv1.Default).
+                                    mustRegister()
 )
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-Default.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-Hypershift-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-Default.yaml
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-DevPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },
diff --git a/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml b/payload-manifests/featuregates/featureGate-SelfManagedHA-TechPreviewNoUpgrade.yaml
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@
                     {
                         "name": "GatewayAPIController"
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"
                     },

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`@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@`
`269`	`269`	`{`
`270`	`270`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`271`	`271`	`},`
	`272`	`+ {`
	`273`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`274`	`+ },`
`272`	`275`	`{`
`273`	`276`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`274`	`277`	`},`
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`@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@`
`187`	`187`	`{`
`188`	`188`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`189`	`189`	`},`
	`190`	`+ {`
	`191`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`192`	`+ },`
`190`	`193`	`{`
`191`	`194`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`192`	`195`	`},`
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`@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@`
`193`	`193`	`{`
`194`	`194`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`195`	`195`	`},`
	`196`	`+ {`
	`197`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`198`	`+ },`
`196`	`199`	`{`
`197`	`200`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`198`	`201`	`},`
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`@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@`
`266`	`266`	`{`
`267`	`267`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`268`	`268`	`},`
	`269`	`+ {`
	`270`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`271`	`+ },`
`269`	`272`	`{`
`270`	`273`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`271`	`274`	`},`
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`@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@`
`172`	`172`	`{`
`173`	`173`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`174`	`174`	`},`
	`175`	`+ {`
	`176`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`177`	`+ },`
`175`	`178`	`{`
`176`	`179`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`177`	`180`	`},`
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`@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@`
`178`	`178`	`{`
`179`	`179`	`"name": "GatewayAPIController"`
`180`	`180`	`},`
	`181`	`+ {`
	`182`	`+ "name": "GatewayAPIWithoutOLM"`
	`183`	`+ },`
`181`	`184`	`{`
`182`	`185`	`"name": "HighlyAvailableArbiter"`
`183`	`186`	`},`