fix: Knative v1.22.1 e2e — pin kind to Kubernetes 1.34, drop stale v1.15.0

.github/actions/setup-kind/action.yml

@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ inputs:
   kind_version:
     description: kind version, without the leading v
     required: false
-    # What helm/kind-action@v1.12.0 installed, so this changes nothing but the
-    # way it is fetched.
-    default: '0.26.0'
+    default: '0.30.0'
+  node_image:
+    description: >
+      kindest/node image to boot. Pinned (with digest) rather than left to the
+      kind binary's default: what Kubernetes the cluster serves is part of what
+      the suites test — Knative v1.22+ refuses to start below Kubernetes 1.34
+      ("Version check failed", crash-loop), which an unpinned default hid as a
+      CI-only webhook timeout (constructive-planning#1630).
+    required: false
+    default: 'kindest/node:v1.34.0@sha256:7416a61b42b1662ca6ca89f02028ac133a309a2a30ba309614e8ec94d976dc5a'
   kubectl_version:
     description: kubectl version
     required: false
-    default: v1.31.3
+    default: v1.34.1
   config:
     description: Optional path to a kind cluster config
     required: false
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
-        args=(--name "${{ inputs.cluster_name }}" --wait "${{ inputs.wait }}")
+        args=(--name "${{ inputs.cluster_name }}" --wait "${{ inputs.wait }}" --image "${{ inputs.node_image }}")
         [ -n "${{ inputs.config }}" ] && args+=(--config "${{ inputs.config }}")
         kind create cluster "${args[@]}"
         kubectl cluster-info

.github/workflows/regenerate-ops.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup kubectl
         uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.31.3
+          version: v1.34.1
 
       - name: Setup Helm
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kind
         with:
           cluster_name: ops-codegen
-          kubectl_version: v1.31.3
+          kubectl_version: v1.34.1
           wait: 300s
 
       # Applied from the package, not from URLs. Every operator it vendors is

.github/workflows/test-client.yml

@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup kubectl
       uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
       with:
-        version: v1.31.3
+        version: v1.34.1
 
     - name: Setup Kind cluster
       if: ${{ inputs.kubeconfig == '' }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kind
       with:
         cluster_name: kind
-        kubectl_version: v1.31.3
+        kubectl_version: v1.34.1
         wait: 300s
 
     - name: Setup pnpm

.github/workflows/test-e2e-client.yml

@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup kubectl
         uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.31.3
+          version: v1.34.1
 
       - name: Setup Kind cluster
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kind
         with:
           cluster_name: kind
-          kubectl_version: v1.31.3
+          kubectl_version: v1.34.1
           wait: 300s
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup kubectl
         uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.31.3
+          version: v1.34.1
 
       - name: Setup Kind cluster
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kind
         with:
           cluster_name: kind
-          kubectl_version: v1.31.3
+          kubectl_version: v1.34.1
           wait: 300s
 
       - name: Setup pnpm

.github/workflows/test-e2e-dashboard.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup kubectl
         uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.31.3
+          version: v1.34.1
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2

packages/client/__tests__/e2e/e2e.setup.operator.test.ts

@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ const K8S_API = process.env.K8S_API || "http://127.0.0.1:8001";
 // default for a test: adding a version downstream would silently change what
 // this suite installs, and a suite whose subject moves without anyone choosing
 // it is not testing what its name says.
-//
-// knative-serving is pinned to v1.15.0 because v1.22.1 fails this suite in a
-// way that does not reproduce by hand — see constructive-planning#1630. That is
-// an apply-path problem to fix on its own, not a reason to hold the package
-// back from carrying the version downstream needs.
-const PINNED_VERSIONS: Record<string, string> = {
-  'knative-serving': 'v1.15.0',
-};
+const PINNED_VERSIONS: Record<string, string> = {};
 
 function versionFor(name: string): string {
   const versions = getOperatorVersions(name);